David Beckham made his 108th appearance for England against Spain matching the great Bobby Moore.
We look back at the midfielder's career to date
David Beckham made his 108th appearance in an England shirt against Spain matching the great Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player in the process.
The LA Galaxy midfielder, on-loan at AC Milan, came on at half-time to put him joint second in the list of all-time most capped England players.
Leading the way with 125 international caps is goalkeeper Peter Shilton but with Beckham's impressive recent form in Serie A few would rule him out on reaching that total.
We take a look back at the career of the man with the most recognisable face in world football.
1975: Born Leytonstone, May 2.
1991: Joined Manchester United as trainee.
1992: Made his debut for United against Brighton in the League Cup on September 23rd. Wins FA Youth Cup.
1993: Signed professional contract at Old Trafford.
1995: Joined Preston on loan in February and scored two goals in five games.
1996: Helped United win the double, collecting Premier League winners' medal and FA Cup winners' medal.
Scored the goal of the season on the opening day at Wimbledon, lobbing goalkeeper Neil Sullivan from the halfway line. Also made his England debut in the 3-0 qualifying win in Moldova.
1997: Collected another championship winners' medal, voted PFA Young Player of the Year. United win Charity Shield.
1998: Scored first England goal, a free-kick against Colombia in Lens on June 26. Sent off in second round penalty shoot-out defeat against Argentina.
1999: Responded excellently to World Cup dismissal with consistently good performances for United, who win the Premier League, FA Cup and, memorably, the European Cup after coming from behind to beat Bayern Munich with two late goals.
Rewarded for a fine season by being voted runner-up in World Player of the Year awards, behind Brazilian Rivaldo.
2000: May: Collects his fourth championship winner's medal as United win the title by a record 18 points.
November: Made England captain for the November friendly with Italy in Turin by stand-in boss Peter Taylor.
2001: New England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson appoints Beckham as captain for his first match in charge against Spain in a friendly at Villa Park.
May: Collects another Premier League title with Manchester 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 the World Cup finals.
December 9: Voted the BBC's 2001 Sport 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: Beckham, who was able to lead England out for their opening World Cup match against Sweden, 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: Beckham involved in new controversy after Ferguson accidentally kicks a boot into his face in frustration at United's FA Cup defeat to Arsenal, leaving the England skipper with a gash above his eye.
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 and player agrees personal terms.
July 1: Passes medical with Real Madrid and signs four-year deal.
2004: June 24: Misses a penalty as England lose to Portugal in a shoot-out in the Euro quarter-finals in Lisbon.
2005: November - Captains England for 50th time in friendly against Argentina in Geneva.
2006: July 1 - Substituted during England's World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal due to injury.
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. The deal is believed to be worth £128million over the period.
January 13 - Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello says Beckham will never play for the club again.
May 26 - England manager Steve McClaren hands Beckham a shock recall for the matches against Brazil and Estonia.
June 17 - Finally wins a trophy with Real Madrid as his side clinch the league title with a 3-1 win over Mallorca.
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 Fabio Capello's first England squad for the following week's friendly against Switzerland.
March 26 - Wins 100th cap in the friendly international against France.
October 15 - Wins his 107th cap in the 3-1 win over Belarus, overtaking Sir Bobby Charlton in the process and putting him third on England's all-time list.
October 30 - Milan announce Beckham will join them on loan on January 7, 2009.
December 20 - Paraded as Milan player at press conference.
2009: January 11 - Makes shock first start for Milan in 2-2 Serie A draw at Roma.
February 4 - Announces he hopes to quit LA Galaxy and stay with Milan.
February 7 - After an impressive start to his career with the Italian team, named in Fabio Capello's squad to play Spain.
February 11 - Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber sets a two-day deadline for AC Milan to agree a deal to sign Beckham from the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Comes on as a substitute against Spain to win his 108th cap and equal Bobby Moore's record for an outfield player.
