- Born
- Birth nameWayne Mark Rooney
- Nicknames
- Roo
- Roonaldo
- The Boy Wonder
- Wazza
- The Wonder Boy
- The White Pelé
- The Roon
- The King of Chavs
- Height5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
- Wayne Mark Rooney was born in Croxteth, Merseyside on the 24th October 1985 and is a professional footballer, most famous for playing for Manchester United, Everton and England.He was raised an Everton fan and was scouted by his boyhood club as a child and joined their youth team, rising through the ranks at the club before making his senior team debut at 16 years old in August 2002 against Tottenham Hotspur. Rooney shot to fame after scoring against Arsenal at Goodison Park, scoring a superb winner to beat the-then unbeaten record of Arsenal's - standing at 30-matches. Arsene Wenger said after the match that Rooney was "the biggest England talent I've seen since I arrived in England. There has certainly not been a player under 20 as good as him since I became a manager here."Following two seasons with Everton, Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson came calling and signed the teenager for £25.6m, a record fee for a player under the age of 20 years old. Rooney excelled at United immediately and ended the season as the club's top scorer in all competitions with 17 goals. He was voted the 'PFA Young Player of the Year' for the 2004/05 season.He became a prolific threat for Manchester United as he reached double figures for Premier League goals for 11 straight seasons. During his time at United - between 2004 and 2017 - Rooney won five Premier League trophies; the Champions League and FA Cup once; and the League Cup four times. He was voted the Premier League Player of the Year in 2009/10.After 13 seasons at Manchester United, he accepted a move back to his boyhood club Everton, for a free transfer. Even though he only spent a season with Everton he managed to rack up his 200th Premier League goal and become the third highest assist-maker in the league, over-taking Frank Lampard with 103. He joined the MLS team D.C. United in 2018, playing one season there, before agreeing to move back to England with Derby County in a player/coach capacity.Rooney married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin back in 2008 and they have four sons together - Kai, Kit, Klay and Cass. He finished his career in England as both England's youngest and highest ever goal-scorer and is also Manchester United's record goal-scorer, a true football great.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Amazon Studios
- Wayne Rooney is an English professional footballer and football coach. He has played much of his career as a forward, and he has been used in various midfield roles. Widely considered to be one of the best players of his generation, Rooney is the record goalscorer for both the England National Football Team and Manchester United F.C..
Rooney joined the Everton F.C. youth team at the age of 9 and made his professional debut for the club in 2002 at the age of 16. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United F.C. in the 2004 summer, where he won 16 trophies and became the only English player, alongside teammate Michael Carrick, to win the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, League Cup, UEFA Europa League, and FIFA Club World Cup. He scored 253 goals for United in all competitions to make him their top goalscorer of all time, with 183 Premier League goals being the most scored by a player for any single club. Rooney's 208 Premier League goals make him the Premier League's second top scorer of all time behind only Alan Shearer. He has the third-highest number of assists in the Premier League, with 103.
Rooney made his senior international debut for England in February 2003 aged 17 and is England's youngest ever goalscorer. He played at 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (2004) and scored four goals, briefly becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship. Rooney has since featured at the 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cups and was widely regarded as his country's best player. He has won the England Player of the Year award four times, in 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2015. With 53 goals in 120 international caps, Rooney is England's all-time record goalscorer and second most-capped player, behind Peter Shilton.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseColeen Rooney(June 12, 2008 - present) (4 children)
- ChildrenKai Wayne RooneyKlay Anthony RooneyKit Joseph RooneyCass Mac Rooney
- His £3.5 million house has an indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi, cinema, games room and gym.
- Youngest person ever to play, and score, for England
- His fiancée Coleen Rooney was voted worst dressed women in England.
- Left Everton FC, whom he had supported since earliest childhood, to join Manchester United for a guaranteed £20 million - possibly rising to £27 million based on appearances and success, plus 25% sell-on clause
- Scored the second goal at Old Trafford which ended Arsenal's unbeaten run of 49 games.
- Don't think Sven [Sven-Göran Eriksson] has been a successful manager for 25 years and suddenly doesn't know where to play his players. He's the only one I see who reacts well - he knows it's part of football to have big disappointments.
- [after a poor England performance against Algeria at the 2010 World Cup] Nice to see your own fans booing you. If that's what loyal support is... for fuck's sake.
- One of my very few regrets is not to have been part of a successful England tournament side.
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