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Wayne Rooney
Personal information
Full name Wayne Mark Rooney
Date of birth October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24) (age 22)
Place of birth    Croxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker, Second Striker
Club information
Current club Manchester United
Number 10
Youth clubs
1996–2002 Everton
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2004
2004–		 Everton
Manchester United		 067 (15)
129 (53)   
National team2
2003– England 044 (14)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 11:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17:10, 22 August 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Croxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

Contents

Biography

Rooney is the first child of Thomas Wayne and Jeanette Marie Rooney (née Morrey).[1]dead link He was raised in Croxteth with younger brothers Graeme and John,[2][3] and all three attended De La Salle School. Wayne grew up supporting local club Everton, and his childhood hero was Duncan Ferguson.[4]

Club career

Everton F.C.

After excelling for Liverpool Schoolboys and Dynamo Brownwings, Everton signed Rooney on schoolboy terms at the age of ten.[5] He was part of the youth squad, and after scoring in an FA Youth Cup match, he revealed a T-shirt under his jersey that read, "Once a Blue, always a Blue."[6] Since he was underage at the time and therefore ineligible for a professional contract, he was playing for £80 a week and living with his family on one of the country's council estates.

On October 19, 2002, five days shy of his seventeenth birthday, Rooney scored a match-winning goal against reigning league champions Arsenal F.C.; in addition to ending Arsenal's thirty-match unbeaten run,[7] it made Rooney the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history, a record that has since been surpassed twice by James Milner and currently James Vaughan. He was named BBC Sports' 2002-03 Young Personality of the Year.

At the end of the 2003-04 season, Rooney, citing Everton's inability to challenge for European competition, requested a transfer that Everton refused to oblige if the transfer fee was less than £50 million. A three-year, £12,000-a-week contract offer from the club was snubbed by Rooney's agent in August 2004, leaving Manchester United and Newcastle United F.C. to compete for his signature. The Times reported that Newcastle were close to signing Rooney for £18.5 million, as confirmed by Rooney's agent, but Manchester United ultimately won the bidding war and Rooney signed at the end of the month after a £31 million deal with Everton was reached.[8] It marked the most expensive transfer for a teenaged player, as Rooney was several weeks shy of his nineteenth birthday at the time of the signing.[9]

On 1 September 2006, Everton manager David Moyes sued Rooney for libel after the tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail published excerpts from Rooney's 2006 autobiography that accused the coach of leaking Rooney's reasons for leaving the club to the press.[10] The case was settled out of court for £500,000 on June 3, 2008, and Rooney apologized to Moyes for "false claims" he had made in the book regarding the matter.[11]

Manchester United

Rooney made his United debut on September 28, 2004 in a 6-2 Champions League group stage win over Fenerbahçe S.K., scoring a hat-trick along with an assist.[12] One year later, he was sent off for dissent in a goalless Champions League group draw with Villarreal CF in Spain on September 14, 2005, after he sarcastically applauded referee Kim Milton Nielsen when he was booked for a foul.[13] His first trophy with United came in the 2006 League Cup, and he was also named man of the match after scoring twice in United's 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic in the final.

Rooney arriving in Moscow for the 2008 Champions League final
Rooney arriving in Moscow for the 2008 Champions League final

Rooney was sent off in an Amsterdam Tournament match against F.C. Porto on 4 August 2006 after hitting Porto defender Pepe with an elbow.[14]. He was punished with a three-match ban by the FA, following their receipt of a 23-page report from referee Ruud Bossen that explained his decision.[15] Rooney wrote a protestletter to the FA, citing the lack of punishment handed down to other players who were sent off in friendlies. He also threatened to withdraw the FA's permission to use his image rights if they did not revoke the ban, but the FA had no power to make such a decision.[16]

During the first half of the 2006-07 season, Rooney ended a ten-game scoreless streak with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers F.C.,[17]and he signed a two-year contract extension the next month that tied him to United until 2012. By the end of April, a combination of two goals in an 8-3 aggregate quarterfinal win over A.S. Roma and two more in a 3-2 semifinal first leg victory over A.C. Milan[18] brought Rooney's total goal amount to twenty-three in all competitions and tied him with teammate Cristiano Ronaldo for the team goalscoring lead.

