SOCCER PLAYER

Wayne Rooney

1985 - Today

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Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. Widely considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest British players of all time, Rooney is the record goalscorer for Manchester United, and was the record goalscorer for the England national team from 2015 to 2023. He has also made more appearances for England than any other outfield player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Rooney has received more than 27,405,213 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Wayne Rooney is the 589th most popular soccer player (down from 379th in 2019), the 1,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,274th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 90

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wayne Rooney ranks 589 out of 21,273. Before him are David de Gea, Jorge Campos, Sandro Puppo, Romelu Lukaku, Jimmy Greaves, and Paul Gascoigne. After him are Ján Popluhár, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Rainer Bonhof, Óscar Míguez, Harry Gregg, and Poul Nielsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Wayne Rooney ranks 9. Before him are Luka Modrić, Lewis Hamilton, Keira Knightley, Bruno Mars, Michael Phelps, and Lukas Podolski. After him are Stromae, Lana Del Rey, Mario Gómez, Léa Seydoux, Sanna Marin, and Mohammad bin Salman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wayne Rooney ranks 1,398 out of 8,785. Before him are Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), Jimmy Greaves (1940), William Aiton (1731), Paul Gascoigne (1967), and M. Stanley Whittingham (1941). After him are Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Harry Gregg (1932), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Herbert Pitman (1877), and Michael Owen (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Wayne Rooney ranks 31. Before him are Gareth Bale (1989), Jack Charlton (1935), Paul Scholes (1974), Geoff Hurst (1941), Jimmy Greaves (1940), and Paul Gascoigne (1967). After him are Harry Gregg (1932), Michael Owen (1979), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Erling Braut Håland (2000), and Harry Kane (1993).

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