Wayne Rooney

English association football player and manager

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

Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney playing for D.C. United in the 2017/18 season
Personal information
Full name Wayne Rooney
Date of birth (1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Croxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Striker, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Plymouth Argyle (head coach)
Youth career
1996–2002 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Everton 67 (15)
2004–2017 Manchester United 393 (183)
2017–2018 Everton 31 (10)
2018–2019 D.C. United 48 (23)
2020–2021 Derby County 30 (6)
Total 569 (237)
National team
2000–2001 England U15 4 (2)
2001–2002 England U17 12 (7)
2002 England U19 1 (0)
2003–2018 England 120 (53)
Teams managed
2020–2022 Derby County
2022–2023 D.C. United
2023–2024 Birmingham City
2024– Plymouth Argyle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

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Rooney was born in Croxteth, 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.

Club career

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Everton

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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

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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

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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.

Rooney supports Manchester United, Everton and Celtic.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition.[1][2][3][4][5]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 2002–03 Premier League 33 6 1 0 3 2 37 8
2003–04 Premier League 34 9 3 0 3 0 40 9
Total 67 15 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 77 17
Manchester United 2004–05 Premier League 29 11 6 3 2 0 6[b] 3 0 0 43 17
2005–06 Premier League 36 16 3 0 4 2 5[b] 1 48 19
2006–07 Premier League 35 14 7 5 1 0 12[b] 4 55 23
2007–08 Premier League 27 12 4 2 0 0 11[b] 4 1[c] 0 43 18
2008–09 Premier League 30 12 2 1 1 0 13[b] 4 3[d] 3 49 20
2009–10 Premier League 32 26 1 0 3 2 7[b] 5 1[c] 1 44 34
2010–11 Premier League 28 11 2 1 0 0 9[b] 4 1[c] 0 40 16
2011–12 Premier League 34 27 1 2 0 0 7[e] 5 1[c] 0 43 34
2012–13 Premier League 27 12 3 3 1 0 6[b] 1 37 16
2013–14 Premier League 29 17 0 0 2 0 9[b] 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[b] 4 41 15
2016–17 Premier League 25 5 2 1 4 0 7[f] 2 1[c] 0 39 8
Total 393 183 40 22 20 5 98 39 8 4 559 253
Everton 2017–18 Premier League 31 10 1 0 1 0 7[f] 1 40 11
D.C. United 2018 Major League Soccer 20 12 0 0 1[g] 0 21 12
2019 Major League Soccer 28 11 2 2 1[g] 0 31 13
Total 48 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 52 25
Derby County 2019–20 Championship 20 5 4 1 24 6
2020–21 Championship 10 1 0 0 1 0 11 1
Total 30 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 7
Career total 569 237 51 25 28 7 105 40 10 4 763 313
  1. Includes FA Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  4. Two appearances and three goals in FIFA Club World Cup, one in UEFA Super Cup
  5. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. 7.0 7.1 Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
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
Total 120 53

Managerial

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As of match played 11 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Derby County 14 November 2020 26 June 2022 85 24 22 39 028.2 [7][8]
D.C. United 12 July 2022 7 October 2023 53 14 14 25 026.4 [8]
Birmingham City 11 October 2023 present 5 0 1 4 000.0 [9][10]
Total 143 38 37 68 026.6

Honours

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Manchester United

England U17

Individual

Records

References

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