United announced during the postseason that Rooney had taken over the #10 jersey that was vacated by Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had left for Real Madrid a year earlier. He was presented with the shirt at a press conference on June 28, 2007 by former United striker Denis Law, who had also worn the number during his tenure with the club.[19]

Rooney being treated for his broken foot
Rooney being treated for his broken foot

On 12 August 2007, Rooney fractured his left metatarsal in United's opening-day goalless draw against Reading F.C.[20] He had suffered the same injury to his right foot in 2004.[21] After being sidelined for six weeks, he returned for United's 1-0 CL group stage win over Roma on October 2, 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 F.C. on 3 December, in which he played seventy minutes.[22]dead link Rooney missed a total of ten games and finished the 2007-08 season with eighteen goals, as United clinched both the Premiership and the Champions League, in which they defeated league rivals Chelsea F.C. in the competition's first-ever all-English final.

Paul Stretford controversy

In July 2002, while Rooney was with Everton, agent Paul Stretford encouraged Rooney and his parents to enter the player into an eight-year contract with Proactive Sports Management. However, Rooney was already with another representation firm at the time, while Stretford's transaction went unreported to the FA, and he was thus charged with improper conduct.[23] Stretford alleged in his October 2004 trial that he had secretly recorded boxing promoter John Hyland (an associate of Rooney's first agent) and two other men threatening and attempting to blackmail him for an undisclosed percentage of Rooney's earnings.[24]

Stretford's case collapsed due to evidence that conflicted with his insistence that he had not signed Rooney, and on July 9, 2008, he was found guilty of "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police, and giving false and/or misleading testimony."[24] In addition, the contract to which Stretford had signed Rooney was two years longer than the limit allowed by the FA. Stretford was fined £300,000 and banned from working as a football agent for eighteen months, a verdict he promptly appealed.[24]

International career

Rooney playing for England
Rooney playing for England

Rooney became the youngest player to ever suit up for England when he earned his first cap in a friendly against Australia on 12 February 2003 at seventeen, the same age in which he also became the youngest player to score an England goal. Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott broke Rooney's appearance record by 36 days in June 2006.

His first tournament action was at Euro 2004, in which he became the youngest scorer in competition history on 17 June 2004, when he scored twice against Switzerland; however, this record was topped by Swiss midfielder Johan Vonlanthen four days later. Rooney suffered an injury in the quarterfinal match against Portugal as England were eliminated on penalties.

Following a foot injury in an April 2006 Premier League match, Rooney faced a race to fitness for the 2006 World Cup. England attempted to hasten his recovery with the use of an oxygen tent, which allowed Rooney to enter a group match against Trinidad and Tobago and start the next match against Sweden. However, he never got back into game shape and went scoreless as England bowed out in the quarterfinals, again on penalty kicks.

Rooney was red-carded in the 62nd minute of the quarterfinal for stomping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho as both attempted to gain possession of the ball, an incident that occurred right in front of referee Horacio Elizondo. Rooney's United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo openly protested his actions, and was in turn shoved by Rooney. Elizondo sent Rooney off, after which Ronaldo was seen winking at the Portugal bench. Rooney denied intentionally targeting Carvalho in a statement on July 3, adding, "I bear no ill feeling to Cristiano but am disappointed that he chose to get involved. I suppose I do, though, have to remember that on that particular occasion we were not teammates."[25] Elizondo confirmed the next day that Rooney was dismissed solely for the infraction on Carvalho.[26] Rooney was fined CHF5,000 for the incident.[27]dead link

Personal life

Rooney met Coleen McLoughlin while both were in their final year of secondary school. They married on June 12, 2008 after six years of dating, during which Rooney admitted to soliciting prostitution in Liverpool in 2004. "I was young and stupid. It was at a time when I was very young and immature and before I had settled down with Coleen."[28] He has a tattoo of the words "Just Enough Education To Perform," from a song by his favorite band, the Stereophonics; McLoughlin arranged for the group to play at their wedding reception.[29] In April 2006, he was awarded £100,000 in libel damages from tabloids The Sun and News of the World, who had claimed that he had assaulted her in a nightclub. Rooney donated the money to charity.[30]

