List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney

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 all-time top scorer,[2] surpassing Bobby Charlton's record with a penalty against Switzerland at Wembley Stadium during Euro 2016 qualification.[3]

Rooney in 2012

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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7] It was a brief record: Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen, three months younger than Rooney, scored four days later.[8]

Rooney never scored an international hat-trick, although he scored twice in a match on ten occasions.[9] He scored more times against San Marino than against any other team, with five goals against them.[9] More than half of Rooney's goals came away from home: he scored 18 at Wembley Stadium and 4 in Manchester (2 each at Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium).[9]

The majority of Rooney's goals came in qualifying matches. He scored 16 in World Cup qualifiers, including 9 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.[10] 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.[11] He scored only once in the World Cup finals, in a 2–1 loss to Uruguay in 2014.[12] 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.[9][13]
List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 6 September 2003Gradski Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia6 Macedonia1–12–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[4]
2 10 September 2003Old Trafford, Manchester, England7 Liechtenstein2–02–0[14]
3 16 November 20039 Denmark1–02–3Friendly[15]
4 5 June 2004City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England13 Iceland2–06–1[16]
5 3–0
6 17 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal15  Switzerland1–03–0UEFA Euro 2004[7]
7 2–0
8 21 June 2004Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal16 Croatia2–14–2[17]
9 3–1
10 17 August 2005Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark24 Denmark1–31–4Friendly[18]
11 12 November 2005Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland28 Argentina1–13–2[19]
12 15 November 2006Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands36 Netherlands1–01–1[20]
13 13 October 2007Wembley Stadium, London, England39 Estonia2–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[21]
14 17 October 2007Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia40 Russia1–01–2[22]
15 10 September 2008Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia46 Croatia3–04–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
16 11 October 2008Wembley Stadium, London, England47 Kazakhstan3–15–1[24]
17 4–1
18 15 October 2008Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus48 Belarus2–13–1[25]
19 3–1
20 28 March 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England49 Slovakia2–04–0Friendly[26]
21 4–0
22 6 June 2009Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan51 Kazakhstan3–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[27]
23 10 June 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England52 Andorra1–06–0[28]
24 3–0
25 9 September 200955 Croatia5–15–1[29]
26 7 September 2010St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland67  Switzerland1–03–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[30]
27 2 September 2011Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria71 Bulgaria2–03–0[31]
28 3–0
29 19 June 2012Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine75 Ukraine1–01–0UEFA Euro 2012[32]
30 12 October 2012Wembley Stadium, London, England77 San Marino1–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[33]
31 3–0
32 17 October 2012National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland78 Poland1–01–1[34]
33 6 February 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England79 Brazil1–02–1Friendly[35]
34 22 March 2013San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino80 San Marino6–08–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
35 26 March 2013Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro81 Montenegro1–01–1[37]
36 2 June 2013Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil83 Brazil2–12–2Friendly[38]
37 11 October 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England85 Montenegro1–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[39]
38 15 October 201386 Poland1–02–0[40]
39 4 June 2014Sun Life Stadium, Miami, United States91 Ecuador1–12–2Friendly[41]
40 19 June 2014Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil94 Uruguay1–11–22014 FIFA World Cup[12]
41 3 September 2014Wembley Stadium, London, England96 Norway1–01–0Friendly[42]
42 9 October 201498 San Marino2–05–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[43]
43 12 October 2014A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia99 Estonia1–01–0[44]
44 15 November 2014Wembley Stadium, London, England100 Slovenia1–13–1[45]
45 18 November 2014Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland101 Scotland2–03–1Friendly[46]
46 3–1
47 27 March 2015Wembley Stadium, London, England102 Lithuania1–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[47]
48 14 June 2015Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia105 Slovenia3–23–2[48]
49 5 September 2015San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino106 San Marino1–06–0[49]
50 8 September 2015Wembley Stadium, London, England107  Switzerland2–02–0[3]
51 17 November 2015109 France2–02–0Friendly[50]
52 27 May 2016Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England110 Australia2–02–1Friendly[51]
53 27 June 2016Stade de Nice, Nice, France115 Iceland1–01–2UEFA Euro 2016[52]

Statistics
Source:[9]

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