Wayne Rooney
Soccer Player — born 1985
Wayne Rooney is an English footballer widely regarded as one of the best. He plays for Manchester United and the England national team.
Wayne Rooney is an English former professional soccer player whose 16-year career — primarily with Manchester United (2004–2017) and the England national team (2003–2018) — produced one of the English soccer goal-scoring records of the 21st century. He was born Wayne Mark Rooney on October 24, 1985, in Liverpool, England, into a working-class Liverpool family. He started playing youth soccer at Everton FC's De La Salle Academy at age 9.
His Everton senior-team debut came in August 2002 at age 16 — making him at the time the youngest player to ever appear in the English Premier League. The 2002–2004 Everton period was capped by his England national-team debut at age 17 in February 2003, making him the youngest England national-team player at the time. He scored his first England goal at age 17 in September 2003 — making him the youngest goal-scorer in England national-team history at the time.
His Manchester United career began with his August 2004 transfer for £25.6 million (then a British transfer-fee record for a teenager). His 13-season Manchester United career produced five Premier League titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013), the 2008 UEFA Champions League title, the 2017 UEFA Europa League title, the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, the 2016 FA Cup, and three EFL Cup titles. His 253 career goals for Manchester United made him the all-time top goal-scorer for the Manchester United franchise (until 2024 when Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed him in total club appearances).
His 53 career international goals for the England national team made him the all-time top goal-scorer for England (until 2023 when Harry Kane surpassed him). He played in three FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014) and three UEFA European Championships (2004, 2012, 2016). He retired from professional soccer in January 2021 and has subsequently been a soccer manager — including coaching positions at Derby County and D.C. United (Major League Soccer). He has been with English-Welsh Coleen Rooney since 2008, and the couple has four sons.
His name Wayne is from the Old English wægn meaning "wagon" — anchored in American Western tradition through American actor John Wayne. Wayne has been continuously among the most-popular American boys' names for over a century.
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Gender: Male · Origin: English
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