AKIPRESS.COM - David Beckham is a global superstar, devoted husband and down-to-earth dad of four, said PEOPLE that announced him Sexiest Man Alive in 2015.

Although he's been a sex symbol for nearly two decades, the self-effacing soccer icon isn't sure he's even deserving of the mantle. "I never feel that I'm an attractive, sexy person," he says in this week's cover story.

"I mean I like to wear nice clothes and nice suits and look and feel good, but I don't ever think of myself that way."

Still, when Beckham shared the news with his wife, fashion mogul Victoria Beckham, 41, she was totally on-board.

For more on the Sexiest Man Alive – and to see who else made the cut – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday

"I would hope that she feels this way about me all the time anyway!" he says with a shy smile. "But she said, 'Congratulations!' "