David Beckhams ikonstatus og betydning for unge

Opgave – (A) Comment on David Beckham’s popularity. Discuss what makes an icon and why icons are important to young people today.

In the early years, David Beckham did not have very much success, he was used to people not noticing him and he could just play soccer as he want. That changed when a scout from Manchester United went to a football club in Chingford. In just a few years, David was playing at the national team and he had signed a contract with Manchester United.

David started to be faimed for his freekicks. He could score from all distances and curve the ball as he wants, that was very well seen at the national team, because when the team got an important freekick they could just led David kick.

By the years in Manchester United he became famous, both for his good playing and from his many hairstyles, and you maybe could find young kids trying to imitate his newest look. Even when David took of all his hair, some kids did the same just to be like “David Beckham”. There were even some kids who belived that they would play better, if the cut their hair and wear the same clothes as him. When David played in Manchester United, VODAFONE was the lead sponsor and after David made his changes to Real Madrid VODAFONE choose to follow David and made him the face of VODAFONE.