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When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.

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
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