Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Mark Rooney (born October 24, 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England team.

Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003. He played in the UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals. He also briefly became the youngest scorer in the competition. It is often chosen for the England team, and also featured at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Rooney won the Player of the Year in England twice, in 2008 and 2009. In March 2011, he won 70 international caps and scored 26 goals.

At the age of nine, Rooney joined the Everton youth team, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons in the Merseyside club before moving to Manchester United for £ 25.6 million in 2004-the summer transfer window. Since then, United won the Premier League four times, 2007-08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups with Rooney in the team. It also has two runner-up medals in both the Premiership and the Champions League. In 2009-10, Rooney was awarded PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. From 2011 he was the third highest paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an annual income of € 20.7 (£ 18m), including sponsorship agreements.