Wayne Rooney is a talented English footballer who has achieved many awards and records over the past years, check out these top facts here!
- Wayne Mark Rooney was born on 24th October 1985 in Croxteth, Liverpool, England.
- His parents are Thomas Wayne and Jeanette Marie Rooney. He has two younger brothers called Graham and John.
- Wayne was brought up as a Roman Catholic with his younger brothers.
- Rooney attended Our Lady and St Swithin’s primary school and the De La Salle Humanities College.
- Rooney met Coleen at secondary school, they got married on 12th June 2008 after dating for six years.
- On 2nd November 2009, Coleen gave birth to a son named Kai Wayne Rooney.
- Rooney grew up supporting his local club, Everton.
- Wayne was sixteen years old when he first played for Everton.
- In addition to Everton, Rooney also supports Celtic.
- In 2003, Wayne Rooney became the youngest player to ever represent England.
- He is England’s youngest ever goalscorer.
- Before Rooney moved to Manchester United for £25.6 million in summer 2004, he spent two seasons at the Merseyside club.
- On 4 October 2008 in an away win over Blackburn Rovers, Rooney became the youngest player in league history to make 200 appearances.
- In 2008 & 2009, he won the England Player of the Year award.
- In June 2011, he visited the Harley Street Hair Clinic to have a hair transplant.
- In April 2012, Rooney scored his 180th goal – which made him United’s fourth-highest goal-scorer of all time.
- As of October 2012, he has won 78 international caps and scored 32 goals.
- Throughout Rooney’s first season, he had the number 18 on his shirt.
- He has won the Premier League Player of the Month award a total of five times, which is a record he shares with Steven Gerrard.
- Rooney is the third highest paid footballer in the world! Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the other two.
- On 18th March 2012, Wayne Rooney accidentally broke 9-year-old fan Jamie Thomas’ wrist with a stray shot. Rooney wasn’t aware of the incident at the time, but has apologised to the schoolboy.
- On Average, Rooney runs around 11.82km during a match and his feet touches the ball 90 times in one game.
- He read all the Harry Potter books and is a fan.
- Wayne Rooney did not achieve a single GCSE.
- Rooney has a tattoo of the words “Just Enough Education to Perform”, the title of an album by the Stereophonics – Rooney’s favourite band.