The English winger made his debut for Real Madrid against Mallorca in the first leg of the Super Copa de Espana…
Former England star David Beckham moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2003 leaving Manchester United after playing at the club for 11 years.
The winger was an addition to the existing Galacticos of Real Madrid which had started in 2000 with the arrival of Luis Figo. Beckham joined a host of star players like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Raul and Roberto Carlos at Los Blancos.
After becoming the third English player to join the club in July 2003, Beckham made his competitive debut for the club in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana against Mallorca on August 24, 2003, at the Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca. Luis Figo had opened the scoring for Madrid but the hosts came back and won the tie 2-1.
Real Madrid, though, thrashed Mallorca 3-0 in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu to clinch the trophy. Other than Raul and Ronaldo, David Beckham also found the back of the net to help the club clinch the trophy.
Here, we take a look at who the teammates of David Beckham were in that particular match and where they are now.
Getty1Raul Bravo – Sub
The Spanish defender played at Real Madrid for six seasons from 2001 to 2007. In between, he had moved on loan to Leeds United in 2003. Other than Real Madrid, he also played for Olympiacos. He retired from professional football in 2007.
AdvertisementGetty2Claude Makelele – Sub
The former French international midfielder joined Chelsea from Real Madrid in 2003 and played until 2008. After leaving the Blues, Makelele joined PSG and played for three seasons before retiring from professional football in 2011.
After retiring in 2011, he became an assistant coach in PSG and worked at the club for two seasons. In 2014 he joined French club Bastia where he worked as the head coach for six months. He also worked as an assistant coach at Premier League Swansea City for a brief period in 2017 before joining Belgian club Eupen as their manager. Since 2019, he is working at Chelsea as a technical mentor.
Getty Images3Guti – Sub
The former Spanish international played at Real Madrid for 15 years (1995-2010). In his final year as a professional footballer, he joined Turkish side Besiktas. He retired in 2011.
In 2013, he returned to Real Madrid as the coach of the club's Juvenil side for two seasons. In 2018, he joined Besiktas as their assistant coach. The next season he was appointed as the manager of Segunda Division club Almeria where he worked for one season. He left the club in 2020.
Getty4Raul Gonzalez – FW
The legendary Spanish striker is the most-capped Real Madrid player (741) of all time. After spending 16 seasons at the club since 1995, he left in 2010. Thereafter he joined Schalke and then ended his career in the MLS playing for New York Cosmos.
Upon retirement, Raul returned to Real Madrid in 2018 as the head coach of the club's U15. A year later he became the coach of Real Madrid Castilla.