On 40th birthday, David Beckham joins Instagram

By Griffin Okuchukwu

Legendary footballer, David Beckham has joined Instagram to celebrate his 40th birthday.

The retired soccer star made his first post on the photo sharing site earlier today, Saturday, May 2, 2015 and thanked his supporters for their birthday wishes.

Despite only signing up for Instagram today, David has made regular appearances in his wife and son’s photos and videos.

See his first post below…

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Good morning and hello! It’s great to finally be on Instagram, been a long time coming but I can’t wait to start sharing all my special moments with you. Thank you for all your birthday messages so far. Looking forward to a great day with friends and family x

A post shared by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on May 1, 2015 at 10:04pm PDT