Beckham wants more

England centurion determined to carry on

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Beckham wants more

Beckham: 100th cap

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David Beckham remains determined to go on beyond his century after winning his 100th England cap in the 1-0 defeat to France in Paris.

Beckham started the match on the right side of midfield and put in some trademark crosses before he was replaced by David Bentley in the second half and came off to a standing ovation.

Franck Ribery scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in the first half after Nicolas Anelka had been felled by David James.

Honoured

"I'm very honoured," Beckham told Sky Sports 1. "Straight from when I started playing for England I never dreamed I'd get 100 caps, and hopefully beyond.

"I'm happy, but like I said during the week I want to carry on. Of course things can change but I want to carry on playing for my country."

This was the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder's first competitive match of the year because Major League Soccer is still in the off-season.

Beckham was pleased with his showing after being omitted from the squad for Fabio Capello's first match against Switzerland.

Proud

"I've proved my fitness, that's the biggest thing," he added. "We're not into our season yet but I felt great, I felt a lot better than I thought I would."

The 32-year-old is now only eight caps short of World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore, who holds the record for most appearances by an outfield player.

Beckham, though, claimed his focus is not on trying to beat Moore, saying: "Just to go over the 100 mark is a proud moment.

"To be up there with Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Billy Wright and Peter Shilton, I'm honoured to be in that company."