50 free Wayne Rooney trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Wayne Rooney scored his first Premier League goal five days before his 17th birthday, ending Arsenal's 30-match unbeaten run, and never really stopped. He left Everton for Manchester United in 2004 for a fee that was then a record for a teenager, scored a hat-trick on his debut against Fenerbahçe, and finished 13 years later as the club's all-time top scorer with 253 goals, five league titles and the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup in the cabinet. This quiz covers the whole arc: the Croxteth childhood and 'Once a Blue, always a Blue' T-shirt, the overhead kick against Manchester City, the swearing ban, the 2008 Club World Cup in Yokohama, the 250th goal at Stoke, the late hat-trick for Everton with a goal from his own half, the spell at D.C. United, and then the manager's dugout at Derby, Birmingham and Plymouth. England fans get his record 53 goals, the 2006 stamp on Carvalho, Euro 2004 and the farewell cap against the USA. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print the lot for a football quiz night.
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Q 01In which area of Liverpool was Wayne Rooney born?
Croxteth
He grew up an Everton fan there and joined the club's academy at nine.
Q 02In what year was Wayne Rooney born?
1985
He was 16 when he made his Everton debut and still 18 when he left for Manchester United.
Q 03Which Everton scout spotted the nine-year-old Rooney at Copplehouse boys' club?
Bob Pendleton
Rooney had scored 99 goals in his final season for the junior side before Everton signed him.
Q 04At what age did Rooney join Everton's youth set-up?
nine
Two years later he was the club mascot for a Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
Q 05What did Rooney's T-shirt read after he scored in the 2002 FA Youth Cup final?
Once a Blue, always a Blue
The slogan came back to haunt him when he joined Manchester United two years later.
Q 06Rooney's first senior goals came in a League Cup tie against which Welsh club?
Wrexham
The brace on 2 October 2002 made him Everton's youngest ever goalscorer at the time.
Q 07Rooney's first Premier League goal, at 16, ended whose 30-match unbeaten run?
Arsenal
It made him the league's youngest scorer, a record since passed by James Milner, James Vaughan and Max Dowman.
Q 08What was the total reported fee, including add-ons, when Rooney joined Manchester United in 2004?
£25.6 million
It was then the highest fee ever paid for a player under 20.
Q 09Rooney scored a hat-trick on his United debut against which club?
Fenerbahçe
The 6–2 Champions League win on 28 September 2004 also saw him lay on an assist.
Q 10Rooney's first United trophy was a 4–0 League Cup final win over which club?
Wigan Athletic
He scored twice in the 2006 final and was named man of the match.
Q 11Why was Rooney sent off against Villarreal in the Champions League in 2005?
sarcastically clapping the referee
The referee had booked him for an unintentional foul moments earlier.
Q 12Rooney won the Golden Ball at the 2008 Club World Cup after scoring the winner against which club?
LDU Quito
The final was played in Yokohama; he had scored twice against Gamba Osaka in the semi.
Q 13Against which club did Rooney first score four goals in a single match, in January 2010?
Hull City
Three of the four came in the last ten minutes of the 4–0 win.
Q 21Rooney's record-breaking 250th United goal was a late free kick against which club?
Stoke City
It rescued a 1–1 draw at the Bet365 Stadium in January 2017.
Q 22Whose Manchester United scoring record of 249 goals did Rooney break?
Bobby Charlton
Charlton presented him with a commemorative golden boot a week later.
Q 23Rooney's final United appearance was as a substitute in a 2–0 win over which club?
Ajax
That 2017 Europa League final completed his set of every major club trophy.
Q 24Rooney scored the final ever goal at which stadium in May 2017?
Q 14Rooney's celebrated February 2011 overhead kick won a derby against which club?
Manchester City
Ferguson called it the best goal he had ever seen at Old Trafford.
Q 15Rooney's 2011 bicycle kick lost the FIFA Puskás Award to a goal by which player?
Neymar
It did win him a third BBC Goal of the Season and the Premier League's 20 Seasons Best Goal award.
Q 16Whom did Rooney pass in 2011 to become the top-scoring Englishman in Champions League history?
Paul Scholes
Two goals against Oțelul Galați did it; Harry Kane finally overtook him in 2024.
Q 17Which manager named Rooney United's club captain in 2014?
Louis van Gaal
Nemanja Vidić's departure opened up the armband that summer.
Q 18Whose record for most Premier League goals for one club did Rooney take in January 2016?
Thierry Henry
Fittingly, the record-breaking goal was the winner at Anfield.
Q 19Rooney captained United to the 2016 FA Cup with a 2–1 extra-time win over which club?
Crystal Palace
It was the first FA Cup of his career, and he played all 120 minutes in central midfield.
Q 20In November 2016 Rooney became only the third player to reach 100 Premier League what?
assists
Both assists that day were for Zlatan Ibrahimović at Swansea.
White Hart Lane
United lost 2–1 on the last day of the season before Tottenham's old ground was demolished.
Q 25How many goals did Rooney score for Manchester United in total?
253
He got there in 559 games, with five league titles along the way.
Q 26Who was the only player before Rooney to reach 200 Premier League goals?
Alan Shearer
Rooney hit the milestone for Everton in a 1–1 draw at Manchester City in 2017.
Q 27Rooney's 60-yard goal from his own half for Everton in 2017 beat which goalkeeper?
Joe Hart
It completed a hat-trick against West Ham; he also scored from his own half for United and D.C. United.
Q 28Rooney's first MLS goal beat which former United teammate in goal?
Tim Howard
He left that game against Colorado with a broken nose after a clash of heads.
Q 29Rooney left MLS in January 2020 to become player-coach at which club?
Derby County
He was named captain immediately and assisted a goal on debut against Barnsley.
Q 30How many points were deducted from Rooney's side in 2021–22, sending them down to League One?
21
The club spent almost the whole season in administration; Rooney resigned that June.