WAYNE ROONEY

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney was born on 24 October 1985.He is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

Rooney began his career with Everton, joining their youth team at age ten and rising through the ranks. He made his professional debut in 2002 and his first goal made him the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at the time. He quickly became part of Everton's first team, spending two seasons at the Merseyside club. Before the start of the 2004–05 season he moved to Manchester United for £25.6 million and became a key member of the first team, Alex Ferguson stating: "Without question, he's the best young player I've seen in my time." Since then, he has won the Premier League three times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and also the Football League Cup.

Rooney made his England debut in 2003 and at Euro 2004 he briefly became the
competition's youngest goalscorer. He is frequently selected for the England squad and also featured in the 2006 World Cup

Personal information

Full name Wayne Mark Rooney
Date of birth 24 October 1985 (1985-10-24) (age 23)
Place of birth Croxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Second striker

Club information
Current club Manchester United
Number 10

Youth career
1996–2002 Everton

Senior career*
Years Club Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Everton 67 (15)
2004– Manchester United 165 (71)

National team
2003– England 55 (25)

Early life

Born on 24 October 1985 in Croxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, Rooney is the first child of parents of Irish descent Thomas Wayne and Jeanette Marie Rooney (née Morrey).He was raised in Croxteth with younger brothers Graeme and John,and all three attended De La Salle School. Wayne grew up supporting local club
Everton, and his childhood hero was Duncan Ferguson.

2007- 2009 season in man utd

On 12 August 2007, Rooney fractured his left metatarsal in United's opening-day
goalless draw against Reading;he had suffered the same injury to his right foot in 2004.After being sidelined for six weeks, he returned for United's 1-0 Champions League group stage win over Roma on 2 October, scoring the match's only goal. However, barely a month into his return, Rooney injured his ankle during a training session on 9 November, and missed an additional two weeks. His first match back was against Fulham on 3 December, in which he played 70 minutes.Rooney missed a total of ten games and finished the 2007-08 season with eighteen goals, as United clinched both the Premier League and the Champions League, in which they defeated league rivals Chelsea in the competition's first-ever all-English final.On 4 October 2008 in a away win over Blackburn Rovers, Rooney became the youngest player in league history to make 200 appearances.On 14 January after scoring what turned out to be the only goal 54 seconds into the 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic, Rooney limped off with a hamstring ailment in the eighth minute. His replacement, Carlos Tévez, was injured himself shortly after entering the game, but stayed on.Rooney was out for three weeks, missing one match apiece in the League Cup and FA Cup, along with
four Premier League matches. On 25 April 2009, Rooney scored his final
league goals of the season in one of the games of the season, United scored 5 goals in an emphatic second half display to come from 2-0 down winning the game 5-2. Rooney grabbed two goals, set up two and provided the assist that led to the penalty for United's first goal.Rooney ended the season with 20 goals in all competitions, behind Ronaldo as leading United scorer for the season.

2009-10 season in manchester united

Rooney's start to the new campaign got off to great scoring ways, he scored in
the 90th minute of the 2009 FA Community Shield, however United lost the game on penalties. He then scored the only goal of the opening game of the 2009-10 season against Birmingham City, thus taking his overall United tally to 99. He failed to score in the next game, a historic 1-0 defeat to the hands of newly-promoted Burnley at Turf Moor. On 22 August 2009, he became the 20th Manchester United player to have scored over 100 goals for the club, finding the net twice in a 5-0 away win at Wigan Athletic, the game which saw Michael Owen notch his first
goal for United. On 29 August 2009, United played Arsenal at The Old Trafford, he scored the equalising goal after Arsenal's Andrei Arshavin opening goal, from a crucial penalty from Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia, which lead to a 2-1 win after Abou Diaby's own goal. Five days later Rooney commented on his penalty against Arsenal: "Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player, I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.