Wayne Rooney Net Worth 2022, Biography, Income, Career And More (updates)!

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English professional football manager and former player Wayne Mark Rooney were born on October 24, 1985. He most recently held the position of manager at Derby County, a club in the English Football League’s League One. Throughout his career, he was primarily utilized as a forward but also played in a variety of midfield positions. Rooney, one of the greatest players of all time, holds the records for most international appearances by an outfield player for England and for most goals scored by a player for Manchester United.

What is Wayne Rooney Net Worth and Salary?

British football player and coach Wayne Rooney is worth $170 million. During the height of his career, Wayne earned $26 million a year in wages. With Manchester United, he won the Premier League five times and was named the league’s player of the year and the tournament’s most valuable player on multiple occasions. Wayne signed a three-year contract with Major League Soccer’s D.C. United in June 2017, and he made $30 million in pay and endorsements in 2018. Several major corporations, including Nike, Nokia, Coca-Cola, and Ford, have signed on as Rooney’s sponsors.

Wayne Rooney Early Life

On October 24, 1985, in Croxteth, Liverpool, England, Wayne Mark Rooney was born. He attended Our Lady and St. Swithin’s and De La Salle School while growing up in a Roman Catholic family with his mother Jeanette, father Thomas, and younger brothers Graham and John. When he was younger, Wayne played football for the Liverpool Schoolboys, the Copplehouse boys’ club, and the Kirkdale junior league. At the tender age of nine, he was scouted by the Everton Football Club and began his professional career with the club at the age of sixteen. As a result of his great play, Rooney was honored as the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.

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Playing Career

For the sum of £25.6 million, Manchester United acquired Rooney from Everton in 2004. He wore the number eight jersey and made history in his first game for United by scoring a hat trick in the Champions League. Wayne won the PFA Young Player of the Year award after leading United in league goals scored with 11. Rooney had a breakout season in which he scored 16 goals and was awarded Man of the Match in the League Cup, but he broke his right metatarsal the following year. His contract with Manchester United was extended in 2006–07, keeping him there until 2012. The same season Wayne won the trophy, he also received his first Premier League championship medal.

While playing for United in the 2007–08 season, Rooney fractured his left metatarsal (keeping him out for six weeks) and damaged his ankle; he still managed to score 18 goals and lead United to victory in the all-English final of the Champions League. Wayne participated in the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2008. He had a hamstring injury in January of 2009. He was a member of the 2009 Champions League winning team and the 2009 Community Shield winning team, and he was voted Man of the Match again in December 2009 and PFA Players’ Player of the Year in April 2010. Despite speculation over his future, Rooney re-signed with Manchester United for another five years in October of 2010, and in 2011 he set a new record for most goals scored by an English player in a single Champions League.

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Coaching Career

The year is 2020, and Wayne has left D.C. United for a position as player-coach at Derby County of the English Football League Championship. Wayne officially retired from playing in January 2021 so he could devote his full time to coaching for Derby.

Wayne Rooney Personal Life

Together with his wife Coleen McLoughlin, Wayne has fathered four sons: Kai (born in November 2009), Klay (born in May 2013), Kit (born in January 2016), and Cass (born in March 2017). (born in February 2018). As part of a five-book contract he signed with HarperCollins in 2006, Wayne was promised a £5 million advance and future earnings. He published his autobiography, “My Story So Far,” in 2006, followed by an annual, “The Official Wayne Rooney Annual,” in 2007, “The Way It Is,” in 2009, and “My Decade in the Premier League,” in 2012.

After being accused of assaulting his wife in 2006, Rooney sued “The Sun” and “News of the World,” and was awarded £100,000 in damages, all of which he gave to charity. In addition, Everton manager David Moyes sued Wayne in 2006 over statements made in “My Story So Far,” and the two sides settled in 2008 for £500,000. Rooney was caught for DUI in September of 2017 and ultimately pled guilty in court, receiving a £170 fine, losing his license for 2 years, and being required to serve 100 hours of community service. He was arrested at Washington Dulles Airport for public intoxication and using foul language the following year.

In 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2015, Wayne was named England’s Player of the Year. In his early years as a professional, he was recognized with the Bravo Award in 2003, the Golden Boy Award in 2004, and the FIFPro Young Player of the Year award in 2004–2005. Rooney also won D.C. United Golden Boot and was voted Premier League Player of the Season in 2009–10. (2018). All-time goalscorer for Manchester United, all-time goalscorer for the England national team, and all-time goalscorer in the Premier League are just a few of Wayne’s many football records.

Real Estate

Wayne and Coleen spent £20 million on a mansion in Cheshire, England that has six bedrooms in 2019. In 2017, the pair spent £320,000 for a beachfront property in Port Charlotte, Florida, and in 2010, they spent £5 million on a villa in Barbados, which they began renting out in 2015 for between £10,000 and £25,000 per week, depending on the season.