Rooney and McLoughlin reside in a £4.25 million mansion in the village of Prestbury, Cheshire,[31] which was built by a company owned by Dawn Ward, the wife of former Sheffield United striker Ashley Ward.[32] He also owns property in Port Charlotte, Florida.[33] While Rooney was house hunting in Cheshire after signing with Manchester United, he spotted a pub sign that read "Admiral Rodney," which he misinterpreted as "Admiral Rooney." He nonetheless considered it a positive omen for his future home.[34]

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Rooney has endorsement deals with Nike,[35] Nokia,[36], Ford, Asda,[37] and Coca Cola.[38] He appeared on the cover of the FIFA 06, FIFA 07 and FIFA 08 video games in the UK,[39] and his image was featured on Coke cans during the 2006 World Cup.

On 9 March 2006, Rooney signed the largest sports book deal in publishing history with HarperCollins,[40] who granted him a £5 million advance plus royalties for a minimum of five books to be published over a twelve-year period. The first, My Story So Far, an autobiography ghostwritten by Hunter Davies, was published after the World Cup. The second publication, The Official Wayne Rooney Annual was aimed at the teenage market and edited by football journalist Chris Hunt.

In July 2006, Rooney's lawyers went to the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation to gain ownership of the Internet domain names waynerooney.com and waynerooney.co.uk, both of which Welsh actor Huw Marshall registered in 2002.[41] Three months later, the WIPO awarded Rooney the rights to waynerooney.com.[42]

Statistics

Club Performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup Football League Cup Europe Total
2002-03 Everton Premier League 33 6 1 0 3 2 – 37 8
2003-04 34 9 3 0 3 0 – 40 9
2004-05 Manchester United Premier League 29 11 6 3 2 0 6 3 43 17
2005-06 36 16 3 0 4 2 5 1 48 19
2006-07 35 14 7 5 1 0 12 4 55 23
2007-08 27 12 4 2 0 0 11 4 42 18
2008-09 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total England 196 68 24 10 13 4 35 12 267 94
Career Total 196 68 24 10 13 4 35 12 267 94

(Correct as of 02:21, 18 August 2008 (UTC))

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2003 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia 2-1 Win UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2. 10 September 2003 Manchester, England Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 2-0 Win UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
3. 16 November 2003 Manchester, England Flag of Denmark Denmark 3-2 Loss Friendly
4. 5 June 2004 Manchester, England Flag of Iceland Iceland 6-1 Win Friendly
5. 5 June 2004 Manchester, England Flag of Iceland Iceland 6-1 Win Friendly
6. 17 June 2004 Coimbra, Portugal Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3-0 Win Euro 2004 Group B
7. 17 June 2004 Coimbra, Portugal Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3-0 Win Euro 2004 Group B
8. 21 June 2004 Lisbon, Portugal Flag of Croatia Croatia 4-2 Win Euro 2004 Group B
9. 21 June 2004 Lisbon, Portugal Flag of Croatia Croatia 4-2 Win Euro 2004 Group B
10. 17 August 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of Denmark Denmark 4-1 Loss Friendly
11. 12 November 2005 Geneva, Switzerland Flag of Argentina Argentina 3-2 Win Friendly
12. 15 November 2006 Amsterdam, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 1-1 Draw Friendly
13. 13 October 2007 London, England Flag of Estonia Estonia 3-0 Win UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
14. 17 October 2007 Moscow, Russia Flag of Russia Russia 2-1 Loss UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Manchester United

