--- description: 'People' has named former soccer player David Beckham its Sexiest Man Alive for 2015 title: Here's This Year's Sexiest Man Alive image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18f33952d666c4cb/698869cdab6d77722a6a6d64/david-beckham.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Beckham Chosen as _People_ Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2015 by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2015 5:39 AM CUT  David Beckham attends the Pride of Britain awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sept. 28, 2015 . David Beckham attends the Pride of Britain awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sept. 28, 2015 .Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2015 5:39 AM CUT _People_ magazine has [named](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20957461%5F20967491,00.html "undefined") former England soccer player David Beckham as its Sexiest Man Alive for 2015. For the third consecutive year, Jimmy Kimmel did the honors of breaking the news, interviewing Beckham on _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ on Tuesday night. Beckham, now 40, ascended to soccer stardom after he began playing for Manchester United at 18\. After 15 years across the pond — he also played for Real Madrid in Spain — he joined the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007\. He retired from professional soccer six years later, though he returned to the pitch for a charity match on Nov. 14. The East Londoner is married to Victoria Beckham, a former Spice Girl and current fashion designer and model; they have four children together. “\[My son\] Brooklyn was the one who was like, ‘Are you sure it’s not me that’s meant to be there today?’” he told _People_. “I never feel that I’m an attractive, sexy person,” he said. “I mean I like to wear nice clothes and nice suits and look and feel good, but I don’t ever think of myself that way.” Watch People’s exclusive video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4117758/sexiest-man-alive-2015-people/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4117758/sexiest-man-alive-2015-people/"},"headline":"David Beckham Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2015","datePublished":"2015-11-18T05:39:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:43:27.619Z","description":"He takes the title from Chris Hemsworth","url":"https://time.com/4117758/sexiest-man-alive-2015-people/","keywords":["celebrities","Soccer","People","victoria beckham","David Beckham"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18f33952d666c4cb/698869cdab6d77722a6a6d64/david-beckham.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18f33952d666c4cb/698869cdab6d77722a6a6d64/david-beckham.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: David Beckham attends the Pride of Britain awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel on September 28, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)","caption":"LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: David Beckham attends the Pride of Britain awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel on September 28, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4117758/sexiest-man-alive-2015-people/","name":"David Beckham Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2015"}}]}] ```