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Birthdate:
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24 Oct 1985
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Birthplace:
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Croxteth, Liverpool
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Position:
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Striker
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Appearances
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356
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Goals Scored
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174
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Joined United:
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31 Aug 2004
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United Debut:
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28 Sept 2004 v Fenerbahce (H)
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International:
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England
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Wayne Rooney burst onto the Old Trafford stage in September 2004,
netting an unforgettable hat-trick against Fenerbahce on his debut.
He'd arrived from Everton, his boyhood club, a few weeks earlier, becoming the world's most expensive teenager in the process. But it wasn't his performances for the Toffees that had sparked United's interest. Staff at Carrington knew about Wayne from a much, much earlier age.
"Our Under-9 side played Everton's boys one day and they absolutely hammered us," now-Academy manager Paul McGuinness remembers. "Rooney scored a few [six, actually], but there was one that stood out. It was basically the classic overhead kick, the
He'd arrived from Everton, his boyhood club, a few weeks earlier, becoming the world's most expensive teenager in the process. But it wasn't his performances for the Toffees that had sparked United's interest. Staff at Carrington knew about Wayne from a much, much earlier age.
"Our Under-9 side played Everton's boys one day and they absolutely hammered us," now-Academy manager Paul McGuinness remembers. "Rooney scored a few [six, actually], but there was one that stood out. It was basically the classic overhead kick, the
perfect bicycle kick, which for a kid of eight or nine years old was really
something special."
