List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney explained

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.

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.[3] 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.[4] 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. It was a brief record: Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen, three months younger than Rooney, scored four days later.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] He scored only once in the World Cup finals, in a 2 - 1 loss to Uruguay in 2014. 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.[8]

List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney
No. Date Venue CapOpponent Score ResultCompetition Ref
1 6 September 2003 Gradski Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia 6 1–1 2–1 [9]
2 Old Trafford, Manchester, England 7 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[10]
3 16 November 2003 Old Trafford, Manchester, England9 1–0 2–3 [11]
4 5 June 2004 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England 13 2–0 6–1 Friendly[12]
53–0
6 17 June 2004 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal 15 1–0 3–0 [13]
7 2–0
8 21 June 2004 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 16 2–1 4–2 UEFA Euro 2004[14]
9 3–1
10 17 August 2005 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 24 1–3 1–4 [15]
11 12 November 2005 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 28 1–1 3–2 Friendly[16]
12 15 November 2006 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 36 1–0 1–1 Friendly[17]
13 13 October 2007 Wembley Stadium, London, England 39 2–0 3–0 [18]
14 17 October 2007 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 40 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[19]
15 10 September 2008 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia 46 3–0 4–1 [20]
16 11 October 2008 Wembley Stadium, London, England 47 3–1 5–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[21]
17 4–1
18 15 October 2008 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 48 2–1 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[22]
19 3–1
20 28 March 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England 49 2–0 4–0 [23]
21 4–0
22 6 June 2009 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan 51 3–0 4–0 [24]
23 10 June 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England 52 1–0 6–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[25]
24 3–0
25 9 September 2009 Wembley Stadium, London, England55 5–1 5–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[26]
26 7 September 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 67 1–0 3–1 [27]
27 2 September 2011 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria 71 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[28]
28 3–0
29 19 June 2012 Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine 75 1–0 1–0 [29]
30 12 October 2012 Wembley Stadium, London, England 77 1–0 5–0 [30]
31 3–0
32 17 October 2012 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland 78 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[31]
33 6 February 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England 79 1–0 2–1 [32]
34 22 March 2013 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 80 6–0 8–0 [33]
35 26 March 2013 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 81 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[34]
36 2 June 2013 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 83 2–1 2–2 [35]
37 11 October 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England 85 1–0 4–1 [36]
38 15 October 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England86 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[37]
39 4 June 2014 Sun Life Stadium, Miami, United States 91 1–1 2–2 [38]
40 19 June 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 94 1–1 1–2 [39]
41 3 September 2014 Wembley Stadium, London, England 96 1–0 1–0 [40]
42 9 October 2014 Wembley Stadium, London, England98 2–0 5–0 [41]
43 12 October 2014 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 99 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[42]
44 15 November 2014 Wembley Stadium, London, England 100 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[43]
45 18 November 2014 Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland 101 2–0 3–1 [44]
46 3–1
47 27 March 2015 Wembley Stadium, London, England 102 1–0 4–0 [45]
48 14 June 2015 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 105 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[46]
495 September 2015 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 106 1–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[47]
508 September 2015 Wembley Stadium, London, England 107 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[48]
5117 November 2015 Wembley Stadium, London, England109 2–0 2–0 [49]
5227 May 2016 Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England 110 2–0 2–1 [50]
5327 June 2016 Stade de Nice, Nice, France 115 1–0 1–2 [51]

