We look at David Beckham's career to date as Fabio Capello brings an end to his England ambitions.
Skysports.com takes a look at David Beckham's career to date as Fabio Capello brings an end to his England ambitions
1975: Born Leytonstone, 2nd May.
1991: Joins Manchester United as trainee.
1992: Makes debut against Brighton in the League Cup on September 23. Wins FA Youth Cup.
1993: Signs professional contract at Old Trafford.
1995: Joins Preston on loan in February and scores two goals in five games.
1996: Helps United to Premier League and FA Cup double.
Scores goal of the season on opening day at Wimbledon, lobbing Neil Sullivan from the halfway line. Makes his England debut in the 3-0 win in Moldova.
1997: Collects another championship winners' medal, voted PFA Young Player of the Year.
1998: Scores first England goal, a free-kick against Colombia in Lens on 26th June. Sent off in second-round penalty shoot-out defeat against Argentina.
1999: Helps United win the Premier League, FA Cup and, memorably, the European Cup after coming from behind to beat Bayern Munich with two late goals.
Runner-up in World Player of the Year awards, behind Rivaldo.
2000: May: Collects fourth championship winner's medal as United win title by a record 18 points.
November: Named England captain for the November friendly with Italy in Turin by stand-in boss Peter Taylor.
2001: May: Collects another Premier League title with United.
October: Curls in a 25-yard last-minute free-kick against Greece at Old Trafford to earn England a 2-2 draw and send them into World Cup finals.
December 9: Voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
2002: April - United confirm he will be out for between six to eight weeks with a broken metatarsal, which would mean him missing the rest of United's season and possibly the start of the World Cup.
May 11: Signs new three-year contract reported to be worth between £90,000 and £100,000 a week.
June 7: Scores from the penalty spot against Argentina to seal a 1-0 win. England bow out in the quarter-finals at the hands of eventual winners Brazil.
2003: February - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson accidentally kicks a boot into Beckham's face in frustration at United's FA Cup defeat to Arsenal.
June 10: United accept a bid made by Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta for Beckham. Laporta made signing Beckham the cornerstone of his election campaign.
June 14: Awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to football.
June 17: United announce they have accepted a £25million bid from Real Madrid for Beckham, who agrees personal terms.
July 1: Passes medical with Madrid and signs four-year deal.
2004: June 24: Misses a penalty as England lose to Portugal in a shoot-out in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals in Lisbon.
2005: November: Captains England for 50th time in friendly against Argentina in Geneva.
2006: July 2: Stands down as England captain.
August 11: Dropped from squad for friendly against Greece, Steve McClaren's first match as manager.
2007: January 11: Beckham announces he will leave Real Madrid and join Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy on a five-year contract in August.
January 13: Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello says Beckham will never play for the club again.
May 26: McClaren hands Beckham a shock England recall for matches against Brazil and Estonia.
August 16: Beckham scores his first goal for Galaxy on his full debut in the SuperLiga semi-final meeting with DC United with a trademark free-kick.
2008: January 31: Left out of Capello's first England squad for friendly against Switzerland.
March 26: Wins 100th cap in the friendly against France.
October 30: Milan announce Beckham will join them on loan on 7th January, 2009.
2009: January 11: Makes shock first start for Milan in 2-2 Serie A draw at Roma.
February 4: Announces he hopes to quit the Galaxy and stay with Milan.
February 7: Named in Fabio Capello's squad to play Spain.
February 11: Comes on as a substitute against Spain to win his 108th cap and equal Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player.
March 9: AC Milan announce that under a unique 'timeshare' agreement, Beckham will stay with them in Italy until the end of the season, return to the Galaxy from July to October and then rejoin the Serie A club for the rest of the 2009-10 campaign.
March 28: Comes on as a half-time substitute against Slovakia at Wembley to win his 109th cap and break Moore's record for an outfield player.
July 2: Criticism emerges of Beckham's commitment to the Galaxy, voiced by club captain Landon Donovan in Grant Wahl's book 'The Beckham Experiment'. Beckham later refutes Donovan's accusations.
July 20, 27: Twice confronts fans who gave him a hostile reception in his first home games after returning to the Galaxy.
August 16: Sent off in Galaxy's 2-0 defeat to Seattle Sounders.
October 30: Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani claims the deal for Beckham's return "has been completed".
November 2: Milan officially confirm Beckham will return in January.
2010: Mar 10: Return to Old Trafford ends in a 4-0 Champions League defeat with AC Milan. Endears himself to United fans opposed to the Glazer regime by picking up a green and gold scarf as he leaves the pitch.
March 14: Tears his Achilles tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo - an injury that rules him out of the World Cup.
August 11: England career appears to be at an end when Capello tells ITV: "Probably he is a little bit old."
