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Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.

Wayne Rooney

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Wayne Rooney
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: October 24
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Soccer Player
City of Liverpool
Wayne Mark Rooney
Lad
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