Wayne Rooney

**Wayne Mark Rooney** (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool) is a retired English football player.

## Early life

Rooney was born in Liverpool, to Jeanette Marie Rooney and Thomas Wayne Rooney. He is of Irish descent, and was brought up as a Roman Catholic with his 2 younger brothers Graham and John. All three attended Our Lady and St Swithin's primary school, and De La Salle School.

### Everton

Wayne Rooney grew up in Liverpool, where there are two big football clubs; Liverpool and Everton. As a child, he supported Everton and began playing football for them at the age of just 15, when he became the youngest Premiership scorer, scoring a game-winning goal against Arsenal. Rooney was the youngest goalscorer at Euro 2004, an international tournament where he played for England. Soon, other clubs were very eager to buy him because of his great performances. Newcastle United and Manchester United both made offers to Everton for him. It was Manchester United who signed him eventually, for £23m in the summer of 2004. Rooney was only 18 at the time, and the £23m paid for him was the highest amount ever paid for a teenager in the world.

### Manchester United

Rooney is the top goal scorer for Manchester United. When he arrived to the team, they gave him the number 8 shirt, but then changed his shirt to number 10. On 12 February 2011, Rooney scored a stunning bicycle kick in the 78th minute of the Manchester derby, which ended up to be the winning goal in their 2–1 win over Manchester City. After the game, he said it was the best goal he had ever scored in his career. Rooney was made captain of the team by manager Louis van Gaal before the 2014–15 Premier League season began.

## Personal life

Rooney's wife is Coleen.

Rooney has appeared in advertisements for FIFA video games and Coca-Cola. He also has a sponsorship deal with Nike.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Everton||Premier League|33|6|1|0|3|2|—|—|37|8|||
|2003–04|Premier League|34|9|3|0|3|0|—|—|40|9|||||
|rowspan="14"|Manchester United|2004–05|Premier League|29|11|6|3|2|0|6|3|0|0|43|17|
|2005–06|Premier League|36|16|3|0|4|2|5|1|—|48|19||||
|2006–07|Premier League|35|14|7|5|1|0|12|4|—|55|23||||
|2007–08|Premier League|27|12|4|2|0|0|11|4|1|0|43|18|||
|2008–09|Premier League|30|12|2|1|1|0|13|4|3|3|49|20|||
|2009–10|Premier League|32|26|1|0|3|2|7|5|1|1|44|34|||
|2010–11|Premier League|28|11|2|1|0|0|9|4|1|0|40|16|||
|2011–12|Premier League|34|27|1|2|0|0|7|5|1|0|43|34|||
|2012–13|Premier League|27|12|3|3|1|0|6|1|—|37|16||||
|2013–14|Premier League|29|17|0|0|2|0|9|2|0|0|40|19|||
|2014–15|Premier League|33|12|4|2|0|0|—|—|37|14|||||
|2015–16|Premier League|28|8|5|2|2|1|6|4|—|41|15||||
|2016–17|Premier League|25|5|2|1|4|0|7|2|1|0|39|8|||
|Everton|2017–18|Premier League|31|10|1|0|1|0|7|1|—|40|11|||
|rowspan="3"|D.C. United|2018|Major League Soccer|20|12|0|0|—|—|1|0|21|12|||
|2019|Major League Soccer|28|11|2|2|—|—|1|0|31|13|||||
|rowspan="3"|Derby County|2019–20|Championship|20|5|4|1|—|—|—|24|6||||
|2020–21|Championship|10|1|0|0|1|0|—|—|11|1|||||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|England|2003|9|3|||
|2004|11|6|||||
|2005|8|2|||||
|2006|8|1|||||
|2007|4|2|||||
|2008|8|5|||||
|2009|9|6|||||
|2010|11|1|||||
|2011|5|2|||||
|2012|5|4|||||
|2013|10|6|||||
|2014|13|8|||||
|2015|8|5|||||
|2016|10|2|||||
|2017|0|0|||||
|2018|1|0|||||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Derby County|align="left"|14 November 2020|align="left"|26 June 2022|||||
|align="left"|D.C. United|align="left"|12 July 2022|align="left"|7 October 2023|||||
|align="left"|Birmingham City|align="left"|11 October 2023|align="left"|present|||||

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- FA Cup: 2015–16
- EFL Cup: 2005–06, 2009–10, 2016–17
- FA Community Shield: 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- UEFA Europa League: 2016–17
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008
**England U17**
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Bronze: 2002

**Individual**

- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player: 2002
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2009–10
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2005–06, 2009–10
- PFA Team of the Year: 2005–06 Premier League, 2009–10 Premier League, 2011–12 Premier League
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2009–10
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2005–06, 2009–10
- Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2009–10
- Manchester Goal of the Season: 2009–10 (v Arsenal, 31 January 2010), 2010–11 (vs. Manchester City, 12 February 2011), 2013–14 (vs. West Ham, 22 March 2014 )
- BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year: 2002
- Bravo Award: 2003
- Golden Boy Award: 2004
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004
- FIFPro Young Player of the Year: 2004–05
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2022
- Premier League Player of the Season: 2009–10
- Premier League Player of the Month: February 2005, December 2005, March 2006, October 2007, January 2010
- Most assists in the Premier League: 2006–07 _(shared)_
- England Senior Men's Player of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
- FIFA Club World Cup Most Valuable Player of the Final: 2008
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2008
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2011
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2013
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2014, 2015
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Best Goal (vs. Manchester City, 12 February 2011)
- Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2006
- Premier League Goal of the Month: November 2017
- FWA Tribute Award: 2017
- MLS Player of the Month: October 2018
- MLS Best XI: 2018
- D.C. United MVP: 2018
- D.C. United Golden Boot Winner: 2018
- MLS All-Star: 2019,
- MLS All-Star Coach: 2023
- Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2022

**Records**
- Manchester United all-time top scorer: 253 goals
- England national team 2nd all-time top scorer: 53 goals
- England national team 2nd-most goals in competitive matches: 37 goals (in competitive matches)
- 2nd-Most Premier League goals scored for one club: 183 goals for Manchester United
- Most Premier League away goals scored: 94 goals
- Most Premier League seasons reaching double figures in goals: 12
- Youngest player to start a competitive match for England: 17 years 160 days
- Youngest player to score a goal for the England national team: 17 years 317 days (v FYR Macedonia, 6 September 2003)
- Manchester United all-time top scorer in UEFA club/European competitions: 39 goals
- Manchester United all-time top scorer in FIFA Club World Cup/International Competitions: 3 goals
- Most goals scored by an English player in the UEFA Champions League: 34 goals
- Most goals scored by an English player in the FIFA Club World Cup: 3 goals
- 3rd-highest Premier League all-time top scorer: 208 goals
- 3rd-highest Premier League all-time assist-provider: 103 assists
- Only footballer to have scored at least 200 Premier league goals and provided at least 100 Premier League assists
- 2nd-Most capped England international: 120 caps
- Most capped outfielder for the England national football team: 120 caps
- All-time top goalscorer in Manchester derby: 11 goals

## Other websites

- Wayne Rooney's official website