Former England captain David Beckham is to receive the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award on Sunday.
The 35-year-old midfielder is England's most capped outfield player and won six Premier League titles and the Champions League crown with Manchester United.
He won the Spanish league with Real Madrid after a £25m move from United before joining Los Angeles Galaxy and also spent two loan spells at AC Milan.
In 2001 Beckham was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
The lifetime honour is one of several awards which will be presented during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show from 1900 GMT on Sunday.
"David's record on and off the pitch has been remarkable," BBC Sports Personality of the Year editor Carl Doran said.
"It's a fitting reward for an outstanding career as a player and for his tireless work as an ambassador for British sport. He has also been a tremendous role model and I'm sure he'll get an amazing reaction from the public in Birmingham."
Nine years ago Beckham won the main award, voted for by the public, after an outstanding display for England against Greece in which his late free-kick earned the national side a place in the 2002 World Cup finals.
His England career began in September 1996 against Moldova with his latest, and 115th, cap coming against Belarus in October 2009. He also captained England 59 times in that period.
Having appeared and scored in the previous three World Cups, Beckham was expected to be selected for the tournament in South Africa in 2010.
But the player, who hails from east London, tore his Achilles tendon while on loan from LA Galaxy at AC Milan in March, and was ruled out of what would have been his fourth World Cup.
His celebrated England career owes a lot to the 10 years he spent at Old Trafford under the guidance of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who won the first BBC lifetime award in 2001.
Having been part of United's venerated FA Youth Cup-winning side of 1992, Beckham went on to lift nine major trophies with the club.
One of his most memorable years was in 1999, when he helped United win the Treble. His corners led to the two late strikes which allowed the Red Devils to fight back from a goal down to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in a dramatic Champions League final at Barcelona's Nou Camp.
It was also the year that the midfielder married former Spice Girl Victoria Adams, and the couple have three sons.
Beckham moved on to Real in 2003, where he played alongside the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Raul and Roberto Carlos.
During his final season, 2006-2007, he won his only league title with the Madrid side, pipping Barcelona to the crown on the final day of the season.
A move to Major League Soccer in the United States with LA Galaxy followed and also two loan periods at Italian giants AC Milan.
Beckham lives in Los Angeles with his family but regularly returns to Britain and was a key member of the England 2018 World Cup bid, which lost out to Russia in the vote earlier in December.
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She may have been more interested in her bottle than watching her father in action on the pitch. But David Beckham's daughter Harper was a notable addition to his legion of fans during LA Galaxy Awards.
Ever the proud, doting mother Victoria fed the 2-month-old milk from her bottle and held her lovingly as the boys kept a keen eye on David. 
Also in the stands, bolstering the family's support for David, were the footballer superstar's mother Sandra and his sister Joanna. source: DM
When Victoria Beckham received a "Designer Brand of the Year" nomination for last year's British Fashion Awards, industry veterans got huffy that such a relative newcomer — and a celebrity designer at that — be put in the same category as titans like Burberry, Mulberry, and Pringle of Scotland. Mulberry won in the end, but Victoria Beckham is back in the nominee pool this year for the same category, this time competing against Stella McCartney, Tom Ford, and Burberry again.
This weekend, the 2011 VH1 Do Something Awards were held at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood. David Beckham attended the event with his eldest son Brooklyn and took home the "Do Something Athlete Award" that was presented to him by his good friend Gordon Ramsay.
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The weekend, the annual Teen Choice Awards were held in California and David Beckham brought along his three sons and his close friend Gordon Ramsay and his daughters. The Beckhams and the Ramsays have been spending lots of quality time lately as Victoria tends to Harper.
A huge congratulations goes out to both Victoria Beckham and her team of talent for winning Glamour magazines "Accessory Designer of the Year" award! It's definitely well deserved as her line of handbags and sunglasses are not only top quality, but coveted by all! Congratulations Victoria!!
Source: www.victoriabeckham.com, twitter - @victoriabeckham, www.zigazig-ha.com
Tonight is the annual CFDA Awards celebration and Victoria's close friend and fellow fashion designer Marc Jacobs is going to be the night's guest of honor. Marc will take home the "2011 Lifetime Achievement" award.
December 19th was a very special night for the Beckhams as the entire family gathered together to watch David accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.
In the audience, a teary Victoria wiped her eyes as she watched her husband accept the prize along with her sons and David's mother, Sandra. A clearly emotional David also found it difficult not to cry as he thanked Victoria and their sons for their support over the years.
He said: "Of course, I want to thank my wife and my children. Not only has she given me three amazing boys but the support she's given me and she is truly and inspiration for me every single day. So Victoria, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz - thank you." So sweet!!
