David Beckham, the former midfielder of England, Manchester United and Real Madrid, is one of the luminous names in the history of English and European football.
David excelled Beckham With his powerful shots, regardless of the distance, he scored many important goals from free kicks, such as the goal of England qualifying for the 2002 World Cup against Greece and a goal against Colombia in the 1998 World Cup.
In addition to other important goals such as scoring in Barcelona in the Champions League in the 1998-1999 season and in Real Madrid in the 2002-2003 edition.
But the most beautiful of those goals was on August 17, 1996, 26 years ago completely and completely from now, against the English team Wimbledon in the local league in the first round of the 1996-1997 season.
On the first day of the English Premier League after hosting the European Nations Cup, Beckham shot a player Manchester United From 57 yards, a powerful shot, taking advantage of Wimbledon goalkeeper Neil Sullivan’s exit from his own net, hit the empty net with a historic goal.
Beckham did not celebrate in the usual way, but he stood in front of the stands and raised his hands as an expression of pride in the way he scored this goal.
Beckham’s goal has been widely praised by fans of Manchester United and the Premier League ever since.
In a poll conducted by the English Channel 4 in 2002, Beckham’s goal was chosen at number 18 among the 100 greatest sporting moments.
In 2016, the British network “Sky Sports” chose Beckham’s goal at Wimbledon as the best goal scored in the first week of the English Premier League in history.
It is noteworthy that Beckham was active in Manchester United during the period from 1992 to 2003 before moving to Real Madrid and from there to Los Angeles Galaxy, then AC Milan, and finally in 2013, Paris Saint-Germain, where he concluded his career.
At the international level, Beckham played 115 games in which he scored 15 goals, the first in Colombia in the 1998 World Cup and the last in Ecuador in the 2006 World Cup as well.