1985 - Today
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English football manager and former player who currently manages Championship club Derby County, for which he previously served as interim player-manager. He spent much of his playing career as a forward while also being used in various midfield roles. Widely considered to be one of the best players of his generation, Rooney is the record goalscorer for both the England national team and Manchester United.Rooney joined the Everton youth team at the age of nine and made his professional debut for the club in 2002 at the age of 16. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Rooney has received more than 16,818,237 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Rooney is the 486th most popular soccer player (down from 425th in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,323rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Wayne Rooney ranks 486 out of 16,923. Before him are Hiroshi Kanazawa, Koji Sasaki, Preben Elkjær, Fernando Santos, Ali Sami Yen, and Jack Charlton. After him are Diego Milito, Yoshimatsu Oyama, Émerson Leão, Mauricio Pochettino, Hans-Peter Briegel, and Roque Máspoli.
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 480
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 481
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 482
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 483
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 484
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 485
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 486
1979 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 487
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 488
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 489
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 490
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 491
1917 - 2004
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 492
Among people born in 1985, Wayne Rooney ranks 6. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo, Keira Knightley, Lewis Hamilton, Luka Modrić, and Gal Gadot. After him are Lukas Podolski, Michael Phelps, Bruno Mars, Mohammad bin Salman, Mario Gómez, and Nico Rosberg.
1985 - Present
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 1
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 4
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 5
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 6
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Wayne Rooney ranks 1,375 out of 6,924. Before him are Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), William Paley (1743), Michael Jackson (1942), Adrian Lyne (1941), David Roberts (1796), and Jack Charlton (1935). After him are Arthur Drewry (1891), David Bradley (1942), Alan Baker (1939), Michael Anderson (1920), Bernie Taupin (1950), and John Wilkins (1614).
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,369
1743 - 1805
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,370
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1,371
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1,372
1796 - 1864
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1,373
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,374
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,375
1891 - 1961
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,376
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,377
1939 - 2018
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,378
1920 - 2018
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 1,379
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 1,380
1614 - 1672
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 1,381
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Wayne Rooney ranks 22. Before him are Ryan Giggs (1973), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Gary Lineker (1960), and Jack Charlton (1935). After him are Ian Rush (1961), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Peter Bonetti (1941), Alan Shearer (1970), Roger Byrne (1929), and Paul Scholes (1974).
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 16
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 17
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 18
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 19
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 20
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 21
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 22
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 23
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 26
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 28