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Wayne Rooney Personal information Full name Wayne Mark Rooney Date of birth October 24, 1985 (age 21) Place of birth Liverpool, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Nickname Wazza, Mickey, Roonaldo, The White Pelé Position Striker/Midfielder Club information Current club Manchester United Number 8 Youth clubs 2000–2002 Everton Professional clubs* Years Club Apps (goals) 2002-2004
2004- Everton
Manchester United 67 (15)
84 (35) National team** 2003- England 36 (12)
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer.
He currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. He normally played as a second striker to Ruud van Nistelrooy for his club team before van Nistelrooy's move to Real Madrid, although during 2005-06, he showed his versatility as a player by shifting to the midfield and playing on both flanks. He wears number 8 for Manchester United and wears number 9 the English national team.
Rooney was brought up in an urban area of eastern Liverpool called Croxteth, where he and his two brothers attended the local De La Salle Catholic School.
His boyhood team was always Everton; his love for his home town club was famously bore out when he wore a T-shirt reading "Once a blue, Always a blue". T-shirts aside, however, he would end up playing just two seasons with Everton before demanding, and then executing, a transfer. This has left him on unfavourable terms with Everton fans, as they showed when he returned to Goodison Park and he was booed severely. This was because many Evertonians consider him to be a traitor to his former club.
Although he has been under an intense media spotlight since first arriving on the scene in 2002, it was not until his performances at Euro 2004 that he gained a reputation on the world stage, as he spearheaded the English attack, scoring four goals. Rooney is also on the cover of the FIFA 07 video game in the United Kingdom.



Career stats

(Correct as of January 8, 2007)
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Everton F.C. 2002–03 33 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 37 8 4 2003–04 34 9 3 6 0 - 0 0 0 40 9 3 Manchester United 2004–05 29 11 4 8 3 - 6 3 - 43 17 4 2005–06 36 16 10 7 2 4 5 1 0 48 19 14 2006–07 19 8 6 2 0 1 6 0 0 27 8 7 Total








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