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When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.

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Wayne Rooney
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: October 24
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Soccer Player
City of Liverpool
Wayne Mark Rooney
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