David Beckham was b{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest interest was playing football. He played it whenever he had the c{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  the Bobby Charlton Sue cur Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it l{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain, As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county(郡)team.

    In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995, he played his first football league game a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the team Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular(正式的)member of the team and Manchester United won in b{#blank#}6{#/blank#}football seasons, with David scoring many goals(进球得分).

    His goals made him well k{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. In the first game of the 1996 to 1997 season seeing the goalkeeper(守门员)a little way out of his goal, he scored a surprising goal from beyond(超过)the halfway line, Beckham became famous suddenly and quickly. He continued to score surprising goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots(射门)was timed at

157 kohl. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose.

    Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.