David Beckham signs new Milan loan deal

Nov 2 (Reuters) - England midfielder David Beckham will
rejoin AC Milan on loan in January from Los Angeles Galaxy, the
Italian club said on Monday.

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 Sept. 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
Oct. 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; To query or comment
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