English footballer David Beckham has arrived in Kathmandu on Friday morning. He is here to play football as a part of a funding campaign for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). He is scheduled to play a match at Taumadi in Bhaktapur today itself.

Hundreds of Beckham’s fans welcomed the former British captain at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

He will also meet the local children and students of  Bhaktapur-based Padmodaya Higher Secondary School.

The free-kick maestro earlier played a charity match at Papua New Guinea before arriving here in the capital today.

Besides Nepal and PNG, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and LA Galaxy star is also hosting charity matches at Buenos Aires, Djibouti, Miami and Antarctica and finally at Old Trafford, the home of English football giants Manchester United, during a world tour to benefit UNICEF.

The last of the match that will be played at Old Trafford will see Beckham’s Great British XI against Zinedine Zidane's Rest of the World team.

Beckham, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, launched his own fund for the charity earlier this year, naming it ‘7’. The former England captain will be accompanied by a film crew making a 90-minute documentary.

(Photos by Kaushal Adhikari and Prakash Timilsena)