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Wayne Rooney Country: England Club Team: Manchester United Position: Forward Age: 24 NATIONAL TEAM 57 appearances, 25 goals WORLD CUP 2006: 4 app, 0 goals video profile

When Wayne Rooney broke through internationally at just 17 years of age and took his place next to then-England striker Michael Owen, a British journalist referred to them as "the baby-faced assassin and the assassin-faced baby," with Rooney accounting for the less flattering of the descriptions. read more (Top 50 players article from FIFA.com / photo by trulyreds.com)