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50 free David Beckham trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
David Beckham is the only English player to win a league title in four countries, a free-kick specialist with 65 direct set-piece goals, and one of the most recognisable people on earth. This 50-question quiz covers the lot: the Leytonstone boy named after Bobby Charlton, the FA Youth Cup class of '92, the halfway-line goal against Wimbledon, the 1999 treble, the Argentina red card and the Greece redemption, the move to Madrid as a Galáctico, the record-breaking Galaxy deal, the Milan loans, a final title with PSG, and 115 England caps. There are questions on the shirt numbers, the honours, the managers, the tattoos, the nickname Golden Balls, Inter Miami and Salford City, the Adidas lifetime deal, the Olympic speedboat and the 2025 knighthood. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone, share your score, or print it for a football quiz night.
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Q 01In which part of London was Beckham born in 1975?
Leytonstone
He was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital; his parents married in Hackney and he went to school in Chingford.
Q 02Beckham's middle name Robert honours which footballer, his father's favourite?
Bobby Charlton
He later attended one of Bobby Charlton's Soccer Schools and received his honorary 100th cap from him.
Q 03What was the name of the youth team, coached by his father, that Beckham played for?
Ridgeway Rovers
He later spent two years at Brimsdown Rovers, where he was Under-15 Player of the Year in 1990.
Q 04Beckham was a Manchester United mascot in 1986 for a match against which club?
West Ham
He had trials with Leyton Orient and Norwich, and attended Tottenham's school of excellence.
Q 05Which Manchester United youth coach developed Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Butt and the Nevilles?
Eric Harrison
That group won the FA Youth Cup in May 1992, beating Crystal Palace 6–3 on aggregate.
Q 06Beckham's first-team debut in 1992 came as a substitute in a League Cup tie against whom?
Brighton & Hove Albion
He replaced Andrei Kanchelskis, the winger whose right-sided role he would later inherit.
Q 07Beckham scored on his Champions League debut in 1994 against which club?
Galatasaray
United won 4–0 but still finished third in the group behind Barcelona.
Q 08To which club was Beckham loaned in 1994–95 for first-team experience?
Preston North End
He scored twice in five games, one of them directly from a corner.
Q 09Against which club did Beckham score from the halfway line on the opening day of 1996–97?
Wimbledon
Goalkeeper Neil Sullivan was caught off his line; a 2016 Sky poll rated it the best opening-day goal in Premier League history.
Q 10Which shirt number was Beckham given at the start of 1996–97, before inheriting the number 7?
10
It had most recently been worn by Mark Hughes; the 7 had belonged to George Best and Eric Cantona.
Q 11Which award did Beckham's peers vote him in 1996–97?
PFA Young Player of the Year
He was an automatic first choice that season as United retained the title.
Q 12In the 1999 Champions League final, Beckham played out of position in which role?
Central midfield
Scholes and Keane were suspended; both injury-time goals came from Beckham's corners.
Q 13Beckham finished runner-up to which player for the 1999 Ballon d'Or?
Rivaldo
He was also runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year that year, and again in 2001 behind Figo.
Q 21Why did Beckham wear number 23 at Madrid?
Admiration for Michael Jordan
The 7 belonged to captain Raúl; he kept 23 at LA Galaxy too.
Q 22Beckham was the third Englishman to play for Madrid, after Laurie Cunningham and whom?
Steve McManaman
He took over McManaman's place in the side.
Q 23Under which coach did Beckham finally win La Liga, in 2006–07?
Fabio Capello
Capello had frozen him out in January before recalling him; Madrid beat Barcelona on head-to-head record.
Q 14Against which Mexican club did Beckham get his only Manchester United red card?
Necaxa
It came in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, for a deliberate foul.
Q 15In 2000 Ferguson fined Beckham two weeks' wages, then £50,000, for what?
Missing training for his sick son
Ferguson was furious that Victoria was photographed at London Fashion Week that same night.
Q 16Which Argentine player broke Beckham's metatarsal in a 2002 Champions League match?
Aldo Duscher
The tackle for Deportivo La Coruña came weeks before England were due to meet Argentina at the World Cup.
Q 17The famous 2003 dressing-room boot incident followed an FA Cup defeat to which club?
Arsenal
The boot Ferguson kicked cut Beckham above the eye, and bookmakers offered odds on who would leave first.
Q 18How many Premier League titles did Beckham win with Manchester United?
6
Plus two FA Cups, a Champions League, an Intercontinental Cup and the FA Youth Cup in 12 years.
Q 19Which club had announced a deal for Beckham in 2003 before he chose Madrid instead?
Barcelona
New Barcelona president Joan Laporta had built his campaign on signing him.
Q 20How much did Madrid pay for Beckham in 2003?
€37M
Florentino Pérez's latest Galáctico was unveiled to 500 journalists and handed his shirt by Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Q 24Beckham's Galaxy contract was reported as US$250M, but what was its real value over five years?
US$32.5M
The bigger figure was a PR stunt by 19 Entertainment, bundling in all potential endorsement income.
Q 25Which MLS mechanism was created so the Galaxy could sign Beckham around the salary cap?
Designated Player Rule
It was quickly nicknamed in his honour.
Q 26Beckham's Galaxy contract let him buy an MLS expansion team for what fixed price?
US$25M
He exercised the option in 2014; the Miami club began play in 2020.
Q 27Beckham made his Galaxy debut in a 2007 friendly against which English club?
Chelsea
He came on for 12 minutes while injured and was promptly upended by Steve Sidwell.
Q 28Which number did Beckham wear during his 2009 loan at AC Milan?
32
It had previously been worn by Christian Vieri.
Q 29Which injury in a March 2010 Milan match ruled Beckham out of that year's World Cup?
Torn Achilles tendon
Surgeon Sakari Orava operated in Turku, Finland, and predicted six months before he was kicking again.
Q 30What did Beckham controversially drape around his neck at Old Trafford in 2010?
A green-and-gold anti-Glazer scarf
He said afterwards that the protests were not his business.