Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney was born in Croxteth, Merseyside on the 24th October 1985 and is a professional footballer, most famous for playing for Manchester United, Everton and England.He was raised an Everton fan and was scouted by his boyhood club as a child and joined their youth team, rising through the ranks at the club before making his senior team debut at 16 years old in August 2002 against Tottenham Hotspur. Rooney shot to fame after scoring against Arsenal at Goodison Park, scoring a superb winner to beat the-then unbeaten record of Arsenal's - standing at 30-matches. Arsene Wenger said after the match that Rooney was "the biggest England talent I've seen since I arrived in England. There has certainly not been a player under 20 as good as him since I became a manager here."Following two seasons with Everton, Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson came calling and signed the teenager for £25.6m, a record fee for a player under the age of 20 years old. Rooney excelled at United immediately and ended the season as the club's top scorer in all competitions with 17 goals. He was voted the 'PFA Young Player of the Year' for the 2004/05 season.He became a prolific threat for Manchester United as he reached double figures for Premier League goals for 11 straight seasons. During his time at United - between 2004 and 2017 - Rooney won five Premier League trophies; the Champions League and FA Cup once; and the League Cup four times. He was voted the Premier League Player of the Year in 2009/10.After 13 seasons at Manchester United, he accepted a move back to his boyhood club Everton, for a free transfer. Even though he only spent a season with Everton he managed to rack up his 200th Premier League goal and become the third highest assist-maker in the league, over-taking Frank Lampard with 103. He joined the MLS team D.C. United in 2018, playing one season there, before agreeing to move back to England with Derby County in a player/coach capacity.Rooney married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin back in 2008 and they have four sons together - Kai, Kit, Klay and Cass. He finished his career in England as both England's youngest and highest ever goal-scorer and is also Manchester United's record goal-scorer, a true football great.