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2 unusual facts about Wayne Rooney's Street Striker


Andy Ansah

While working as an assistant on Wayne Rooney's Street Striker, he coined the term "unbelievable tekkers", which spurred Soccer A.M. to create a new segment showcasing a piece of skill from the week's football.

Wayne Rooney's Street Striker

They also get the chance to see the professional side Boca Juniors play a match and perform some of their skills on the pitch at half-time.


2009 FA Community Shield

The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.

2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

No other player outside the top eight clubs managed even half as many as Bent, who was only outscored by Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney.

Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira

On 21 December 2008, Anderson played 88 minutes of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final against LDU Quito, which United won courtesy of a single Wayne Rooney goal, thus confirming them World champions.

Damien Comolli

Comolli made an instant impact at Liverpool as he was responsible for the signings of two players, Luis Suárez and Andy Carroll, on January 2011's transfer deadline day, with Carroll's signing breaking the record for most expensive British player ever and eighth most expensive player in history, overtaking David Villa and Wayne Rooney.

David Strettle

Strettle is an aficionado of Football Manager, and sees himself as having the knack for "picking up players on the cheap and turning them into the new Rooney or Henry".

Jorge Mendes

A legal case that in January 2011 was proceeding through the Portuguese courts indicates that Gestifute was for a time associated with the Formation football agency, at that time run by Wayne Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford.

Just Enough Education to Perform

Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney has the album's name tattooed in a design on his right forearm.

Kim Milton Nielsen

Nielsen attracted further controversy in a 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage match between Spanish side Villarreal and Manchester United, when he immediately showed a second yellow card and sent off Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for sarcastically clapping in his face after he had initially been shown a yellow card.

Kyle Walker

In December 2012 Walker signed a boot deal with Nike to wear the T90 Laser IV which is also worn by Manchester United's Wayne Rooney.

Layne Redman

In 2002 Redman moved permanently to Dubai where he worked as an executive assistant for sports marketing agency, Proactive Sports Management, the same agency that looked after footballer Wayne Rooney where he was in training to be a sports agent.

Mauricio Espinosa

Early in the game, Espinosa ruled that Wayne Rooney was offside, when in reality Rooney picked up an erroneous pass from a German player, and therefore could not have been offside according to the rules.

Nándor Hidegkuti

This is now known as SS or Second Striker with players such as Francesco Totti and Wayne Rooney playing there today.

Nike Total 90

The boot's official on-pitch debut was on 18 September 2011, when Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres wore them in Manchester United's Premier League match against Chelsea.

Peter Cherrie

Cherrie signed for Clyde after impressing in a trial and a subsequent glamour friendly with Manchester United in July 2005, which saw him come up against Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney.

Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups

Wayne Rooney: Rooney is visiting a dogs' home with his wife Colleen when a little boy's dog dies.

T J Hughes

For example, they used Manchester United F.C. player Wayne Rooney's brother Graeme Rooney as part of an advertising campaign.

Tim Lees

He has performed and choreographed many football skills commercials including Coca-Cola Street Striker where Wayne Rooney headed the campaign later shown on Sky One, a Toni & Guy UK tour and at Wembley Stadium for Microsoft.

Tosh Farrell

He is known for developing Wayne Rooney, Victor Anichebe, James Vaughan, Jack Rodwell, Jose Baxter and Ross Barkley among others.


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