BECKS THE BEAUTY
1. He never seems to age. He’s probably a Dorian Gray with a picture stashed away somewhere.
2. He makes us believe in forever. We remember having a crush on him 10 years back. And the way he’s looking, we’ll be saying the same thing 10 years on!
3. From those crisp suits right down to them Armani jocks, and the red or white soccer shirts in between, is there anything that doesn’t look good on him?
4. A buzz cut or clean swept golden locks, no one works the hair better than Becks.
5. And then there are cornrows, Mohawks, double ponytails… we love how he isn’t scared of experimenting with his look.
6. He’s the prince of posing. Cue to google all those underwear ads... and the other ones as well.
7. His smile. After scoring from a free kick. After reuniting with his teammates in Manchester United. After having a ball with his sons.
8. His smoulder. On which stardom rests so easy.
9. That jaw. Set before a dead-ball strike. Set at an Armani shoot.
10. Those gorgeous, gorgeous tattoos. There are said to be 40 of them on him... we can just keep on counting.
BECKS THE FOOTBALLER
11. Because no one can bend it like Beckham.
12. Because he had the best right foot in the business — cross to corner to free-kick.
13. Because his wonder goal for Manchester United from the halfway line against Wimbledon in the 1996-97 season is still considered by many as the best in the Premier League.
14. Because he had the courage to face booing fans and keep playing for his club after a moment of madness in the 1998 World Cup against Argentina’s Diego Simeone which won him a red card and lost England the match. And yes, in 1999 he helped Manchester United win a historic treble.
15. Because that last-minute equaliser against Greece was the last word in drama, lifting the mood of a whole country and taking England to the 2002 World Cup.
16. Because he’s scored in three World Cups.
17. Because he was the first British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League games.
18. Because he was the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, US and France.
19. Because he has been team-mates with Giggs and Scholes, Zidane and Zlatan, Ronaldo (Brazil) and Raul.
20. Because for years he was Sir Alex Ferguson’s favourite lad, and even after being ‘booted’ out of Man U, he never said a word against his mentor.
BECKS THE SPORT
21. Because the man has sported a sarong and even matched wife Victoria in a glaring purple suit on their wedding day. We love just how confident he is of his masculinity.
22. Because earlier this month he was in Nepal to film a docu for Unicef and allowed his fans to do THIS to him!
23. Because he is okay with smashing raw eggs on his head as a lark for the Egg Russian Roulette on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
BECKS THE FAMILY MAN
24. Because Victoria says he is the perfect husband.
25. Because 16 years and four kids on, he still believes that marriage needs work.
26. Because he is a devoted dad. You just have to see his moment with Harper in the Kiss-Cam video at a basketball match or his picture of him holding baby Harper, to fall in love.
27. Because he’d rather drop his kids right at the door of their school. Awww.
28. Because he’s handsome, he’s a family man, and he’s British — that’s three top boxes ticked in the #WhatWomenWant list.
BECKS THE GOOFBALL
29. Because he unwinds by playing with children’s toys, loves Lego, and he’s not afraid to admit it.
30. Because he enjoys drawing cartoons and says he’d be a cartoonist if football hadn’t happened.
31. Because when he cries he makes everyone tear up.
32. Because he has the perfect abs and he shows ’em off ever so often.
33. Because he drops his pants too. Cue again, to turn to those underwear ads.
34. Because football aside, his photobombing skills are top-notch. Like when he photobombed son Brooklyn, it was oh-so-adorable!
35. Because one of his tattoos is of his wife’s name in Hindi. But the spelling’s slightly off.
36. Because he arrived at the Will-Kate wedding wearing his OBE medal on the wrong side. #PoorBaby
BECKS BEYOND THE FIELD
37. Because he has many pet charities, including the Victoria and David Beckham Charitable Trust, Malaria No More, UK Leadership Council and Help for Heroes.
38. Because he donated his entire Paris Saint-Germain salary to a children’s hospital in France.
39. Because in Nepal he played some impromptu football with a bunch of schoolkids.
40. Because... You tell us why at t2@abp.in
