Rooney in 2012
Wayne Rooney , an English former association footballer , made his debut for England in a 3–1 defeat to Australia on 13 February 2003.[ 1] He scored his first international goal later that year, in his sixth appearance for his country, against Macedonia . He retired from international football in November 2018, with a record of 53 goals in 120 international appearances, making him England's second highest scorer behind Harry Kane ;[ 2] he previously surpassed Bobby Charlton 's record with a penalty against Switzerland at Wembley Stadium during Euro 2016 qualification .[ 3]
Rooney's goal against Macedonia made him the youngest goalscorer for England, aged 17 years 317 days, surpassing the record set by Michael Owen who had scored against Morocco in 1998 during the King Hassan II International Cup Tournament .[ 4] [ 5] It also made Rooney the youngest scorer in qualifying for the European Championships , a record he held until Israel 's Ben Sahar scored against Estonia in March 2007.[ 6] In June 2004, Rooney scored the first of England's three goals in a victory over Switzerland during Euro 2004 , and in doing so became the youngest player to score in a European Championship match.[ 7] It was a brief record: Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen , three months younger than Rooney, scored four days later.[ 8]
Rooney never scored an international hat-trick , although he scored twice in a match on ten occasions. He scored more times against San Marino than against any other team, with five goals against them. More than half of Rooney's goals came away from home: he scored 18 at Wembley Stadium and four in Manchester (two each at Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium ).
The majority of Rooney's goals came in qualifying matches. He scored 16 in World Cup qualifiers, including nine during the 2010 World Cup qualification round where he finished as the second-equal top scorer, alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina 's Edin Džeko and one behind Greece 's Theofanis Gekas .[ 10] Rooney also scored 14 times in European Championship qualifiers. He scored four times in Euro 2004, ending the tournament as the second-equal top scorer alongside the Netherlands ' Ruud van Nistelrooy and one behind the Czech Republic 's Milan Baroš .[ 11] He scored only once in the World Cup finals, in a 2–1 loss to Uruguay in 2014 .[ 12] The remainder of Rooney's goals, 16, came in friendlies .[ 2]
International goals
England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rooney goal. [ 13]
Statistics
Notes
^ UEFA officially attributed the second goal in this match to Rooney, although it was an own goal by the Swiss goalkeeper, Jörg Stiel .[ 17] [ 18]
References
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^ a b "England v Switzerland" . BBC Sport. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015 .
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^ a b "England 3–0 Switzerland" . BBC Sport. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ May, John (22 June 2004). "How does Rooney match up?" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Theofanis Gekas" . BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "UEFA Euro 2004 – statistics" . UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ a b McNulty, Phil (19 June 2014). "Uruguay 2–1 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ a b "Wayne Rooney" . Englandstats.com . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Rooney takes England top" . BBC Sport. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Denmark shock England" . BBC Sport. 16 November 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "England crush Iceland" . BBC Sport. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Rooney given England goal" . BBC Sport. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2021 .
^ "England's Own Goals: For" . EnglandFootballOnline. Retrieved 17 July 2021 .
^ "Croatia 2–4 England" . BBC Sport. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Denmark 4–1 England" . BBC Sport. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "Argentina 2–3 England" . BBC Sport. 12 November 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (15 November 2006). "Holland 1–1 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Hughes, Ian (13 October 2007). "England 3–0 Estonia" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (17 October 2007). "Russia 2–1 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Stevenson, Jonathan (10 September 2008). "Croatia 1–4 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Stevenson, Jonathan (11 October 2008). "England 5–1 Kazakhstan" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (15 October 2008). "Belarus 1–3 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (28 March 2009). "England 4–0 Slovakia" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Wilson, Paul (6 June 2009). "England hit Kazakhstan for four to take big step towards World Cup 2010" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (10 June 2009). "England 6–0 Andorra" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (9 September 2009). "England 5–1 Croatia" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (7 September 2010). "Switzerland 1–3 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (2 September 2011). "Bulgaria 0–3 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (19 June 2012). "England 1–0 Ukraine" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (12 October 2012). "England 5–0 San Marino" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (17 October 2012). "Poland 1–1 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (6 February 2013). "England 2–1 Brazil" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (22 March 2013). "England 8–0 San Marino" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (26 March 2013). "Montenegro 1–1 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Taylor, Daniel (2 June 2013). "Wayne Rooney makes his point to earn England undeserved draw in Brazil" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (11 October 2013). "England 4–1 Montenegro" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Wallace, Sam (15 October 2013). "England 2 Poland 0 match report: Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney ensure qualification for 2014 World Cup – and give Roy Hodgson his place in Brazil sun" . The Independent . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (4 June 2014). "Ecuador 2–2 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (3 September 2014). "England 1–0 Norway" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (9 October 2014). "England 5–0 San Marino" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Winter, Henry (12 October 2014). "Estonia 0 England 1, Euro 2016 qualifier: Wayne Rooney saves the day against resilient 10-man hosts in Tallinn" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Hart, Simon (15 November 2014). "Rooney leads England comeback against Slovenia" . UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (18 November 2014). "Scotland 1–3 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ Burnton, Simon (27 March 2015). "Harry Kane scored within 80 seconds of coming off the bench as a fluent England outclassed Lithuania at Wembley" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ McNulty, Phil (15 June 2015). "Slovenia 2–3 England" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2015 .
^ "San Marino v England" . BBC Sport. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015 .
^ "England vs France" . BBC Sport. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015 .
^ "England 2–0 Australia" . BBC Sport. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016 .
^ "England 1–2 Iceland" . BBC Sport. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016 .
^ "Rooney, Wayne" . National Football Teams . Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 November 2016 .
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