Wayne Rooney

Striker for Manchester United and the England National Team, Sports Speaker Wayne Rooney made his international debut in 2003 as the youngest player to represent England. Playing at UEFA Euro in 2004 scouring four goals, and briefly became the youngest goal scorer. After he appeared in the 2006 and 2010 World Cup’s he was widely regarded as his country’s best player.

Rooney has been England Player of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2014. He has 105 International caps and 48 goals scored. Next to David Beckham, Rooney is the most red carded player for England and is currently the clubs third-highest goalscorer of all time with 230 goals.

In 2002 he made his professional debut with Everton and spent two seasons at Merseyside club before leaving for Manchester United. Since he joined Manchester United, they have won the Premier League four times, the UEFA Champions League in 2007-2008 and two League Cups. Rooney scored his 150^th goal in the 2011-2012 season, becoming the highest goals scorer since the beginning of the Premier League for Manchester United. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, England was in their second group match up against Uruguay where Rooney scored his first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup finals. Following Steven Gerrard’s international retirement after the 2014 World Cup, England named Rooney England’s new captain. With this new role, Rooney took initiative to be an effective leader by conducting player-only meetings to reflect on players performances and how they can play better as a team. In November 2014, he won his 100th England cap (international match appearances) against Slovenia in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier. Most recently, Rooney scored the winning goal in June against Slovenia with only four minutes remaining in the match.

Sports Speaker Wayne Rooney has been awarded the PFA Players’ Player of the Year, the FWA Footballer of the Year and Premier League ‘Goal of the Season.’ As of 2011, he is the third highest-paid soccer player in the world behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Wayne Rooney is available for speaking engagements, sports clinics, and sporting events.