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David Beckham Out Of Team GB's London 2012 Olympics Squad: Here's His Worst Career Moments (PICTURES)

GALLERY: Cut Becks' Worst Career Moments
Samuel Luckhurst
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David Beckham's London 2012 Olympic Games dream is over after Stuart Pearce cut him from Team GB's final 23-man football squad.

Despite winning six Premier League titles, two FA Cups, a Champions League, a Primera Liga, 115 England caps and playing at three World Cups and two European Championships, Becks has had his fair few downfalls in a 20-year football career.

Here are his worst career moments

June 1998: Sent off in the World Cup round-of-16 against Argentina. England lose 4-3 on penalties and the 23-year-old is vilified.

January 2000: Red-carded in Manchester United’s first World Club Championship match against Necaxa. The Reds come from behind to draw 1-1.

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February 2000: Has a blazing row with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the club's training ground, which is snapped by photographers, after arriving late. He travels with the team for Sunday's crucial match at Leeds but is dropped and watches from the stands. United win 1-0 to go six points clear of their Yorkshire rivals at the top of the Premier League.

February 2003: After United lose 2-0 to Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Ferguson kicks a boot in rage in the dressing room at full-time. It smacks Beckham just above his left eyebrow as blood seeps out, compelling the enraged player to go for his manager but is held back. "Just f*****g patch him up," Ferguson advises.

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October 2003: Skies a penalty against Turkey in a crucial European Championship qualifier. He is taunted by Aston Villa defender Alpay, which leads to a mass fight in the tunnel at half-time. England draw 0-0 and qualify for Euro 2004.

David Beckham's Olympic Campaign
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 6: David Beckham during filming for an advert for the London 2012 Olympic bid on October 6, 2004 at the Love Is In The Air coffee shop in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 24: David Beckham (L) and Michael Owen lend their support to the London 2012 Olympic Bid during the England training session at Carrington Training Ground on March 24, 2005 in Manchester, England (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
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SINGAPORE - JULY 05: British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) and his wife Cherie Blair arrive with London 2012 bid ambassador and England football star David Beckham at the Sports Science and Engineering Exhibition on July 5, 2005 in Singapore. The 117th International Olympic Committee session starts on July 6 with the announcement of the city which will host the 2012 Summer Games. The cities up for the bid are London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris. (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images)
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SINGAPORE - JULY 05: London 2012 bid ambassador and England football star David Beckham is presented with a plaque by Leo Tan principal of NTAA as guest of honour for an awards ceremony at Nanyang Polytechnic on July 5, 2005 in Singapore. The 117th International Olympic Committee session starts on July 6 with the announcement of the city which will host the 2012 Summer Games. The cities up for the bid are London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris. (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images)
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England's soccer star David Beckham celebrates with Sir Steven Redgrave after London was awarded 2012 Olympics at the IOC session in Singapore Wednesday, July 5, 2005. The race for the 2012 Olympics came down to a two-city showdown Wednesday between European rivals Paris and London. (AP Photo/ David Longstreath)
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David Beckham celebrates when London beat favourites Paris for the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Lord Colin Moynihan, celebrates the Olympic handover from Beijing to London waving English flags as , football player David Beckham and Olympic's Minister Tessa Jowell look on during the Olympic flag handover event at the London House in Beijing , China, Monday, Aug.25, 2008. London has taken over as the Olympic host city after the Beijing Summer Olympics officially ended. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
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BEIJING, CHINA: BEIJING, CHINA: (L-R) David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page, the stars of the London 2012 eight minute "Handover Performance", pose on the evening before the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images for London 2012)
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English soccer star David Beckham kicks a ball during the closing ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics at the National Stadium, in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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English soccer star David Beckham kicks a ball during the closing ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics at the National Stadium, in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, and football player David Beckham smile at comments made by London Mayor Boris Johnson during an Olympic flag handover event at the London House in Beijing , China, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. London has taken over as the Olympic host city after the Beijing Summer Olympics officially ended. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
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David Beckham (left) and Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee Lord Coe, during a visit to the Olympic Stadium construction site, in Statford, east London.
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(from left) Samsung Vice-President and Head of Worldwide Sports Marketing, Gyehyun Kwon, Samsung's first Olympic torchbearer nominee Gabriella Roseje, Samsung Olympic Games Global Ambassador David Beckham and Chair of LOCOG Lord Coe attend the launch of Samsung's Olympic Games campaign Everyone's Olympic Games in Canary Wharf, London.
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Former England football captain David Beckham sits with students at the Athens University experimental primary school, in Athens, Friday, May 18, 2012, a day after the ceremonial handover of the Olympic flame to the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Former England football captain David Beckham, left, and London Mayor Boris Johnson attend a handover for the Olympic flame at Panathenaean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on its progress over many parts of England to start the games. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Former England football captain David Beckham center and London Mayor Boris Johnson, right, enter the Panathenaean stadium in Athens, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at a handover for the Olympic flame that will burn at the 2012 Summer Games in London. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on its progress over many parts of England to start the games. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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British soccer player David Beckham, left, lights the Olympic torch from the lantern carried onboard the on board a special British Airways flight BA 2012 following its arrival at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, west of England, from Greece, Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Britain's David Beckham holds the Olympic torch during the ceremony to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame to Britain from Greece, at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England, Friday May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

May 2004: Sent off for the first time as a Real Madrid player for calling a linesman "hijo de puta" (son of a whore).

June 2004: At the European Championship, with England 1-0 up against France, he has a penalty saved by Fabien Barthez. France win 2-1 with two late goals from Zinedine Zidane.

June 2004: Again at the Euros, Beckham misses a penalty. This time he blazes over England’s first spot-kick in their quarter-final against Portugal. The hosts win 6-5 on penalties and Beckham is criticised for a having a poor tournament.

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October 2005: Sent off for the second time in his Three Lions career in the World Cup qualifier against Austria at Old Trafford.

October 2005: He is sent off against Valencia for applauding in a sarcastic manner, but has the red card overturned days later.

June 2006: Holding back the tears, he relinquishes the England captaincy after another underwhelming tournament the day after the World Cup quarter-final defeat to Portugal.

August 2006: Omitted from Steve McClaren’s first England squad entirely. He eventually returns in June 2007.

January 2007: Frozen out by Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello after agreeing to move to Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy.

February 2007: Sent off in injury time against Real Betis.

July 2009: Heckled by LA Galaxy fans angry he left the club to join AC Milan on loan, he jumps over advertising hoardings to confront one vocal supporter.

March 2010: Snaps his Achilles whilst on-loan at Milan, scuppering any chances of him playing at a fourth consecutive World Cup.

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