David Beckham left out of final Paris St-Germain match of the season

Superstar has played his last competitive match

Saturday 25 May 2013 13:59 BST

A tearful David Beckham played his last home game last weekend

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Former England football captain David Beckham has played his last competitive match, having been dropped from the Paris St-Germain team to face Lorient.

The global icon bid fans a tearful farewell last weekend, when he played his last home game for the newly crowned French champions against Brest.

Sources last week told The Independent that Beckham hadn't expected to play this weekend.

Beckham leaves PSG with a French Ligue 1 winners’ medal to add to his triumphs in the English, Spanish and US leagues.

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