Wayne Rooney

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Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney arriving in Moscow, Russia ahead of the
2008 Champions League Final
Personal information
Full name Wayne Mark Rooney
Date of birth October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24) (age 22)
Place of birth    Liverpool, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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)
189 (77)   
National team2
2003– England 043 (14)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. His transfer fee from Everton still stands as the highest ever paid for a teenager. He is regarded as one of the best young forwards in the world [1]

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[edit] Biography

Rooney was brought up in Croxteth, Liverpool, with a working-class family and attended the De La Salle School from 1997 until 2002. He has two younger brothers who later attended the school. Rooney grew up supporting Everton, and his childhood hero was Scottish striker Duncan Ferguson. Rooney first appeared for Everton in the youth team, and during his time there, after scoring a wonder-goal in the FA Youth Cup, he revealed a T-shirt under his jersey that read "Once a blue, Always a blue". [2] However, he would end up playing just two seasons in the Everton first team before demanding, and then executing, a transfer. This has left him on unfavourable terms with Everton fans, and this showed when he returned to Goodison Park and was booed severely.[3]

Rooney has been under an intense media spotlight since first arriving on the scene in the autumn of 2002, particularly coming to the public's notice on 19 October 2002 when he scored a memorable goal against title-holders Arsenal, ending a run of 15 matches unbeaten (arsenal). Receiving the ball some 10 yards outside the 18-yard box, Rooney brought it down firing it into the top left-hand corner of the goal, beating England keeper David Seaman and giving Everton a late 2-1 victory at Goodison Park.[4] This goal provoked Clive Tyldesley, the match commentator, to exclaim "Remember the name: Wayne Rooney!". Rooney was five days short of his 17th birthday when he scored the goal, making him the youngest ever goalscorer in the Premiership at the time. Rooney gained a huge reputation on the world stage due to his performance at Euro 2004, as he spearheaded the English attack, scoring four goals in three group games.

[edit] Career

[edit] Everton

After excelling for Liverpool Schoolboys and The Dynamo Brownwings, Rooney was signed by Everton shortly before his 11th birthday.[5] Rooney gained national prominence on the 19th of October 2002 when he became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League at 16 years and 360 days while playing for Everton (though this record has since been surpassed twice by James Milner and current record holder James Vaughan). His goal against then-champions Arsenal was a last-minute winner and brought to an end the London side's 30-match unbeaten run. At the end of 2002 he won the BBC Sports Young Personality of the Year.

[edit] Transfer

Before turning 17 and becoming eligible for a professional contract, he was playing for £80 a week and living with his family on one of the country's most troubled council estates. His salary has gradually soared and Rooney now earns more than £130,000 a week. Following intense media coverage of Rooney at Euro 2004, Everton claimed that they would not transfer his contract for less than £50 million. The club offered Rooney a new contract for £12,000 a week for three years. This, however, was turned down by Rooney's agent on the 27 August 2004, leaving Manchester United and Newcastle United to compete for his signature.

The Times newspaper reported that Newcastle were close to signing the young star for £18.5 million, a fact later confirmed by Rooney's agent. Manchester United, however, were the successful club in signing the young talent. Rooney handed in a transfer request to Everton and on the evening of 31 August 2004, Rooney signed for Manchester United after a deal worth around £31 million (£49 million including wages) was agreed. The deal was concluded just hours before the transfer deadline.

The initial fee of £23m was paid to Everton over two years; the rest of the money depends on appearances and/or success at Manchester United and/or England. It is realistic that the fee will reach the maximum £31m within the next 3 years. A final fee in the region of £30m plus costs is more likely. In the club's 2004-05 accounts, Rooney's contract is recorded as having a book cost of £25.066 million as at 30 June 2005, with contingent payables of £4 million, giving a maximum final fee of £29.066 million including costs.[6]

Rooney's transfer fee is the second highest for an exclusively British deal, with only his Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand commanding a higher fee. Rooney does, however, have the honour of being the most expensive teenage footballer ever, being a few weeks short of his 19th birthday when Manchester United signed him.[7]

[edit] Manchester United

Rooney with team-mate Anderson.
Rooney with team-mate Anderson.

Rooney made his debut for Manchester United on 28 September 2004 in the UEFA Champions League against Fenerbahçe, scoring a hat-trick and also an assist (the match finished in a 6-2 win for United).[8] For the 2005-06 season, Rooney initially started playing in wider positions than his more favoured central role. Eventually, after Manchester United's poor run of form early in the season, Sir Alex Ferguson moved him back to his stronger position, playing behind Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy as a second striker. He got his first professional Winners Medal in the 2006 English League Cup. He was also named Man of the Match in the League Cup final against Wigan Athletic, after scoring two goals in the final (a 4-0 victory for United), en route to winning his first senior medal. He was also a member of the United side defeated in the 2005 FA Cup Final by Arsenal. He captained Manchester United for the first time in a home Champions League match against Copenhagen on 17 October 2006, becoming probably the youngest captain in the clubs' history.[9] On 26 November 2006 he signed a two-year extension to his contract, which will keep him at Old Trafford until at least 2012; the contract extension negotiations only took one month, which was interpreted as showing how keen both sides were to conclude the extension.

