Soccer/Football/Futbol is truly the world’s game. Thus the biggest sporting event on the planet is the World Cup.

There is not another sport that unites as many nationalities on the field of play as soccer does. Just to prove how small this world truly is, I offer you the most popular figure in football as a common link to all the World Cup Nations.

For this exercise, we’ll link a member of every national team that has qualified for the big tournament in South Africa with David Beckham in six degrees or less.

Algeria

Nadir Belhadj plays for Portsmouth with David James who played with David Beckham as a member of the English national team.

Argentina

Carlos Tevez plays for Manchester City with Robinho who played with Beckham at Real Madrid.

Australia

Mark Schwarzer plays for Fulham with Clint Dempsey who plays with Landon Donovan on the U.S. national team who plays with Beckham as member of the L.A. Galaxy.

Brazil

Julio Baptista played with David Beckham at Real Madrid.

Cameroon

Samuel Eto’o plays for Inter Milan with Sulley Muntari who played with David James at Portsmouth who played with Beckham as a member of the English national squad.

Chile

Arturo Vidal was a member of the Chilean national team that played Slovakia just a few weeks ago. On that Slovakian team was Martin Skrtel who plays with Glen Johnson for Liverpool who has played with Beckham on the English national team.

Ivory Coast

Kolo Toure played for Arsenal with William Gallas who played with Mikael Silvestre who played with Beckham at Manchester United.

Denmark

Nicklas Bendtner plays for Arsenal with Mikael Silvestre who played with Beckham at Manchester United.

England

Doesn’t take much to connect the dots on this one…

France

Mikael Silvestre played with Beckham at Man U.

Germany

Miroslav Klose plays with Franck Ribery at Bayern Munich. Ribery plays with Mikael Silvestre for the French national team. Silvestre played with Beckham at Manchester United.

Ghana

Michael Essien plays with Frank Lampard at Chelsea who plays with Beckham on the English national team.

Greece

Giorgos Karagounis plays for Panathinaikos with Gilberto Silva who played with Julio Baptista at Arsenal who played with Beckham at Real Madrid.

Honduras

David Suazo plays for Inter Milan with Sulley Muntari who played with David James at Portsmouth who played with Beckham on the English national team.

Italy

Gianluca Zambrotta played with Beckham at AC Milan last year.

Japan

Shunsuke Nakamura played for Celtic with Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink who plays at Hull City with Jozy Altidore who plays on the U.S. national team with Landon Donovan who plays with Beckham on the L.A. Galaxy.

North Korea

Ahn Young-Hak plays for the Suwon Bluewings who played a friendly match against the L.A. Galaxy and David Beckham.

South Korea

Park Ji-Sung plays with Ryan Giggs for Manchester United who played with Beckham when he was a member of Man United.

Mexico

Carlos Vela plays for Arsenal with Mikael Silvestre who played with Beckham at Man United.

Netherlands

Robin van Persie plays for Arsenal with Mikael Silvestre who played with Becks at Man U.

New Zealand

Ryan Nelsen plays for Blackburn Rovers with Paul Robinson who played with Beckham on the English squad in the ’06 World Cup.

Nigeria

Joseph Yobo plays for Everton with Phil Neville whose brother Gary Neville played with Beckham at Manchester United.

Paraguay

Paulo da Silva plays for Sunderland with Kieran Richardson who played with Beckham at Man U.

Portugal

Nani plays with Gary Neville at Manchester United who played with Becks at Man United.

Serbia

Nemanja Vidic plays for Manchester United with Ryan Giggs who played for Beckham also at Man United.

Slovakia

Martin Skrtel plays for Liverpool with Glen Johnson who has played with Beckham on the English national team.

Slovenia

Bojan Jokic plays for Sochaux with Charlie Davies who plays for the U.S. national team with Landon Donovan who plays with Beckham as a member of the L.A. Galaxy.

South Africa

Steven Pienaar plays for Everton with Phil Neville whose brother Gary played for Manchester United with Beckham.

Spain

Iker Casillas played for Real Madrid with Beckham.

Switzerland

Philippe Senderos played for Arsenal and was loaned out to AC Milan where he played with Beckham.

Uruguay

Maxi Pereira plays for Benfica with Javier Saviola who played with Beckham at Real Madrid.

U.S.A.

Landon Donovan plays for the L.A. Galaxy with David Beckham.

(Chris Shellcroft is the lead blogger for Just Blog Baby, occasional contributor on Lake Show Life and an all around righteous dude. You can follow him on Twitter.)