Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooneyis an English professional footballer who plays for and captains both Manchester United and the England national team. He has played much of his career as a forward, but he has also been used in various midfield roles...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 October 1985
CityCroxteth, England
decides england flexible losing system team winning
Winning and losing is about more than the system. If the system is flexible as it is in the England team I don't think it is the system that decides the game.
england call-me postmodern
Don't call me a Postmodern!
inspirational team england
I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.
team want england
I just want to get in the team and show all of them what I can do. (on signing for Manchester united)
chelsea knew result three
We knew the Chelsea result before the game, and we knew what we had to do and get the three points.
definitely good
We are still good enough. We have definitely got the quality.
break devastated fit injured moment obviously positive soon time
I don't know about the World Cup. Obviously I'm disappointed to get injured as I have done. I'm devastated to break my foot. At this moment in time it's horrible, really, but you have got to get on with it, be positive and try to get fit as soon as possible.
determined few goals missing nice sitting stands win
I was really disappointed sitting in the stands (against Austria). It's not nice missing any game, that's why I'm determined to win and get a few goals on Wednesday.
answer performance today
Look at my performance out there today and you can answer that yourself.
air difficult gamble knew lucky paid saw took
I saw it in the air and I knew it was going to be a difficult bounce. So I just took a gamble and I'm lucky enough it paid off.
chelsea drop hopefully winning
We've got to keep winning and, if we do that, hopefully Chelsea drop points.
bit catch chelsea close drop few kick points winning
Hopefully, we can kick on and keep winning games. Hopefully, Chelsea will drop a few points and we can get close to them or even catch them. And with a bit of luck, we could end up overtaking them.
anywhere brilliant near nobody remember saying
He was brilliant for Argentina. I remember at half-time everyone was saying that nobody could get anywhere near him. He was fantastic.
ball good great leader players strike whoever
He scored a great goal, not many players can strike the ball like that but he is one of them. He's our captain, our leader and a great player, but whoever comes in to will do a good job.