(Reuters) - England midfielder David Beckham will rejoin AC Milan on loan in January from Los Angeles Galaxy, the Italian club said Monday. Skip related content
Here are some key facts about Beckham:
* EARLY DAYS:
* Beckham was born in London on May 2, 1975. Joined Manchester United as a 16-year-old trainee in 1991. By 1995 he was a regular in the first team.
* United won the Premier League and FA Cup double in his first full season. He then scored a spectacular goal from the halfway line in an opening-day victory over Wimbledon at the start of the 1996-97 season.
* 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.
* ENGLAND CAPTAIN:
* Beckham captained England on the first of 58 occasions against Italy in a friendly in November 2000 and the next year booked his country a place in the 2002 World Cup finals when a stunning injury-time free kick salvaged a 2-2 draw against Greece. England were knocked out by Brazil in the quarter-finals.
* In 2006 he resigned as captain after England lost in the World Cup quarter-finals to Portugal, who had also knocked them out at the same stage of Euro 2004.
* Beckham returned to the England team a year later and beat Bobby Moore's outfield record of 108 caps against Slovakia on March 28, 2009. He now has 115 caps.
* OTHER CLUBS:
* Beckham left United for Real Madrid for 25 million pounds ($40.92 million) in July 2003. After the Spanish club had gone three seasons without a major trophy, he helped them to the league title in 2007.
* He joined Los Angeles Galaxy in July 2007 in a mega-money five-year deal in a bid to promote soccer in the United States but the team struggled at first.
He went on loan to AC Milan in January 2009 and angered Galaxy fans by staying until the end of the Italian season and missing the start of the U.S. campaign.
With Beckham back, the Galaxy won their divisional title in October 2009 before another January loan to Milan was announced so he could stay in the England frame for the 2010 World Cup.
* OFF THE PITCH
* Beckham met Victoria Adams in the mid-1990s when she was a member of the Spice Girls pop group. The perfect media couple, they were catapulted into the limelight.
* The couple married in July 1999. Their first son, Brooklyn, was born in March 1999. Second son Romeo was born in September 2002 and third son Cruz in February 2005.
(Compiled by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit and Mark Meadows; Editing by Alison Wildey)