Individual

February 2005
December 2005
March 2006
November 2007

References

  1. ^ harpercollins.co.uk: Wayne Rooney
  2. ^ newsoftheworld.co.uk: Roo been had
  3. ^ sky.com: Rooney's Brother Set To Play For Ireland
  4. ^ "Wayne Rooney Interview". FourFourTwo (2008-06-13). Retrieved on 2008-06-13.
  5. ^ Hunter, Andy (2006-10-24). "Rooney at 21", The Independent. 
  6. ^ "Everton Past Players: Wayne Rooney". ToffeeWeb (2005-09-01). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  7. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Eng Prem | Rooney ends Arsenal's run
  8. ^ "Manchester United plc Report & Accounts 2005" (PDF). Manchester United plc (2005-10-11). Retrieved on 2006-11-16.
  9. ^ McNulty, Phil (2004-08-14). "Rooney worth the fight", BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. 
  10. ^ Paolo Bandini & agencies (2006-09-01). "Rooney book could be pulped". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
  11. ^ Wayne Rooney settles autobiography libel dispute - The Telegraph, 6/3/08
  12. ^ "Rooney's debut hat-trick against Fenerbahçe", BBC Sport (2004-09-28). Retrieved on 2007-05-11. 
  13. ^ "Villarreal 0-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport (2005-09-14). Retrieved on 2006-06-18. 
  14. ^ "Rooney & Scholes off in friendly", BBC Sport (2006-08-04). Retrieved on 2006-11-17. 
  15. ^ "Rooney & Scholes lose ban appeals", BBC Sport (2006-08-15). Retrieved on 2006-11-17. 
  16. ^ Lawton, James (2006-09-19). "James Lawton: What's wrong with Wayne Rooney?", The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. 
  17. ^ Rooney hat trick helps Man United to 4-0 win - International Herald Tribune, 10/28/06
  18. ^ "Man Utd 3-2 AC Milan", BBC Sport (2007-04-24). Retrieved on 2008-06-07. 
  19. ^ "Rooney delighted with new number", Manchester United FC (2007-06-30). Retrieved on 2007-06-30. 
  20. ^ Rooney's broken foot adds to England injury crisis - Reuters UK, 8/13/07
  21. ^ Rooney faces two months out - BBC Sport, 6/26/04
  22. ^ "Rooney return date penciled in", Teamtalk (2007-11-23). Retrieved on 2007-11-23. 
  23. ^ Wayne Rooney’s agent banned and fined - Manchester United Blog, 7/9/08
  24. ^ a b c Wayne Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, banned - The Telegraph, 7/22/08
  25. ^ "Rooney claim: No intent and no ill will", Soccernet (2006-07-03). Retrieved on 2006-11-17. 
  26. ^ "Ronaldo cleared over Rooney red card", Soccernet (2006-07-04). Retrieved on 2006-11-17. 
  27. ^ "FIFA hands Rooney two-match ban", Reuters (2006-07-10). Retrieved on 2006-11-17. 
  28. ^ Rooney admits prostitute visits", BBC News, 22 August 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2006.
  29. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/stereophonics/37949
  30. ^ "Rooney wins £100k damages", Guardian Unlimited, 12 April 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2006.
  31. ^ manutdzone.com: United Tourist Guide
  32. ^ manchesteronline.co.uk: Premiership Class
  33. ^ Col and Wayne are Dunroonin | The Sun |HomePage|News
  34. ^ kicker, April 18, 2006, p. 79-80
  35. ^ dailymail.co.uk: Nike attacked over Rooney 'warrior' picture
  36. ^ http://www.bbdo.de/de/home/presse/aktuell/2006/30_03_06_soccer-ranking.html: Ronaldinho is footballer with the world’s highest brand value
  37. ^ talkingretail.com: Wayne Rooney "deal" for upmarket Asda
  38. ^ coca-cola.co.uk: Football: Wayne Rooney
  39. ^ EA - FIFA 07
  40. ^ "Striker Rooney nets £5m book deal", BBC News (2006-03-10). Retrieved on 2006-06-07. 
  41. ^ "Rooney's legal fight for website", BBC News (2006-07-23). Retrieved on 2007-02-22. 
  42. ^ "Rooney wins his fight for website", BBC News (2006-10-13). Retrieved on 2007-02-22. 

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NAME Rooney, Wayne
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DATE OF BIRTH 24 October 1985
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