A Look At Wayne Rooney
Compared to lots of the well known faces in the football world Rooney is a new one. He
has actually been playing football semi professionally since the age of 10 when he joined the Everton youth team. Born in 1985 he now plays for both Manchester United and the England National Team.
He actually made his debut into professional football in 2002 and immediately grabbed people’s attention by becoming the Premier Leagues youngest goals scorer.
He spent two seasons at Merseyside club, Everton before moving to Manchester United as part of an estimated £25 million deal. He has won a number of awards since then including the Premier League numerous times, the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League and the League Cup.
Even further back than this he made his debut for the England team in 2003. A year later he took part in the 2004 Euro leaguer and become the youngest goal scorer. It is no surprise that he went onto play for England in the world cup, playing his first match in 2006.
In April 2009 Wayne married his long term girlfriend Colleen and she gave birth to their first son Kai Wayne Rooney in the winter of that same year.
Due to his face being so recognizable from his football talents he has been asked to take part in a number of advertising campaigns, including Nokia, Nike, Coca Cola and Asda. Colleen also has a number of her own media endorsements including magazine columns and her own fashion TV series for ITV 2.
Who Is Steven Gerrard?
Turning 30 in May this year, Steven Gerrard has played for Liverpool for his whole football career. He is a talented midfielder and second striker but has never been tempted away by money to other clubs, instead showing incredible loyalty to the Liverpool team.
Gerrard also plays for England, in the winger position.
He has played at Anfield since 1998 when he made his match debut; he got a place in the first team 10 years back in 2000. He has actually been the Liverpool Football Club’s captain since he took over from Sami Hyppia in 2003
He is not expected to change teams any time soon and in fact is expected to end his days played for the Anfield team, which has earned him respect from his football peers and fans alike.
Gerrard has a number of accolades under his belt including being England’s top goal scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has played for England since 2000.
Other accolades that he has been awarded during his 12 year football career include double league cup wins, two FA cup wins a UEFA Champions league win and a UEFA cup win. He has also been given the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year Award.
His honors even go beyond football and include his autobiography winning the Sports Book Of The Year Award in 2006 at the British Book Awards.
He has been married to Alex Curran for nearly 3 years and she is also known in the media has been seen in reality TV shows and has been known to write magazine columns for celebrity magazines.
What Makes David Beckham So Popular?
David Beckham is probably one of the most recognizable faces in English Football. In fact since his marriage to Spice Girl Victoria Addams they have gone onto become one of the most successful and richest couples in the world.
David played for Manchester United. He made his football debut back in 1992 at the age of just 17. Since ten he has gone from strength to strength with two FA cup wins, a UEFA win and 6 premier league titles under his belt.
He was also the captain of the England team for 6 years and captained over 115 matches for them
In 2004 Beckham was actually the highest paid football player in the world and he has twice won the FIFA World Player Of The Year award.
In fact proving just how powerful his name is, for 2 years in a row he was the highest sports search on Googles search engine.
He few years ago David to took the decision to leave English football and signed for Real Madrid. He actually only play for them for a total of 4 seasons before leaving them in 2007. He left them to sign for the Los Angeles Galaxy team for over $6.5million a year.
He is now back on loan to Milan has a midfielder although is still signed to the Los Angeles Galaxy team.
He and Victoria are 3 children and are rumored to be trying for their 4th shortly, which they hope to a girl. They are always in the media and now live in America, classing the likes of Tom Cruise as their neighbors.