Romeo James Beckham was born in 2002 and today he turns 20.
The middle son of David and Victoria Beckham, Romeo was born in London 20 years ago today, and is now a highly successful footballer – just like his dad.
His footie career kickstarted in 2014 when he joined Arsenal’s Academy before being released the following year.
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After his Arsenal stint, he decided football wasn’t for him and instead wanted to pursue a career in tennis and then trained with tennis champions like Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray.
Deciding tennis wasn’t for him, Romeo missed football and wanted to get back to the game after a five year absence.
But this meant that the £30,000 tennis pitch at the family home needed to be bulldozed in order to make way for a five-a-side football pitch.
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The Sun reported that the transformation in the Beckham’s backyard of their English countryside pad took place in 2020.
But it seems worth the change, because last year Romeo joined Fort Lauderdale CF, which is has now been renamed as Inter Miami II, and he remains with them today.
Aside from his football career, Romeo has lived a pretty amazing life for a 20-year-old boy.
From going to nursery with a Love Island babe to striking up a romance with a model, and getting hooked on tattoos – Daily Star celebrates Romeo’s birthday by exploring his life away from the pitch.
Nursery with Gemma Owen
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Romeo is of a similar age to Gemma Owen, with him being a few months her senior – making them the right ages to be in the same year at school or nursery.
During Love Island 2022, Gemma starred on the ITV2 reality-dating star, but wasn’t very forthcoming about her father being football legend Michael Owen.
But there was one occasion where she revealed all to the girls in the dressing room.
Antigoni Buxton asked asked Gemma: “Sorry, excuse me if I’m being ignorant, but is your dad like very very well-known? He played for England, right?’.
Gemma said that he was, before Ekin-Su asked if she knew Posh and Becks, to which she replied: “I went to nursery with his sons, yeah.”
So it would seem that Gemma was the right age to attend nursery with Romeo – David Beckham’s middle son.
Relationship with model
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In July the news broke that Romeo had split with his long-time model girlfriend Mia Regan.
The couple celebrated their third anniversary in May, but things appeared to have gone south for the couple over the summer.
Reports say that their busy schedules and work commitments were a factor in why they split, because Romeo works in Miami while Mia is a model and influencer in London.
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Since their alleged split Romeo deleted anything relating to Mia from his Instagram page.
But at the end of August, just last week in fact, Romeo headed to Disney World with his brother Cruz, his girlfriend Tana and a surprise guest.
The trio were joined by footballer Jordyn Huitema, 21, who also split from her ex earlier this year.
Romeo has liked a slew of Jordyn’s recent snaps – so could this be a new pairing?
Burberry deal at 12
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Back in 2014 when Romeo was just 12 years of age, he headed up Burberry’s iconic Christmas advert – titled From London With Love.
In the short advert he played the role of a cupid boy who delivers a gift to a young couple who then take Romeo around London on a magical and romantic tour.
Everyone in the advert donned the classic Burberry trench – which has a starting price of around £950 – including young Romeo who looked cute as a button with his matching scarf and umbrella.
As a result of his stint with the luxury and quintessentially British fashion brand, sales of Burberry coats, bags and fashion are said to have climbed 14% to just over £600million in three months.
Multi-million pound Puma deal
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In December we reported that Romeo Beckham was set to become the richest of his siblings after signing a huge deal that will see him earn £1.2million – off of the pitch and away from his football career.
In 2021 he became the face of Puma while earning over one million pounds, with The Sun reporting that insiders have said this deal is the first of many that are set to come to fruition over the next few years.
The source said at the time that he would soon become the “richest of the Beckham brood”.
Currently on the Puma site, there are 14 products under Romeo’s name.
Tattoo lover like his dad
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Following in his dad and big brother’s footsteps, Romeo is a tattoo lover.
Adding to his tattoo collection one week prior to his 20th birthday, Romeo got a new inking which read “LOVE” with a letter on each knuckle.
As well as his new knuckle tatt, he also has an inkings that read “freedom to love” and “free spirit”, as well as a large dove on his hand.
Sweet bond with Harper Seven
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Romeo often shares sweet snaps with his sister Harper Seven, who is just 11 years old.
Just two weeks ago the proud big brother shared a sweet snap with his little sister, that saw the duo pout for the camera.
In the caption he penned: “Love u Harper.”
And a month prior on July 10, Romeo shared another sweet snap where he wished his sister a happy birthday. He said: “Happy 11th birthday harper seven, I love u so much and can’t wait to see you soon!!”
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