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Beckham through the ages
David Robert Joseph Beckham and his hair gel catch the eye in a Man Utd youth match in May 1993 [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 28 Jan 2009
28 Jan 2009
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Beckham shows he's not afraid to mess up his quiff with a header against Liverpool's Michael Thomas in 1996 [GALLO/GETTY]
Beckham qualifies for the 1998 World Cup with England pals Paul Ince and Paul Gascoigne in Rome, November 1997 [GALLO/GETTY]
It all ends in tears as Beckham is sent off for kicking Argentina's Diego Simeone in the second round in France [GALLO/GETTY]
Less than a year later Becks is back on top as his corners help Man Utd win the European Champions League [GALLO/GETTY]
Gennaro Gattuso gets short shrift as England play Italy in the new millennium [GALLO/GETTY]
Emile Heskey runs to hail his captain as 'Goldenballs' puts England into the 2002 World Cup [GALLO/GETTY]
Not so golden as an injured Beckham misses a tackle against Brazil in the quarter-finals to spark a 2-1 defeat [GALLO/GETTY]
A Madrid medical in summer 2003 on the way to moving from Old Trafford to the Bernabeu [GALLO/GETTY]
Four tumultuous seasons later, Becks gets his hands on the 2007 La Liga trophy [GALLO/GETTY]
Shortly afterwards Beckham is off making friends Stateside for LA Galaxy against Chivas [GALLO/GETTY]
Back with the big boys: Beckham scores for AC Milan against Bologna in January 2009 [GALLO/GETTY]