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"David Beckham has admitted after announcing his retirement that he is &amp;quot;hurt&amp;quot; by people focusing more on his personal life than his footballing career.  The former England and Manchester United star confirmed yesterday (May 16) that he will no longer play competitive football following the end of latest team Paris Saint-Germain&amp;#039;s current season.   The 38-year-old also took the opportunity to hit out at those who have criticised the celebrity lifestyle that he and wife Victoria Beckham lead. &amp;quot;Over the years people have obviously looked at other things that have gone on in my career and sometimes that&amp;#039;s overshadowed what I&amp;#039;ve done on the pitch,&amp;quot; he told Sky News. &amp;quot;As much as I say that doesn&amp;#039;t hurt me, of course it does.  &amp;quot;At the end of the day I&amp;#039;m a footballer who has played for some of the biggest clubs in the world, with some of the best players in the world, and under some of the biggest and best managers, and achieved almost everything in football... It hurts when people not question it, but think about other things. &amp;quot;I hope people will remember me as a hard-working footballer, someone who was passionate about the game and someone that gave everything that they have, because that&amp;#039;s how I feel.&amp;quot; David Beckham&amp;#039;s retirement - newspaper front pages:  Beckham started his career at Manchester United and went on to win six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and one Champions League with the club. He made his England debut in 1996 and won 115 caps for his country, 59 as captain. Beckham said when announcing his retirement that he &amp;quot;owed everything&amp;quot; to Victoria and his family. The sportsman has already been tipped for an FA role by chief David Bernstein, who described him as &amp;quot;an iconic figure in the game&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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