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[Video] Beckham Baker: A Football Champion In 2 Minutes

The most famous sport in the world is football. People around the world love watching football matches and has an incredible passion for it. But a 12-year-old boy from Melbourne, Beckham Baker, has a different craze for this sport and is a football champion. The Spanish club noticed his expertise in football during their Junior Academy Programme in Melbourne. Baker’s father explains to FTBL that his family moved to Melbourne to help his son’s burgeoning sports career. The video below will give a brief description of this football champion.

Interesting facts about Beckham Baker

  • This young Prodigy was also trained with the English club just at the age of 8 years. From the age of 9, he was trained 4 to 5 times per week with the academy as well as played fixtured games during the season.
  • He became a part of a four-player group that traveled to Spain with other players- Jordan Olds, Noah Alessi, and Andrew Pothitos.
  • While training with Villarreal’s U11’s and U12’s, his impeccable performance received a whopping 10-page report from the club.
  • Baker has been selected by the Etihad City Football Academy, Melbourne as a member of the Melbourne City FC’s Academy program.
  • He is currently playing for Melbourne City FC U13. This young boy is the youngest NIKE athlete member.

Global Child Prodigy Awardee

This legendary football prodigy has been awarded the Global Child Prodigy Awards in the year 2020 under the sports category. He is also recognized among the Top 100 Child Prodigies of the World.

 If you know any such prodigy close to you who can be on the next Top 100 child prodigies’ list, make sure to click here.

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This post was published on February 11, 2021 11:00 am

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