Wayne Rooney Biography
– Introduction Twenty one years old and he's already an
international super star. Rooney already has 170 league appearances in
the Premiership and scored over 56 goals and also has a goal tally of
12 (in 38 matches) for the England
national squad. This is the player in numbers, but in this
biography, you'll meet the person behind the numbers as I'm going to
cover his career so far, from youth level to international fame.
Wayne
Rooney Biography – Everton Initially, Rooney started playing soccer for
the Liverpool Schoolboys,
but when he was 10, he was signed by Everton for a youth contract. His
strong physique for his age made him stand out and Wayne
Rooney's goal tally with the youth squad was over the top even in his
early teens.
His impressive form and his physical and technical qualities made him
leap to the senior team when he was just 16 years old. Incredibly
enough, he was even given the chance to play, just prior to his 17th
birthday, in a match against an Arsenal team that dominated the
Premiership at that point, with 30 consecutive unbeaten matches.
Full
name
Wayne
Mark Rooney
Date
of birth
October
24, 1985
Place
of birth
Liverpool,
England
Height
5.10FT
- 1.78M
Playing
position
Striker
A few minutes after he
entered
the pitch, Rooney received a long ball from midfield, took over the
ball with a perfect stop and pummeled the ball in the top corner,
leaving David Seaman with no reaction in Arsenal's goal and at the end,
breaking Arsenal's winning streak. The commentator of the match said
that day "Wayne Rooney – remember that name"
and indeed it was a name to remember.
He soon became a
regular first
team member and Rooney's goals also
brought him in the attention of the English national side, for which he
starred in the 2004 European Championship in Portugal.
His performances
there and the
intense media coverage he was under that
summer made Manchester United and Newcastle United fight for his
signature and it was the former who were successful, paying no less
than $50 million, making Rooney become the most
expensive teenager transfer in history.
Season
Club
Games
Goals
2002-2004
Everton
67
15
2004-Present
Manchester
United
103
41
Last
Update - Sep 29, 2007
Domestic League Only
Rooney Biography
–
Manchester United Rooney's highlights so far
with Manchester
include over 100 league matches played for the Red Devils, for which he
scored 41 goals (not counting those scored in cups, European
competitions and friendlies).
He won the
Premiership in
2006-2007, the League Cup in 2006 and was also named the Young Player
of the Year in 2005 and 2006, as well as the Fans' player of the Year
in 2006 in the Premiership. Quite a CV for a 21 year old…
Although the
many awards and
trophies he got in 2006 could have made it the year of his career, an
incident involving Wayne Rooney and Cristiano
Ronaldo at the 2006 World Cup earned him some negative
reactions from fans and press alike.
England met
Portugal in the
2006 World Cup quarter-final and that also meant that Manchester
United's young stars, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo would clash.
In the
second half, after a
tackle received from Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho, Rooney
looked like he intentionally stepped on the player. Cristiano Ronaldo
then rushed at the referee demanding a red card for Rooney, despite the
fact that the two were teammates at the club (Click
here to play a funny online game dedicated to that incident).
Years
National
Team
Games
Goals
2003-Present
England
38
12
Last
Update - July 16, 2007
This
incident tensed the
relationship between the two at Manchester United and Rooney was
brought down by the entire English press and was made a sort of scape-goat
for England's defeat against Portugal, much like the incident involving
Beckham at the 1998 World Cup.
Rooney's
red card incident - 2006 World Cup quarter-final
Fortunately, in a few weeks
the incident died down and both Wayne
Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were able to call it a truce and play
brilliantly together in the following seasons.
Rooney is
currently rated
amongst the top 3 media stars in soccer, right behind Ronaldinho
and David
Beckham and Wayne Rooney's celebration has become a trademark
of his young fans.
Much is
expected from Rooney
by both the Manchester United fans and the English national side's ones
in the upcoming European Championship and World Cup, since he will be
at the peak of his career by the time these two competitions hit.
