Wayne Rooney is an English footballer who currently
plays as a striker for English Premier League club
Manchester United and the England national team. Rooney
began his career with Everton, joining their youth team at
age ten and rising through the ranks. He made his
professional debut in 2002 and his first goal made him the
youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at the time.
He quickly became part of Everton's first team, spending
two seasons at the Merseyside club. Before the start of
the 2004–05 season, he moved to Manchester United for
?25.6 million and became a key member of the first team.
Since then, he has won the Premier League three times, the
2007–08 UEFA Champions League and also the Football League
Cup.
Rooney made his United debut on 28 September 2004 in a
6-2 Champions League group stage win over Fenerbahce,
scoring a hat-trick along with an assist. His first trophy
with United came in the 2006 League Cup, and he was also
named man of the match after scoring twice in United's 4-0
win over Wigan Athletic in the final. During the first
half of the 2006–07 season, Rooney ended a ten-game
scoreless streak with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers,
and he signed a two-year contract extension the next month
that tied him to United until 2012. By the end of April, a
combination of two goals in an 8-3 aggregate quarter-final
win over Roma and two more in a 3-2 semifinal first leg
victory over Milan brought Rooney's total goal amount to
23 in all competitions.
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.

Full name: Wayne Mark Rooney
Date of birth: 24 October 1985 (age 23)
Place of birth: Croxteth, Liverpool, England
Height: 1.78m
Playing position: Striker/Second striker
Current club: Manchester United
Number: 10