7 things you didn't know about David Beckham

Well, I know David Beckham’s birthday was yesterday and accordingly this article should have been up yesterday, and I am extremely sorry for that. But, a part of the blame has to be shared by the man himself, Mr. David Robert Joseph Beckham i.e. and before you wonder, why is that; it’s because there’s so much to be shared about him, and to shortlist the best of them to cut it down to 7, well it as a herculean effort in itself. So, without any further ado, I present to you 7 things that you didn’t know about “The Poster Boy” of football.

#7 OCD is the reason why he has 3 refrigerators at home for food; salads and drinks respectively

David Beckham suffers from a mild form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), wherein everything needs to be strictly organise and possibly in pairs. An example of his obsession is the three refrigerators that he has in his home. One of them is for food, the second one for salads and the third one for drinks.

Not only that, Beckham has also claimed that OCD is the reason that he keeps getting tattooed, as he is addicted to the pain which is incurred by the needle.

He was continuously troubled by his England team-mates who would scatter his footballing kit along with other stuff around the locker room.

In addition to OCD, David also suffers from Ataxophobia and Ornithophobia. Ataxophobia is the fear of chaos, while Ornitophobia is the fear of birds.

#6 He trains his sons in martial arts so that they can protect their sister Harper Seven

David and Victoria have been blessed with four children to date; 3 sons and a daughter. Brookyln Joseph, Romeo James, Cruz David and Harper Seven (daughter).

Beckham had revealed in an interview that his three sons are taking different martial arts courses in order to protect their young sister Harper Seven in some years’ time.

“Cruz does taekwondo, Brooklyn does boxing and Romeo does karate, so they’ll all be ready,” he had said.

His eldest son was named Brooklyn, as it was the place where David was, when he found out that Victoria was pregnant.

In 2002, an attempted $10 million kidnapping of his son Brooklyn and Victoria was foiled.

While, Cruz, the name of his third son, means the cross-bearer or cross in Spanish.

#5 He has a tattoo of Victoria lying on her back baring her breasts with her knees raised up seductively

Beckham as we already know is addicted to the pain of the needle required for tattooing, and as such is in a habit of getting tattoos and has more than 20 of them.

These tattoos include one of his wife Victoria’s name written in Hindi, the names of his three sons and one of his daughter Harper Seven, which is tattooed on his neck, while another tattoo is a Bible verse which is written in Hebrew.

“Most of my tattoos are memories and things that mean things to me”, he had said about tattoos.

But the most peculiar of all his tattoos is one that he has on his left arm. It is a tattoo of his wife Victoria lying on her back surrounded by stars while baring her breasts with her knees raised up seductively.

#4 There was a wax-statue of David, Victoria and Romeo portraying them as the \"Holy Couple\"

In 2004, the Madame Tussaud’s museum in London had revealed a waxwork portraying David and Posh as the holy couple of Joseph and Virgin Mary, while Romeo, his second son was depicted as Jesus.

The Wax statues had to be dismantled after widespread complains were registered from different Christian groups, citing it as blasphemous.

He also has a foot-tall gold-covered bronze statue at the Pariwas temple in Bangkok, Thailand, which is placed next to the other statues and the main Buddha statue.

He also has a 10-foot chocolate statue of him in Tokyo.

#3 He is nick-named \'Golden Balls\', while Victoria once revealed that David loves to wear her thongs

In a TV interview Victoria had revealed that her husband, David Beckham likes to wear her thongs. Following this revelation he was mercilessly teased by his team-mates.

He also carries the nick-name ‘Golden Balls’, given to him by Victoria, due to his ‘gold-studded’ career.

'What better person to look at than my husband to see how somebody can turn that all around. David is...eh...I call him Goldenballs.' ~ Victoria Beckham in 2001.

'It's one of the better ones I have been called. I have been called a lot worse.'

'My wife has that sort of thing that when we are on live TV, she likes to say certain things like me wearing her knickers.

'She actually said that, which I don't....most of the time.' ~ David Beckham

Did You Know: David still has the scrap of card, on which Victoria wrote down her telephone number, when they first met in 1997. As soon as he reached home, he copied the number on six different pieces of paper, in case he lost the original.

#2 He assisted the Champions League winning goal and has trained with FC Barcelona for 2 weeks

Everyone remembers the stoppage time goals scored by Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer inspiring a dramatic comeback for the Red Devils in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999 at the Nou Camp in Barcelona.

But not everyone knows that it was Beckham who set up the two goals. He took both the corners in the 3 minutes of stoppage time, which helped the Red Devils complete one of the most dramatic comebacks in history.

Fun Fact: As a 12 year old, David Beckham won the Bobby Charlton soccer skills award. As a prize for the same he trained with FC Barcelona for two weeks.

#1 He has worn 7 different jerseys in his career

In a career that spanned for over 20 years, Beckham donned seven different jersey’s. Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and England national team.

He first wore the number 4 jersey with Preston North End, before being given the number 10 jersey at Manchester United. He then inherited the iconic number 7 jersey at Manchester United, when Eric Cantona retired. Mostly throughout his international career with the England national team he wore the number 7 jersey, while also wearing the number 15 and 17 jersey on a couple of occasions.

He then wore the number 23 jersey with Real Madrid first and LA Galaxy later. Beckham had revealed that he wore the number 23 jersey in admiration of legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, who also wore the number 23 jersey.

He wore the 32 number jersey during his loan spells with AC Milan, while also wearing it again during the final days of his career with Paris Saint-Germain.

Fun Fact: More than quarter-million Beckham LA Galaxy jerseys were sold even before David Beckham put pen to paper to the 5-year-deal in the July of 2007.