John Rooney (soccer player)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | John Richard Rooney | |
| birthday | 17th December 1990 | |
| place of birth | Liverpool , England | |
| size | 180 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1996-2002 | Everton FC | |
| 2002-2008 | Macclesfield Town | |
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| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2008-2010 | Macclesfield Town | 41 (3) |
| 2011 | New York Red Bulls | 5 (0) |
| 2012 | Orlando City | 9 (2) |
| 2012-2013 | Barnsley FC | 0 (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Bury FC | 3 (0) |
| 2013-2014 | → Chester FC (loan) | 4 (1) |
| 2014– | Chester FC | 82 (18) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of November 11, 2015 |
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John Richard Rooney (born December 17, 1990 in Liverpool ) is an English football player .
Life
Rooney grew up in Croxteth, a suburb of Liverpool. His parents are Thomas Wayne and Jeanette Marie Rooney. He has two older brothers, Graeme and Wayne , who have been an English national soccer player 120 times, and a sister (* 1986). John Rooney is of Irish descent and declared that he wanted to play for the Irish national team in 2008 .
Career
youth
He played for the youth teams of Everton FC from 1996 to 2002 . In 2002 he moved to Macclesfield Town , where he signed his first professional contract on July 14, 2008.
professional
Macclesfield Town
John Rooney made his Macclesfield Town first team debut on March 24, 2008, four months before his actual contract signing. On March 28, 2009, he scored his first goal of his career, against Dagenham & Redbridge .
At the end of the 2009/2010 season, his contract with Macclesfield ran out. In February 2010, he completed a trial training at Derby County . The trainer Nigel Clough found his training performance okay, but wanted to wait for a second test training session.
At the end of the season Rooney's contract with Macclesfield Town was not renewed and he played for Huddersfield Town . A possible transfer to Derby County had meanwhile failed. For Huddersfield, he was on the field at some preparation games. No contract was offered to Rooney, however.
New York Red Bulls
In the fall of 2010, Rooney trained with the US team Seattle Sounders FC for a test. Through this trial training he was able to secure a place for the next MLS draft. The Sounders themselves had no option to sign Rooney. A week later he was still training with the Portland Timbers .
On December 28, 2010 Rooney signed a contract with Major League Soccer and played in January 2011 with the MLS Combine in Florida to be recommended for one of the 18 MLS clubs. On January 13th, he was selected by the New York Red Bulls in the second round of the MLS SuperDraft.
Web links
- John Rooney in the database of weltfussball.de
- John Rooney in the soccerbase.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Rooney's Brother Set To Play For Ireland . Sky News. April 15, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ↑ Youth team news , mtfc.co.uk. March 16, 2007. Accessed on May 29, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ John Rooney . Soccerbase. Retrieved on July 29, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rams take Rooney on trial . Sky Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Terriers opt against Rooney . July 19, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ↑ Joshua Mayers: Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid on trialist John Rooney , The Seattle Times. August 10, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ↑ Exclusive interview with John Rooney . December 28, 2010. Accessed March 2011.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rooney, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rooney, John Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool , England |