Rooney became the youngest player to play for England when he earned his first cap in a friendly against Australia on 12 February 2003 at seventeen, the same age in which he also became the youngest player to score an England goal. Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott broke Rooney's appearance record by 36 days in June 2006.
His first tournament action was at Euro 2004, in which he became the youngest scorer in competition history on 17 June 2004, when he scored twice against Switzerland; however, this record was topped by Swiss midfielder Johan Vonlanthen four days later. Rooney suffered an injury in the quarterfinal match against Portugal and England were eliminated on penalties.
Following a foot injury in an April 2006 Premier League match, Rooney faced a race to fitness for the 2006 World Cup. England attempted to hasten his recovery with the use of an oxygen tent, which allowed Rooney to enter a group match against Trinidad and Tobago and start the next match against Sweden. However, he never got back into game shape and went scoreless as England bowed out in the quarterfinals, again on penalty kicks.
Rooney was red-carded in the 62nd minute of the quarterfinal for stamping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho as both attempted to gain possession of the ball, an incident that occurred right in front of referee Horacio Elizondo. Rooney's United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo openly protested his actions, and was in turn shoved by Rooney. Elizondo sent Rooney off, after which Ronaldo was seen winking at the Portugal bench. Rooney denied intentionally targeting Carvalho in a statement on 3 July, adding, "I bear no ill feeling to Cristiano but I'm disappointed that he chose to get involved. I suppose I do, though, have to remember that on that particular occasion we were not teammates."[51] Elizondo confirmed the next day that Rooney was dismissed solely for the infraction on Carvalho.[52] Rooney was fined CHF5,000 for the incident.[53]
During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, after England drew with Algeria, the England players were booed off the pitch by supporters. Rooney made a comment as he left the pitch to television cameras saying, "Nice to see your home fans boo you, that's loyal supporters".[54] He has since apologised for the comment,[55] made during a lacklustre tournament for England who were eliminated in the second round.
International goals
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Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[56] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Everton | 2002–03 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
| 2003–04 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | ||
| Total | 67 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 77 | 17 | ||
| Manchester United | 2004–05 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 17 |
| 2005–06 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 19 | |
| 2006–07 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 23 | |
| 2007–08 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 18 | |
| 2008–09 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 20 | |
| 2009–10 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 34 | |
| 2010–11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 194 | 92 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 290 | 133 | |
| Career total | 261 | 107 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 368 | 150 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 8 December 2010[57]
| England national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2 |
| 2006 | 8 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 67 | 26 |
Honours
Club
- Manchester United
- Premier League (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
- FA Community Shield (2): 2007, 2010
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
Individual
- BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year (1): 2002
- Bravo Award (1): 2003
- UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament
- Goal of the Season (2): 2004-05, 2006–07
- Goal of the Month (5): October 2003, January 2005, April 2005, January 2007, March 2007
- FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (1): 2004–05
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
- FWA Footballer of the Year (1): 2009–10
- PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2009–10
- PFA Young Player of the Year (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
- FA Premier League Player of the Month (5): February 2005, December 2005, March 2006, October 2007, January 2010
- Barclays Player of the Season (1): 2009–10
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (1): 2008
- England Player of the Year (2): 2008, 2009
Personal life
Family
