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Individual

* PFA Young Player of the Year: 1996/97

* Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 1996/97

* UEFA Club Player of the Year: 1999

* FIFA World Player of the Year: 1999 Runner-up

* Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/3 – 2001/2)

  • Overall Team of the Decade
  • Goal of the Decade (17 August 1996)
  • * BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2001

    * FIFA World Player of the Year: 2001 Runner-up

    * FIFA 100

    * ESPY Award – Best Male Soccer Player: 2004

    * ESPY Award – Best MLS Player: 2008

    * English Football Hall of Fame: 2008

    * Officer in the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II: 2003

    * United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador (2005–present)

    * "Britain's Greatest Ambassador" – 100 Greatest Britons awards

    * The Celebrity 100, number 15 – Forbes, 2007

    * Number 1 on the list of the 40 most influential men under the age of 40 in the UK – Arena, 2007

    * Time 100: 2008

    Statistics

    David Beckham Academy

    In 2005, Beckham founded the David Beckham Academy football school, operating from two sites: in London and in Los Angeles, California. Further sites are planned at Cabo São Roque in Natal, Brazil, and in Asia.

    It was announced in late 2009 that Beckham's Academy in London was "likely to close by the end of the year", with a mobile academy, travelling around the UK, taking its place.

    Personal life

    In 1997, Beckham started dating Victoria Adams, after she attended a