During the first half of the 2006-7 season, Rooney went 10 games without a goal before scoring a hat-trick against Bolton. Nevertheless, as of February 2007 he was the top English goalscorer in the Premiership, and had received significantly fewer bookings than in previous seasons.[citation needed] In the FA Cup tie against Portsmouth, Rooney came on as a substitute and scored two goals, one of which was a 25-yard chip over goalkeeper David James, and soon after scored two of United's four goals in the derby against Bolton. Rooney scored his first goal for two-and-a-half years in Europe in a 2-1 defeat to A.S. Roma on 4 April 2007 in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. His scoring in the tournament continued in the quarter-final second leg against Roma and the semi-final first leg on, when he scored two goals in the 3-2 victory over A.C. Milan, the second a low first-time drive into the bottom right-hand corner.[10] By the end of April, Rooney had scored 23 goals for his team in all competitions, putting him level with team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of goals scored in all competitions in the 2006-07 season.

On 30 June 2007, it was announced that Rooney would take over the number 10 shirt vacated by Ruud van Nistelrooy when he left for Real Madrid just over a year earlier. He was formally presented with the shirt by former United and Scotland striker Denis Law, who famously wore the number during his prolific spell with the club.[11]

Rooney receiving treatment for his broken foot
Rooney receiving treatment for his broken foot

On 12 August 2007, Rooney's injury problem returned to haunt him, when, in United's opening game of the 2007-08 Premier League (a 0-0 draw with Reading), he suffered a hairline fracture to a bone in his foot. It was expected that this would keep him sidelined for around two months. On 26 August 2007, Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that he might be back in three weeks.[12]

Rooney celebrating after a goal against AS Roma
Rooney celebrating after a goal against AS Roma

On 2 October, Rooney scored his first comeback goal in the Champions League group stage match against AS Roma. United won 1-0. His goal-scoring form continued for club and country.

On 9 November, Rooney damaged his ankle during training. This injury ruled him out for up to 4 weeks missing games against Croatia, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Sporting Lisbon. But his recovery went faster than expected, and he returned to training after 2 weeks. He made his comeback against Fulham on 3 December, playing 70 minutes. [13] Rooney played the majority of games, finishing with 18 goals, as he won his second Barclay's Premiership title and United reached the final of the Champions League after a 1-0 aggregate victory over Barcelona in a tense semi-final.

[edit] International career

Rooney playing for England
Rooney playing for England

He has also figured prominently in recent England international matches, after having become the youngest ever player to play for England, in a friendly against Australia, on 12 February 2003, aged 17 years, 111 days. This record has since been surpassed by Theo Walcott, who came off the bench to play in England's friendly against Hungary on 30 May 2006. Before Rooney, England's youngest ever player was James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers,[14] who made his debut almost one and a quarter centuries before, on 5 April 1879, aged 17 years, 253 days. Rooney is also the youngest England scorer ever (17 years, 317 days).

His reputation as one of the world's most exciting young players was further enhanced by his highly regarded performances for England at Euro 2004 in Portugal.[15][16] At the tournament Rooney became the youngest player ever to score in the UEFA European Football Championships, when on 17 June 2004 he scored twice against Switzerland; although the Swiss player, Johan Vonlanthen, broke this record against France four days later. Unfortunately Rooney was injured early in the quarter final match against Portugal and England were subsequently knocked out on penalties.

On 29th April 2006 Rooney was stretchered off in the 82nd minute of a Premier League game between United and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It was later confirmed that Rooney had suffered a broken metatarsal in a seemingly innocuous challenge with Paulo Ferreira, and was left with a race against time to be fit for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Due to his status as a cult hero and the fact that he was by now a key player in the national side, Rooney's recovery made front and back page headlines, as, aided by an oxygen tent, he made a staggering recovery, coming on as substitute for England's second group game against Trinidad and Tobago, and starting alongside Michael Owen in the following match against Sweden. However, the World Cup was to turn sour for Rooney. Struggling for match fitness, his frustration came to the fore as he was banished from the field for a stamp on Portugal's Ricardo Carvalho in the quarter final, and England crashed out of the tournament on penalties, with Rooney having failed to find the net.

