Wayne Marik Rooney is a world renowned English professional footballer of part-Irish descent, who was born on 24th October 1985 in Croxteth, Liverpool, England . Starting his football career in 2002, Rooney currently serves as the captain to the national team of England, as well as the world renowned football club, Manchester United. Wayne Rooney is mostly noted for his excellent football skills and appreciable sportsmanship, for which he is lauded as a hero of the football field by his millions of fans and followers around the world.
One of the most popular and followed footballers of this generation, how rich is Wayne Rooney? Wayne currently counts his net worth at an astounding $125 million, and with this much money in his hands, Rooney is leading quite a grand life. He is the owner of a huge mansion in Cheshire, England which is valued at $17.83 million, and Rooney’s extravagance does not end there, as he has also managed to collect many luxurious vehicles which he likes to flaunt on the smooth roads of England. His collection includes a Bentley Continental GTC, a Range Rover Overfinch, an Ashton Marin Vanquish and several more.
Wayne Rooney Net Worth $125 Million
As with many boys in the UK, Wayne Rooney was interested in football from an early age and started playing for local clubs when he was only nine years old, and played extensively as a junior player in his childhood but his real breakthrough was in 2002 when he played for Everton against Tottenham Hotspur. Rooney left Everton in 2004 to team up with Manchester United for a deal of £25.6 million, which was then the highest amount paid for any player below the age of twenty, and this obviously aided the net worth of Rooney, and his career since then has flourished.
Wayne Rooney has been a part of many games and competitions including the Euro Cup as well as World Cup. He has been an important player for Manchester United since 2004, and has scored more than 250 goals for the team . Rooney has also scored a total of forty-eight goals for the England national team. For his great contribution on the football field, he has also garnered a lot of awards and titles including a Golden Boy Award in 2004, three titles of ‘England Player of the Year’ in 2008, 2009 and 2014, as well as FIFA World Cup Golden Ball in 2008. This prolific player has not only made a successful career out of his passion as we talked about, but this has also managed to contribute extensively to Rooney’s fabulous net worth.
Peeking into Rooney’s personal life, he has been married to his high school sweetheart Coleen (nee McLoughlin) since 2008, and they have two sons. Rooney has been a great player, but also a great family man, who also won a lawsuit for damages against two newspapers which alleged domestic abuse.
