translated from Spanish: David Beckham will receive the UEFA President

the English second David Beckham has been awarded the UEFA President Award in recognition of the “fantastic successes, professional excellence and a few exemplary c personal ualidades”that turned the British into a”true football icon of his generation”. “I have chosen David Beckham as the winner of the award this year because it has been a global Ambassador for football, promoting this game and its values from all corners of the planet. His tireless humanitarian efforts, which have helped the lives of many children around the world, also should be held. Beckham is a true football icon of his generation”, recognized the President of UEFA, Alexander Ceferin, in the statement. In this way, the UEFA wanted to pay tribute to the second with an award that recognizes the “fantastic successes, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities”. The extensive experience of Beckham has 130 goals and 762 meetings between clubs and selection, reaping six Premier Leagues, a League with Real Madrid and a Ligue 1 with the PSG, as well as the Champions League in 1999, Edition that was named the most valuable player. ‘Becks’ precisely, recalled that European title with Manchester United in a competition where also made history individually to be the first English accumulate 100 parties. “Many of my unforgettable moments I had in the field came in the Champions League, as the magical night in Barcelona in 1999, when we beat Bayern in an exciting way,” he recalled. The Londoner, who will receive this award at the end of year, confessed to “honor” to receive an award that recognizes their efforts to “maintain the work values teamwork and fair play”, and which also rewarded his work “unselfish off the field”, creating ‘ 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund’ which fight against bullying, violence and child marriage and that “helps to develop the full potential” of the youngest. “My career in football allowed me to participate actively helping to improve the lives of many kids around the world in cooperation with UNICEF. This pleased me greatly because so I can return something to the society”, said the second. Finally, Beckham not hid his joy at joining an “illustrious list of players” where already in 2017 joined the legend of Rome, Francesco Totti, and featuring other great sports figures like Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Alfredo Di Stefano or their compatriots Bobby Robson and Bobby Charlton.

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