England 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

[edit] 2004 Court Case

In and around 2002 there was a dispute between two groups over who had the right to manage Rooney and this led to a criminal trial after allegations that one side was trying to demand money with menaces from the other. The court was told that one group sought the help of the infamous London gangster Tommy Adams in resolving the dispute.[17]

[edit] Disciplinary issues

Rooney's career has been tainted with moments of ill-discipline.[18] In September 2005, against Northern Ireland, Rooney launched an on-field outburst at former England captain David Beckham,[19] but since then the pair have played down the bust-up.

His ill-discipline led to his dismissal in the 0-0 draw with Villarreal during United's Champions League encounter in Spain. Rooney was sent off for dissent following his sarcastic applauding of the referee, Kim Milton Nielsen, after he was initially booked for what he felt was an unfair booking.[20]

Rooney has pledged to keep his temper under control and both his club and international managers have defended him, citing his youth as the main reason for his behaviour. It is known that other teams and players are familiar with Rooney's disciplinary problems and sometimes use them against him, teasing him or provoking him.[21] Since the 2004-05 season he has been trying to keep his temper in check, as shown by a drop in cards received in the 2005-06 season. In the 2006 World Cup quarter-final match with Portugal, Rooney was sent off after an incident during the 62nd minute of the match. He became only the third English player to be given a red card while playing a match in a World Cup Finals. Rooney was struggling to gain proper control of the ball as he was involved in a tangle with Ricardo Carvalho and Petit, during which he appeared to stamp on Carvalho's groin. The incident occurred right in front of Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo. As play was stopped, Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo, a fellow teammate of his at Manchester United, remonstrated with the referee. Rooney then pushed Ronaldo and was shown the red card for what was thought to be a combination of the incidents involving Carvalho and Ronaldo.[22] However, on 4 July, Elizondo told The Times that the red card was due to the stamp on Carvalho, and not the scuffle afterwards. He said "It was violent play and therefore he got a red card. People can say what they want (about Ronaldo) but this had absolutely no influence. For me it was a clear red card, so I didn't react to the Portuguese players."[23]

After the match, which England lost on penalties, the BBC pundit team, led by Gary Lineker, showed a clip of what they found interesting in light of Rooney's dismissal. Before the match, Rooney's Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo approached him from behind and placed his head close to Rooney before speaking into his ear.[24] However the pundits in the studio each said that it was a friendly thing between two friends and teamates. Following Rooney's dismissal, Ronaldo was seen winking at the Portuguese bench but again no-one knows what was said to Ronaldo and the reason for the wink.

On 3 July, Rooney released a statement saying, "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 team-mates." He also claimed that his actions were accidental. He also defended his own actions in the statement: "I want to say absolutely categorically that I did not intentionally put my foot down on Ricardo Carvalho. He slid in from behind me and unfortunately ended up in a positioning where my foot was inevitably going to end up as I kept my balance. That's all there was to it. When the referee produced the red card I was amazed - gobsmacked. "[25]

Rooney was investigated by FIFA's disciplinary committee after being sent off during England's World Cup quarter-final defeat against Portugal, banned for two competitive matches and fined 5,000 Swiss francs.[26]

Rooney was sent off again for Manchester United in an Amsterdam Tournament game against FC Porto on 4 August 2006 for the use of an elbow on defender Pepe,[27] and was subsequently handed a three-match ban by the FA following their receipt of a 23-page report from referee Ruud Bossen explaining why he felt it was necessary to send Rooney off in the aforementioned game.[28] This was viewed as surprising, as other players sent off in pre-season friendly matches were not so sanctioned, and Rooney wrote to the FA threatening to withdraw the FA's permission to use his image rights if the ban was not revoked - however the FA has no procedure to do so.[29]

Though not related to on-field action, there were reports by British media that Rooney punched Blackburn Rovers' Michael Gray on 2 September 2006. The alleged incident that happened inside a Manchester restaurant was a result of suggestive comments by Gray towards Rooney's fiancée Coleen McLoughlin. Police were not informed about the incident.[30]

[edit] Personal life

Rooney is the first child of Thomas Wayne Rooney (better known as Wayne Rooney senior) and Jeanette Marie Rooney nee Morrey[31]. He has two younger brothers, Graeme (born 1987)[32] and John (born 1990)[33]. He has rarely been out of the media spotlight since his goal against Arsenal in October 2002, and has received press surrounding his relationship with fiancée Coleen McLoughlin. They currently live in a £4.25 million mansion in the village of Prestbury in Cheshire[34], built by a company owned by Dawn Ward, the wife of former Sheffield United striker Ashley Ward.[35]

Rooney has been in a relationship with McLoughlin since the age of 16, when they were both in their final year of secondary school.[36] However, Rooney also admitted to using prostitutes at a brothel in Liverpool on 10 separate occasions [1].[37]