Rooney met his wife, Coleen Rooney (née McLoughlin), while both were in their final year of secondary school. They married on 12 June 2008 after six years of dating, during which Rooney admitted to soliciting prostitution in Liverpool in 2004. '"I was young and stupid. It was at a time when I was very young and immature and before I had settled down with Coleen."[59] He has a tattoo of the words "Just Enough Education to Perform", the title of an album by his favorite band, the Stereophonics; Coleen arranged for the group to play at their wedding reception.[60] The wedding ran into some controversy with the Catholic Church. The couple held a religious ceremony at La Cervara, a converted monastery near Genoa, despite being warned by the local bishop's office against the plan. The bishop's office told the Rooneys that La Cervara is deconsecrated and not suitable for a wedding. It suggested a different church, five miles away. Nevertheless, the couple ignored the advice and Father Edward Quinn, their local priest from Croxteth, presided over a ceremony in which rings were exchanged.[61]
In April 2006, he was awarded £100,000 in libel damages from tabloids The Sun and News of the World, who had claimed that he had assaulted Coleen in a nightclub. Rooney donated the money to charity.[62]
The Rooneys reside in a £4.25 million mansion in the village of Prestbury, Cheshire,[63] which was built by a company owned by Dawn Ward, the wife of former Sheffield United striker Ashley Ward.[64] He also owns property in Port Charlotte, Florida.[65] While Rooney was house hunting in Cheshire after signing with Manchester United, he spotted a pub sign that read "Admiral Rodney", which he misread as "Admiral Rooney." He nonetheless considered it a positive omen for his future home.[66] Rooney owns a French mastiff dog, which was reportedly bought for £1,250.[67]
Rooney's wife Coleen announced on 7 April 2009 that the couple were expecting their first baby, due in October 2009.[68] Coleen gave birth to their son, Kai Wayne Rooney, on 2 November 2009.[69]
Commercial interests
Rooney has endorsement deals with Nike,[70] Nokia,[71] Ford, Asda,[72] and Coca-Cola.[73] He has appeared on five straight UK-version covers of Electronic Arts' FIFA series from FIFA 06 (2005) to FIFA 11 (2010).[74]
On 9 March 2006, Rooney signed the largest sports book deal in publishing history with HarperCollins,[75] who granted him a £5 million advance plus royalties for a minimum of five books to be published over a twelve-year period. The first, My Story So Far, an autobiography ghostwritten by Hunter Davies, was published after the World Cup. The second publication, The Official Wayne Rooney Annual, was aimed at the teenage market and edited by football journalist Chris Hunt.
In July 2006, Rooney's lawyers went to the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation to gain ownership of the Internet domain names waynerooney.com and waynerooney.co.uk, both of which Welsh actor Huw Marshall registered in 2002.[76] Three months later, the WIPO awarded Rooney the rights to waynerooney.com.[77]
Paul Stretford controversy
In July 2002, while Rooney was with Everton, agent Paul Stretford encouraged Rooney and his parents to enter the player into an eight-year contract with Proactive Sports Management. However, Rooney was already with another representation firm at the time, while Stretford's transaction went unreported to the FA, and he was thus charged with improper conduct. Stretford alleged in his October 2004 trial that he had secretly recorded boxing promoter John Hyland (an associate of Rooney's first agent) and two other men threatening and attempting to blackmail him for an undisclosed percentage of Rooney's earnings.[78]
Stretford's case collapsed due to evidence that conflicted with his insistence that he had not signed Rooney, and on 9 July 2008, he was found guilty of "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police, and giving false and/or misleading testimony."[78] In addition, the contract to which Stretford had signed Rooney was two years longer than the limit allowed by the FA. Stretford was fined £300,000 and banned from working as a football agent for eighteen months, a verdict he promptly appealed.[78]
Stretford left Proactive in 2008 and took Rooney with him. Proactive later sued Rooney, claiming £4.3 million in withheld commissions. In July 2010, Proactive was awarded only £90,000 as restitution.[79]
David Moyes
On 1 September 2006, Everton manager David Moyes sued Rooney for libel after the tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail published excerpts from Rooney's 2006 autobiography that accused the manager of leaking Rooney's reasons for leaving the club to the press.[80] The case was settled out of court for £500,000 on 3 June 2008, and Rooney apologized to Moyes for "false claims" he had made in the book regarding the matter.[81]
Allegations of infidelity
Rooney, reportedly slept with a prostitute, Jennifer Thompson. It is understood his lawyers tried to fight the allegations when they first surfaced in early August 2010. He was unable to prevent the publication of fresh allegations that he slept with a prostitute because he had previously spoken of his shame at paying for sex, it is understood. Details of Rooney’s alleged infidelities came to light on 5 September 2010 after the Manchester United forward decided not to pursue a super-injunction to suppress the allegations. They included claims that he slept with the prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant.[82] Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested Wayne Rooney's form for Manchester United had suffered as he is struggling to cope with the intense media scrutiny surrounding his private life due to these allegations.[8
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