{{Short description|Australian soccer player (born 2007)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Beckham Baker | image = | fullname = Beckham Nicolez Soares Baker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|8|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Australia | height = 1.75 m | position = Midfielder, winger | currentclub = Melbourne City | clubnumber = 38 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Melbourne City | years1 = 2025– | clubs1 = Melbourne City | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0 | club-update = 25 November 2025 }}
'''Beckham Nicolez Soares Baker''' (born 8 August 2008) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or winger for Melbourne City.
==Early life== Baker was born on 8 August 2008 to a Timorese mother of Cape Verdean descent and an Australian father.<ref name="CS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.criolosports.com/index.php/en/criolos-no-estrangeiro/futebol-australia-beckham-baker-um-descendente-cabo-verdiano-a-despontar-na-australia|title=Beckham Baker, um descendente cabo-verdiano a despontar na Austrália|trans-title=Beckham Baker, a Cape Verdean descendant making a name for himself in Australia|language=pt|publisher=Criolosports.com|date=9 January 2025|access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> Born in Australia, he is a native of Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/territorian-beckham-soares-baker-on-the-football-radar-of-english-and-spanish-clubs/news-story/08a0aa6c375cef2c10415fb32afc72ce|title=Bend it like our own Beckham|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=Northern Territory News|date=10 September 2020|access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref>
==Career== As a youth player, Baker joined the youth academy of Melbourne City. Baker also spent time in the United Kingdom, playing in the youth teams of English powerhouses Manchester City, Chelsea FC, and Manchester United. Moreover, Baker moved to Spain in 2022 after joining the academy of Spanish club Villarreal CF before returning to Melbourne and rejoining the City academy. Ahead of the 2025–26 season, he was promoted to the club's senior team.<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|beckham-baker}}</ref>
==Style of play== Baker plays as a midfielder or winger. Cape Verdean news website ''Criolosports.com'' wrote in 2025 that he "distinguished himself with his speed, dribbling ability, and creativity".<ref name="CS"/>
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==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|beckham-baker}}
{{Melbourne City FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Beckham}} Category:2008 births Category:Living people Category:Australian people of East Timorese descent Category:Sportspeople of East Timorese descent Category:Australian people of Cape Verdean descent Category:Australian men's soccer players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Melbourne City FC players Category:A-League Men players