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Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24
October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier
League club Manchester United and the England
national team.
Aged nine, Rooney joined the
youth team of Everton, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He
spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the
2004 summer transfer window. The same year, Rooney acquired the nickname
"Wazza". Since then, with Rooney in the team, United have won the
Premier League four times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and two League
Cups. He also holds two runner-up medals from the Champions League and has
twice finished second in the Premier League. In April 2012, Rooney scored his
180th goal, making him United's fourth-highest goal-scorer of all time.
In 2009–10, Rooney was awarded
the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year. He has
won the Premier League Player of the Month award five times, a record he shares
with Steven Gerrard. He came fifth in the vote for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or
and was named in the FIFPro World 11 for 2011. Rooney has won the 'Goal of the
Season' award by the BBC's Match of the Day poll on three occasions, with his
bicycle kick against rivals Manchester City winning the 'Premier League Goal of
the 20 Seasons' award.
Rooney is the third highest-paid
footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an
annual income of €20.7 million (£18 million) including sponsorship deals.
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