FOCUS ON ROONEY
The Manchester United Striker Wayne Rooney made his pro soccer debut in August 2002. From then he has huge fans following him for his exceptional performance.
This professional soccer player of England was born on October 24, 1985, in Croxteth, Liverpool and his full name is Wayne Mark Rooney. He has single handedly won quite a few matches for Manchester United and Everton his previous club.
He grabs the attention of a scout with the Everton Football Club, a local franchise in the English Premier League at the age of 9, while he was playing for local junior club. He made 99 goals in this league and got ready for a better competition. He became the prominent player with his penchant scoring and stood up as the youngest ever goal scorer in the premium league history.
Rooney made his entry to the Manchester United in the year 2003 which woe fans of Everton. In the year 2006, he was the captain of his team and won the premier league championship cup with a lead of 4-0 against Wigan Athletic. In the same year Rooney has written autobiography and landed a 5 million book deal from the familiar HarperCollins. The book named” Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far” bought some troubles for Rooney, but in spite of it he continued his splendid performance.
Rooney has sustained to create his mark with United. In 2008 he turns out to be the youngest player ever to play in 200 Premier League games. The following season he develops into just the 20th player in team history to keep count on more than 100 goals for the franchise. In 2008 he lost his title of most eligible bachelor as he married his long time girl friend, Coleen McLoughlin.
The honors of Rooney are numerous and his recent honor includes the FA Premier League Player of the Month, Barclays Player of the Season 2009-2010 and the list is continuing with the hard-look performance of Rooney.