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David Beckham Quiz WORKSHEETA
1. David Beckham was born ina. London.b. Manchester.c.
Edinburgh.
2. He was born in
a. 1975.b. 1976.c. 1977.
3. His playing position is
a. attacking forward.b. midfielder.c. defender.
4. His nickname is
a. Becks.b. Hammy.
c. Bem.
5. His wifes name is
a. Melanie.b. Geri.c. Victoria.
6. His sons name is
a. Manhattan.
b. Brooklyn.c. Bronx.
7. What number does he wear on his
football shirt?
a. 1b. 7c. 8
8. Whose name does he have tattooedacross the lower half of his
back?
a. his wifesb. his mothersc. his sons
9. How much is his wedding ring worth?
a. 8,000b. 18,000c. 80,000
10. What music does he listen to?
a. Tupac Shakurb. Spice Girlsc. Mozart
11. What is the nickname of his house?
a. Posh Castle
b. Beckingham Palacec. Brooklyn Heights
12. In the 1998 World Cup, during the
game against Argentina, he
a. was shown the red cardb. scored all of Englands goalsc. was
seriously injured
13. In 2000, he was voteda. the worlds best playerb. the worlds
second best playerc. the worlds third best player
14. He recently suffered an injury to his
a. foot.b. leg.c. arm.
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Beckham WORKSHEETBavid Robert Joseph Beckham was born in
Leytonstone, London on May 2nd, 1975.
Keen on football from very early on, David won the Bobby
Charlton Soccer SkillsAward when he was 11. Five years later, at
the age of 16, he signed on as a trainee
at Manchester United Football Club. The following year, he made
his first team debut as a
substitute but it was another three years before he started
playing full-time in the Premier
League.
He established himself as a quality player in the 1995/96 season
and, in his midfield right
position, the number 7 helped his team to win the FA Cup semi
final against Chelsea.
In 1996 he started playing for the England senior team and the
year ended with him being
voted Young Player of the Year.
Beckham (nicknamed Becks) was going from strength to strength
and it was no surprise that
he was picked to play in the 1998 World Cup in France. By now he
had become more thanjust a footballer, with as many girl fans as
boy fans. He also had an attractive pop-star
girlfriend, Victoria Adams, who was known to fans of the Spice
Girls as Posh Spice.
He was left out of the team for the first two matches of the
World Cup, but in the match
against Colombia he scored a stunning free kick and became the
hero of England. However,
in the next match, against Argentina, Beckham was sent off for a
childish foul on Diego
Simeone. England lost the match and went out of the World Cup.
Everyone blamed
Beckham and the newspapers wouldnt leave him alone. Many
predicted that his career was
over the fans hated him, the newspapers hated him and even
people who didnt know him
hated him. Despite all the odds, he answered his critics by
playing better football and
keeping his temper under control. Gradually, the fans started to
appreciate him once more.
In 1999, his son Brooklyn was born and he married Victoria. The
wedding reception took
place in their huge house, nicknamed Beckingham Palace (the
Queen of England lives in
BuckinghamPalace), and the bride and groom wore matching diamond
wedding rings worth
80,000 each. To celebrate the birth of his son, he had the name
Brooklyn printed on his
football boots and also had it tattooed in gothic letters across
the lower part of his back. He
also had a guardian angel tattooed on his back and his wifes
name tattooed in Hindi on his
arm. Beckham is a big fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur and
the tattoos are inspired by the
gangsta rap culture. So too is the expensive jewellery like his
platinum and diamond earrings
and gold and diamond Cartier bracelet. In 2000, he shaved off
his beautiful, blond, boyish
hair and took on a tougher appearance, looking more like a man.
In the same year, he wasvoted second best player in the world after
Rivaldo, the outstanding Barcelona and Brazil
player.
In 2001, he was made captain of the England team, a
responsibility which brought out the
best in him. During the matches, he led by example and showed
that he could play with all
his heart. In March 2002 he broke his foot playing for
Manchester United against Deportivo
La Coruna. There was chaos when England thought they had lost
their captain but it now
seems highly likely that his foot will have healed by the time
his team have their first match
in Japan.
Whatever the football results, Beckham will leave the
Japan/Korea 2002 World Cup a
winner he has advertising and sponsorship deals worth more than
5 million.
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