Regard David Beckham As A Fantastic Player example essay topic

Kristian 9d Surely 'His Side' David Beckham is the one sports star, who not only is a phenomenal player, but is probably the most famous sports icon outside just soccer. It is definitely harder to find someone that has not heard of David Beckham, than someone who has. People occasionally wonder, however; 'Why Beckham? Why is he so famous?' The answer might not be very simple, but maybe it is the combination of a great shot, a fantastic cross, his own Adidas shoe, his changing hair-style, his modeling career, his marriage to the Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (formerly Adams), his big mistake against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, his England and him having belonged to the two largest teams in history that make him so popular among the crowd. When one reads David Beckham's autobiography, David Beckham My Side, something that is surely visible and clear, is his thoughts and life-style. David Robert Joseph Beckham was born to a middle class house in Chingford, the outer skirt of London.

He was born in a family, where sports was already part of the daily routine. His father played soccer, Ted, for a small team in Chingford and his older sister, Lynne, was a very promising swimmer. Since he could stand up, he was already kicking a ball with his hero, his father, before, during and after Ted's practice. David was always eager to come to see his father train, and learn from him. In the book, his mother, Sandra, is found saying 'It was clear from the beginning, that David's life would be controlled by football. ' (Beckham 19).

Even as a child, David was a Manchester United fan. He would watch every game that they played. He joined his first Sunday League team at the age of six, The Ridgeway Rovers. He was a year younger than everyone, and it was obvious. He was always the smallest, whether it was his football team or his class.

A year later, a new face joined the family. David was devastated for getting a little sister, Joanne, instead of a brother, but he would very soon realize that there was nothing to be sad about. Joanne was always following his older brother everywhere he went. Ted is quoted saying 'She seemed to follow David everywhere, everywhere!' (Beckham 26). David played on as many as three teams, and often his sisters were complaining about how their life is completely wound in David and his football. At the age of 12, David decided to take part in the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills competition.

David remembers being very frightened, because almost everyone there was at least three years older than he was. He was, however, up to the challenge, and won the very prestigious competition. His prize was training for a week with the F.C. Barcelona team, in Barcelona. The trip was even more special, because he had the chance to meet one of his heroes, Mark Hughes, who played for Barcelona that season. A couple of months later, he would get to play for his first big club, Tottenham Hotspur. This was fantastic for David and his mother, because she was a die-hard fan Tottenham, and also it was quite close.

David was not happy there, however, because he felt like he didn't get anyone's full support. He only lasted a couple of weeks with the Spurs, until someone very, very famous gave the Beckham a call. It was the Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson. Alex said that he was interested in seeing the wonder child from London. David could not believe his ears! He could not get sleep, because he knew he was going up to Manchester to train with the first team.

Alex Ferguson was very pleased of what he saw, so he signed the youngest player in league history to a full contract. The 12 year old Beckham was already living his dream. Since signing on for United, David Beckham has won as many awards as anyone could dream of. He has won the F.A. cup thrice, the Premier League seven times, the Champions' League once, the F.A. Youth Cup once, the League Cup once, he was a top three player two years in a row, he has played in the World Cup, he is the captain of the English National Team, he has played for the two biggest clubs of all-time (Manchester United and Real Madrid), he has two sons, Romeo and Brooklyn, and he has scored more free kicks in a Manchester United shirt than anyone before him.

Even though the book is written very well, sometimes one can easily find such selfish comments. For instance he wrote 'I knew I was the best, so he should have too' (Beckham 183). Everyone knows that almost all superstars are selfish and ignorant, but it is sad to see someone so respected write something like that. Maybe his problem is that everything has always come straight to him, and he hasn't had to meet anything where he did not know what to do. Of course he has worked extremely hard to become such a talented player, but one gets the view of him being so spoiled as a child, getting whatever whenever he wanted. I still regard David Beckham as a fantastic player, but he is one of those people, whom I would not be too interested to meet.