(Reuters) - Former England captain David Beckham will be presented the 2018 UEFA President's Award, in recognition of his remarkable career and humanitarian efforts, the sport's European governing body said on Tuesday.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin hailed Beckham as the "a true football icon of his generation" after selecting the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder to receive the award in Monaco later this year.
Beckham made 762 appearances for club and country, scoring 130 goals in a career spanning over 20 years.
He won six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a Champions League with his boyhood club United, before claiming the Spanish La Liga title with Real.
A stint at Los Angeles Galaxy along with two short loan spells at AC Milan followed, before he finished his career with Paris St Germain in 2013.
Beckham will become only the third Englishman to receive the award after Bobby Robson (2002) and Bobby Charlton (2008).
(Articles from The Star, 2018)
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