Statistics

Caps and goals by year
YearGoals
200393
2004116
200582
200681
200742
200885
200996
2010111
201152
201254
2013106
2014138
201585
2016102
201700
201810
Total12053
Caps and goals by competition
CompetitionCapsGoals
FIFA World Cup111
FIFA World Cup qualification2616
UEFA European Championship106
UEFA European Championship qualifying2714
Friendlies4616
Total12053
Goals by opponent
OpponentGoals
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aussies stun England . 13 February 2003 . . 14 August 2015.
  2. News: Wayne Rooney's England goals. 25 August 2017. BT Sport. 23 August 2017.
  3. News: Owen glowing as leading light . . Kevin . McCarra . 5 September 2003 . 17 August 2015.
  4. Web site: EURO qualifying's youngest scorers . 20 February 2014 . UEFA. 14 August 2015.
  5. Web site: How does Rooney match up? . John . May . 22 June 2004 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  6. Web site: Theofanis Gekas . BBC Sport . 14 August 2015 . 10 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200110035320/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/world_cup_2010/groups_and_teams/team/greece/theofanis_gekas . dead .
  7. Web site: UEFA Euro 2004  - statistics. UEFA . 14 August 2015.
  8. Web site: Roberto . Mamrud . Wayne Mark Rooney – Century of International Appearances . . 14 August 2015.
  9. Web site: Rooney sparks England win. BBC Sport . 6 September 2003 . 14 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Rooney takes England top . 10 September 2003 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  11. Web site: Denmark shock England . 16 November 2003 . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  12. Web site: England crush Iceland . 5 June 2004 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  13. Web site: England 3 - 0 Switzerland . 17 June 2004. 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  14. Web site: Croatia 2 - 4 England . 21 June 2004 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  15. Web site: Denmark 4 - 1 England . 17 August 2005 . BBC Sport. 14 August 2015.
  16. Web site: Argentina 2 - 3 England . 12 November 2005 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  17. Web site: Holland 1 - 1 England . Phil . McNulty . 15 November 2006 . 14 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
  18. Web site: England 3 - 0 Estonia . BBC Sport . 13 October 2007. Ian . Hughes. 14 August 2015.
  19. Web site: Russia 2 - 1 England . Phil . McNulty . BBC Sport . 14 August 2015 . 17 October 2007.
  20. Web site: Croatia 1 - 4 England . Jonathan . Stevenson . BBC Sport . 10 September 2008 . 14 August 2015.
  21. Web site: England 5 - 1 Kazakhstan . 11 October 2008 . Jonathan . Stevenson . BBC Sport . 14 August 2015.
  22. Web site: Belarus 1 - 3 England . Phil . McNulty . 15 October 2008. BBC Sport . 14 August 2015.
  23. Web site: England 4 - 0 Slovakia . Phil . McNulty . 28 March 2009. BBC Sport . 14 August 2015.
  24. News: England hit Kazakhstan for four to take big step towards World Cup 2010 . The Guardian . 6 June 2009 . Paul . Wilson . 14 August 2015.
  25. Web site: England 6 - 0 Andorra . Phil . McNulty . 10 June 2009 . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  26. Web site: England 5 - 1 Croatia . 9 September 2009 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  27. Web site: Switzerland 1 - 3 England . 7 September 2010 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  28. Web site: Bulgaria 0 - 3 England . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport . 2 September 2011.
  29. Web site: England 1 - 0 Ukraine . 19 June 2012 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  30. Web site: England 5 - 0 San Marino . 12 October 2012 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  31. Web site: Poland 1 - 1 England . 17 October 2012 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  32. Web site: England 2 - 1 Brazil . 6 February 2013 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  33. Web site: England 8 - 0 San Marino . 22 March 2013 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  34. Web site: Montenegro 1 - 1 England . 26 March 2013 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  35. Web site: Wayne Rooney makes his point to earn England undeserved draw in Brazil . The Guardian . 2 June 2013 . Daniel . Taylor . 14 August 2015.
  36. Web site: England 4 - 1 Montenegro . 11 October 2013 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  37. News: 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 . . 15 October 2013 . 14 August 2015 . Sam . Wallace.
  38. Web site: Ecuador 2 - 2 England . 4 June 2014 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  39. Web site: Uruguay 2 - 1 England . 19 June 2014 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  40. Web site: England 1 - 0 Norway . 3 September 2014 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  41. Web site: England 5 - 0 San Marino . 9 October 2014 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  42. News: Estonia 0 England 1, Euro 2016 qualifier: Wayne Rooney saves the day against resilient 10-man hosts in Tallinn . The Daily Telegraph . 12 October 2014 . 14 August 2015 . Henry . Winter.
  43. Web site: Rooney leads England comeback against Slovenia . UEFA . Simon . Hart . 14 August 2015. 15 November 2014.
  44. Web site: Scotland 1 - 3 England . 18 November 2014 . Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  45. News: Harry Kane scored within 80 seconds of coming off the bench as a fluent England outclassed Lithuania at Wembley . The Guardian . 27 March 2015 . 14 August 2015 . Simon. Burnton.
  46. Web site: Slovenia 2 - 3 England . 15 June 2015. Phil . McNulty . 14 August 2015. BBC Sport.
  47. Web site: San Marino v England . 5 September 2015. 5 September 2015. BBC Sport.
  48. Web site: England v Switzerland . 8 September 2015. 8 September 2015. BBC Sport.
  49. Web site: England vs France . 17 November 2015. 17 November 2015. BBC Sport.
  50. Web site: England 2 - 0 Australia . 27 May 2016 . 27 May 2016. BBC Sport.
  51. Web site: England 1 - 2 Iceland . 27 June 2016 . 27 June 2016. BBC Sport.

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