FACTBOX- AC Milan target David Beckham

Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:43pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - David Beckham's agent is in talks with AC Milan over a loan deal for the Los Angeles Galaxy and England midfielder, Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani said on Wednesday.

Here are some details about David Beckham, as famed for his ever-changing hairstyle, tattoos and fashion statements as his football.

* EARLY LIFE:

-- Beckham was born on May 2, 1975 in London. He joined Manchester United as a 16-year-old trainee in 1991. By 1995 he became a regular during the club's most successful era.

-- They won the Premier League and FA Cup double during his first full season. During the 1996/97 campaign he scored from the halfway line in an opening day victory over Wimbledon.

-- In 1999 the team went one further, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble.

* ENGLAND:

-- Beckham made his England debut on September 1, 1996 in a World Cup qualifier against Moldova. Two years later he scored in the finals against Colombia but went home from France in disgrace after being sent off for kicking out at Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone in a second-round defeat.

-- In England, Beckham was widely blamed for the defeat, slammed by the tabloid newspapers and shunned by the nation.  Continued...

 

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