Wayne Rooney Football facts

Wayne was so good he was in Everton’s academy while still at De La Salle school. He then went straight into the Toffees first team squad!
 

At 16 Wayne made his top flight debut against Spurs and five days before his 17th birthday he scored an incredible last-minute winner against Arsenal.

Before turning 17 and becoming eligible for a professional contract Wayne was playing for £100 a week.

Wayne can’t stop breaking records. He was the youngest ever Everton scorer, youngest cap and youngest ever scorer for England. He was the youngest ever scorer at the Euro Champs until Switzerland’s Johann Vonlathen nicked the record from him.

There’s more bad news for future Premiership and international defences – Wayne’s 11-year-old brother John is also on the books at Everton!

Waybe Rooney runs around 11.82km during a match. This is incredibly almost 1km more than Luis Figo’s average! And strikers are supposed to do less work.
During a football match, on average Wayne walks for 4,000m, jogs for 4,800m, runs for 1500m, light sprinting for 1000m and 500m sprinting!

On average, Wayne heads the ball twice, uses his chest 13 times and his feet touches the ball 90 times in one game!

Wayne clocks up 9.70 metres per second. And that’s not too far off the pace of a sprinter like Maurice Greene who weighs in at just over 10 m/s!

Wayne scored a hat-trick on his debut for United against Fenerbahçe SK in the UEFA Champions League.

Rooney has signed lucrative contracts with Nike, Nokia, Ford, Asda and Coca Cola. His marketing value is estimated at €46 million, making him the third-highest rated football player behind Ronaldinho and David Beckham. As a side note, he is featured on 500 million Coca-Cola cans.

Rooney’s childhood football hero is former England and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer.

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Wayne Rooney Profiles

• Squad No: 10
• Position: Forward
• Age: 25
• Birth Date: Oct 24, 1985
• Birth Place: Liverpool
• Height: 5' 10'' (1.78m)
• Weight: 175 lbs (79.4 kg) 

Despite a disappointing World Cup in South Africa, Rooney is still undoubtedly viewed as one of the best players in the world. The Manchester United striker has been firmly in the spotlight since first breaking into the England side aged 17 and has the potential to stay at the top of the game for years to come.

Having worked his way through the Everton academy, a 16-year-old Rooney shot to the world's attention with a stunning goal against Arsenal in 2002 and showed skill beyond his years before Manchester United signed him for around £30 million after the 2004 European Championships - in which he had played a starring role.

The powerful frontman made an immediate impact with a hat-trick on his debut - a Champions League victory over Fenerbache in September 2004 - and went on to help United to three straight Premier League titles between 2006-2009, while also collecting numerous personal awards.

The 2009-10 season represented the pinnacle of Rooney's goalscoring career to date, as he plundered 34 goals in 42 games in all competitions for United. Cristiano Ronaldo's departure to Real Madrid allowed Rooney to flourish as he became the focal point of the Old Trafford attack, and he spearheaded United's forward line in style. Rooney scored the winning goal in the 2010 Carling Cup final and though United missed out on domestic and European glory, he was rewarded for an impressive campaign with the PFA Players' Player of the Year Award.

In September 2008, Rooney became the youngest player in league history to make 200 appearances but after poor form and a tabloid scandal after the 2010 World Cup, he admitted he wanted to leave Manchester United. It took just three days for him to perform a U-turn though, committing his future to the club until 2015 amid a media melee.

Strengths: Powerful and strong on the ball, Rooney's ability to pick a pass, shoot from distance and unselfishly work for the team is unparalleled in world football. His passion can never been called into question.

Weaknesses: He suffers when the red mist descends and has a propensity to lose his cool in key games. Sometimes an impetuous customer, prone to easy frustration.

Career high: His stunning debut hat-trick for Manchester United is a strong contender, but it cannot top being named as the best player in the country by his fellow professionals, as he scooped the PFA Players' Player of the Year Award in for the 2009-10 season.

Career low: Being sent off against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup for stamping on a rather delicate area of Ricardo Carvalho's, after working so hard to be fit for the tournament following a metatarsal injury.

Style: Powerful, hard-working, passionate; an unselfish superstar.

Quotes: "We all know football players at the top level are blessed with high wages, it's no secret. But Rooney would play for 100 euros-a-week. You can see the fire in his eyes. It's that fire which makes him the best of the best." 2009 World Player of the Year Lionel Messi praises Rooney's passion.

Trivia: Rooney has "Just Enough Education To Perform" tattooed on his right forearm. The line is the title of an album by his favourite band, The Stereophonics. 

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