When he moved to Manchester United and was told to find a home in the posh area of Cheshire, Rooney passed a pub which he thought was named "Admiral Rooney" and saw it as a good omen for his future home. It was actually "Admiral Rodney", but Rooney chose the place, Prestbury, anyway.[38] He also owns property in Marbella and Harbor Pointe, Port Charlotte, Florida.[39]

Rooney has also lucrative contracts with Nike[40], Nokia[41], Ford, Asda[42] and Coca Cola[43]. His marketing value is estimated at €46 million, making him the third-highest rated football player behind Ronaldinho and David Beckham.[unreliable source?][44] Rooney appears on the cover of the FIFA 06, FIFA 07 and FIFA 08 video game in the United Kingdom[45] and was featured on 500 million Coca-Cola cans during the 2006 World Cup. Regarding his private life, Rooney's favourite rappers are Eminem and 50 Cent.[46] His favourite film is Grease, and his favourite TV series is Only Fools And Horses.[47] He is also an avid reader of the Harry Potter series. He enjoys boxing, and idolises Muhammed Ali.[48]

[edit] Press accusations

In April 2006, newspapers suggested that he owed in excess of £700,000 in gambling debts,[49] possibly connected to a business partner of Michael Owen.[50] Days later, he accepted £100,000 (which he donated to charity) in libel damages from The Sun and News of the World newspapers which had claimed he had assaulted his fiancée in a nightclub.[51]

In September 2006, Rooney was again at a the centre of controversy, accused of punching Michael Gray in the eye following provocation from the Blackburn defender.

Rooney's autobiography My Story So Far
Rooney's autobiography My Story So Far

[edit] Books and website

On 9 March 2006, Rooney signed the largest sports book deal in publishing history with the publishers HarperCollins.[52] He is to receive a £5 million advance, plus royalties, for a minimum of five books to be published over a twelve-year period. The first book, My Story So Far, an autobiography ghost-written by Hunter Davies, was published after the World Cup. On 1 September 2006 Everton manager David Moyes started a libel action against the Daily Mail, which was publishing extracts of Rooney's book and threatened to also sue Rooney and his book publishers over statements made in the book concerning the circumstances of Rooney's leaving Everton.[53] As part of the same publishing deal with HarperCollins, the Official Wayne Rooney Annual was produced as a spin-off publication. Aimed at the teenage market, the annual was edited by football journalist Chris Hunt.

In July 2006, Rooney's lawyers went to the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to gain ownership of the internet domain names "waynerooney.com" and "waynerooney.co.uk", which Welsh television actor Huw Marshall had registered in 2002.[54] In October 2006, the WIPO ruled that "waynerooney.com" should be handed over to Rooney.[55]

[edit] Pop Culture

Rooney was parodied in "I'm on Setanta Sports", a new Setanta Sports show starring Jose Mourinho as a talk show host, joined later by Sven-Göran Eriksson, unveiled at a press conference by having Jose tear a paper bag off his head. Rooney was the next puppet to appear, with a high-pitched voice and Scouser accent, and was unveiled by being dropped out of a wooden crate. In one episode, Rooney is shown to be singing 'Ave Maria', doing keepy-uppies and a Rubik's cube, all at the same time, while blindfolded. Jose is constantly praising his talent, while criticising Eriksson. Rooney also appears in another episode on a parody version of 'Britain's Got Talent', where his ventriloquist act with a monkey puppet called Ronny (parody of Cristiano Ronaldo). At the beginning of one episode, Rooney is seen to checkmate both Eriksson and Mourinho in different games of chess. Rooney also interviews 'Dave of Newcastle', an Ameobi addict. In an episode, Jose is talking about artwork arriving in Liverpool galleries because they are the City of Culture 2008, and the fourth piece of 'artwork' is a series of scribbles by 'Wayne'.

Rooney has his own mini-show on 'I'm on Setanta Sports' called 'Wayne's World', where he defines a footballing term.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Flag of England Team honours with Manchester United

 :FA Community Shield 07/08
  FA cup runners up(2) 04/05 06/07

[edit] Individual honours and awards

[edit] Career statistics

Club Performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup Europe Total
2002-03 Everton Premier League 33 6 4 2 - 37 8
2003-04 34 9 6 0 - 40 9
2004-05 Manchester United Premier League 29 11 8 3 6 3 43 17
2005-06 36 16 7 2 5 1 48 19
2006-07 35 14 8 5 12 4 55 23
2007-08 27 12 5 2 11 4 43 18
Total England 192 67 38 14 33 12 261 93
Career Total 193 67 38 14 34 12 263 93

(Correct as of 26 April 2008)

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NAME Rooney, Wayne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 24 October 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
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