Wayne Rooney (120 caps, 53 goals)

Full Name:
Wayne Mark Rooney
Born:
24th October 1985, Croxteth, Liverpool
England Career:
2003 - 2018
Positions:
Left Forward, Centre Forward, Attacking Midfielder, Left Midfielder, Left Attacking Midfielder and Midfielder
Clubs (and caps):
Everton (17), Manchester United (102) & DC United (1)
FA Legacy Number:
1125
Career Summary:
Wayne Rooney (Born: 24th October 1985) was an international footballer who represented England 120 times scoring 53 goals. His first cap was against Australia on 12th February 2003 at 17 years old, and his last was vs United States on 15th November 2018 aged 33. Rooney, born on 24th October 1985, in Croxteth, Liverpool, has a FA Legacy Number of 1125 and played as a Left Forward, Centre Forward, Attacking Midfielder, Left Midfielder, Left Attacking Midfielder and Midfielder for his country.
Notes:
At 17 years and 111 days he was the youngest player ever to represent England until Theo Walcott broke the record three years later. Aged 17 years and 317 days he became the youngest ever to score.
Wind forward twelve years, his penalty scored against Switzerland in September 2015 was his 50th goal for England, surpassing Bobby Charlton's 45 year old record to become England's highest scoring player.
He ended his England career with 120 caps, second only to Peter Shilton, and scored 53 goals spanning the third longest England career behind only Shilton and Sir Stanley Matthews. Truely one of England's finest players.

England Career Statistics

Debut:
v Australia (FR) on 12th February 2003 aged 17 years, 3 months, 19 days
Last Cap:
v United States (FR) on 15th November 2018 aged 33 years, 0 months, 22 days
First Goal:
v Macedonia (ECQ) on 6th September 2003 aged 17 years, 10 months, 13 days
First Captaincy:
v Brazil (FR) on 14th November 2009 aged 24 years, 0 months, 21 day
Career Length:
15 years, 276 days
Starts:
109
Substitute:
On 11
Withdrawn:
Off 59
Full Games:
49

England Match Statistics

  • FriendlyFR 44 14 7 0 2
  • European Championship QualifierECQ 27 14 8 1 5
  • FA Summer TournamentFAST 2 2 0 0 0
  • European Championship FinalsECF 10 6 3 0 1
  • World Cup QualifierWCQ 26 16 4 0 3
  • World Cup FinalsWCF 11 1 0 1 0
  • Competitive 76 39 15 2 9
  • Home, Away or Neutral
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Home 53 24 10 0 3
  • Away 41 21 8 1 6
  • Neutral 26 8 4 1 2
  • Match Results
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Lost 19 5 2 0 3
  • Won 72 43 17 0 6
  • Drawn 29 5 3 2 2
  • Playing Positions
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Centre Forward 80 40 12 1 7
  • Attacking Midfielder 24 8 4 1 2
  • Left Forward 6 3 1 0 1
  • Midfielder 6 1 5 0 0
  • Left Midfielder 2 0 0 0 1
  • Left Attacking Midfielder 2 1 0 0 0
  • Managers
  • Caps
  • Goals
  • Captaincies
  • Red Card
  • Yellow Card
  • Roy Hodgson 42 25 18 0 1
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson 33 11 0 1 4
  • Fabio Capello 33 14 1 1 3
  • Steve McClaren 7 3 0 0 3
  • Gareth Southgate 4 0 2 0 0
  • Sam Allardyce 1 0 1 0 0
  • Totals
  • 120
  • 53
  • 22
  • 2
  • 11

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Sources

  • englandstats.com Digital Archive
  • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
  • 446 sources from 120 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List