English former footballer turned fashion icon — photos, style and news
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English former footballer. He has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team, for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He was the first English player to win league titles in four countries. Beckham's fame extends beyond the pitch, and he became known as a fashion icon; together with Victoria, famous in her own right as part of the Spice Girls, the couple became lucrative spokespeople sought after by clothing designers, fashion magazines, and perfume and cosmetics manufacturers.
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English former footballer. He has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He was the first English player to win league titles in four countries. He announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season on 16 May 2013 and, on 18 May 2013, played his final game of his storied 20-year career. Beckham's fame extends beyond the pitch; in much of the world his name is "as instantly recognisable as that of multinational companies like Coca-Cola and IBM." Beckham's relationship and marriage to Victoria, who has been famous in her own right as part of the musical group Spice Girls, contributed to David's celebrity beyond football.
Beckham became known as a fashion icon, and together with Victoria, the couple became lucrative spokespeople sought after by clothing designers, health and fitness specialists, fashion magazines, perfume and cosmetics manufacturers, hair stylists, exercise promoters, and spa and recreation companies.
Apparel Search has selected David Beckham as a fashion celebrity.
Most profiles in this directory belong to actors or musicians; Beckham's is the clearest athlete's route in. The football record is complete in itself — six clubs across England, Spain, Italy, the United States and France, the England appearance record for an outfield player, league titles in four countries as the first English player to achieve it, and a 20-year career closed out at Paris Saint-Germain in May 2013. What files him here is what the fame did next: recognition on the level of multinational brands, and a second career as a fashion icon and spokesman that ran alongside the playing years rather than after them.
The record is explicit that the fashion standing is a joint enterprise. Victoria Beckham, famous in her own right as part of the musical group Spice Girls, and David together became spokespeople sought after by clothing designers, fashion magazines, perfume and cosmetics manufacturers, hair stylists and more — a breadth of endorsement categories no other profile in this range claims. This page gathers David Beckham photos, videos, news and blog posts through Bing, Google and YouTube search routes, filed in the D letter of the Male Fashion Celebrities A–G range, where the range list marks him, like Tiger Woods in Q–Z, with the “(sports)” tag.
Beckham played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team, for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He was the first English player to win league titles in four countries.
Beckham announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season on 16 May 2013, and on 18 May 2013 played his final game of his 20-year career, with Paris Saint-Germain.
Beckham became known as a fashion icon, and together with Victoria the couple became lucrative spokespeople sought after by clothing designers, health and fitness specialists, fashion magazines, perfume and cosmetics manufacturers, hair stylists, exercise promoters, and spa and recreation companies. In much of the world his name is as instantly recognisable as that of multinational companies like Coca-Cola and IBM.