Wayne Rooney: A Look At Records Made By England’s Leading Goalscorer

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International Records Made By Wayne Rooney

• A Look At Records Made By Englands Leading
  Goalscorer

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Here is a look at Wayne Rooneys career as well
as records as an England player.
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• Wayne Rooney has played 119 matches for England,
  the most by any outfield player as well as only
  six less than the all-time record of goalkeeper
  Peter Shilton.

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• England won 71 games in which Wayne Rooney
  appeared, while 29 were draws and 19 games ended
  in defeats.

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• He is Englands all time leading goal scorer,
  having netted the ball 53 times.

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• Only seven of Rooneys goals came in the final
  stages for England in international tournaments,
  four of which he scored as an 18-year-old at Euro
  2004.

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• Wayne Rooney has scored only once in a World Cup
  and that was against Uruguay in 2014.
• He featured for England in six major tournaments,
  with the country missing Euro 2008.

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• Wayne Rooney played 22 matches as Englands
  captain, as well as seven others wearing the
  armband for being part of a game.

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• At the age of 17 years and 111 days, Wayne Rooney
  made his international debut for England as a
  substitute for a friendly against Australia in
  February 2003, which was an England record at the
  time, but was later surpassed by Theo Walcott.

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• Sir Bobby Charlton was the leading goalscorer for
  England and held the record for 45 years before
  Wayne Rooney reached his half-century in 2015.

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• Rooney played under six different England
  managers during his career, namely, Sven-Goran
  Eriksson, Fabio Capello, Steve McClaren, Sam
  Allardyce Roy Hodgson and Gareth Southgate.

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• Wayne Rooney also has a total of 12 yellow cards
  in his international career, having been sent off
  against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup and in
  Euro 2012 qualifier in Montenegro, being the most
  controversial ones.

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