List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney


, an English association footballer, made his debut for England in a 3-1 defeat to Australia on 13 February 2003. He scored his first international goal later that year, in his sixth appearance for his country, against Macedonia. He retired from international football in November 2018, with a record of 53 goals in 120 international appearances, making him England's all-time top scorer, surpassing Bobby Charlton's record with a penalty against Switzerland at Wembley Stadium during Euro 2016 qualification.
Rooney's goal against Macedonia made him the youngest goalscorer for England, aged 17 years 317 days, surpassing the record set by Michael Owen who had scored against Morocco in 1998 during the King Hassan II International Cup Tournament. It also made Rooney the youngest scorer in qualifying for the European Championships, a record he held until Israel's Ben Sahar scored against Estonia in March 2007. In June 2004, Rooney scored the first of England's three goals in a victory over Switzerland during Euro 2004, and in doing so became the youngest player to score in a European Championship match. It was a brief record: Switzerland's Johan Vonlanthen, three months younger than Rooney, scored four days later.
Rooney never scored an international hat-trick, although he scored twice in a match on ten occasions. He scored more times against San Marino than against any other team, with five goals against them. More than half of Rooney's goals came away from home: he scored 18 at Wembley Stadium and 4 in Manchester.
The majority of Rooney's goals came in qualifying matches. He scored 16 in World Cup qualifiers, including 9 during the 2010 World Cup qualification round where he finished as the second-equal top scorer, alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina's Edin Džeko and one behind Greece's Theofanis Gekas. Rooney also scored 14 times in European Championship qualifiers. He scored four times in Euro 2004, ending the tournament as the second-equal top scorer alongside the Netherlands' Ruud van Nistelrooy and one behind the Czech Republic's Milan Baroš. He scored only once in the World Cup finals, in a 2-1 loss to Uruguay in 2014. The remainder of Rooney's goals, 16, came in friendlies.

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
16 September 2003Gradski Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia61–12–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
2Old Trafford, Manchester, England72–02–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
316 November 2003Old Trafford, Manchester, England91–02–3Friendly
45 June 2004City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England132–06–1Friendly
55 June 2004City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England133–06–1Friendly
617 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal151–03–0UEFA Euro 2004
717 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal152–03–0UEFA Euro 2004
821 June 2004Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal162–14–2UEFA Euro 2004
921 June 2004Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal163–14–2UEFA Euro 2004
1017 August 2005Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark241–31–4Friendly
1112 November 2005Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland281–13–2Friendly
1215 November 2006Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands361–01–1Friendly
1313 October 2007Wembley Stadium, London, England392–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
1417 October 2007Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia401–01–2UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
1510 September 2008Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia463–04–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1611 October 2008Wembley Stadium, London, England473–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1711 October 2008Wembley Stadium, London, England474–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1815 October 2008Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus482–13–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1915 October 2008Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus483–13–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2028 March 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England492–04–0Friendly
2128 March 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England494–04–0Friendly
226 June 2009Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan513–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2310 June 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England521–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2410 June 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England523–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
259 September 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England555–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
267 September 2010St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland671–03–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
272 September 2011Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria712–03–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
282 September 2011Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria713–03–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
2919 June 2012Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine751–01–0UEFA Euro 2012
3012 October 2012Wembley Stadium, London, England771–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3112 October 2012Wembley Stadium, London, England773–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3217 October 2012National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland781–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
336 February 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England791–02–1Friendly
3422 March 2013San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino806–08–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3526 March 2013Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro811–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
362 June 2013Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil832–12–2Friendly
3711 October 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England851–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3815 October 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England861–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
394 June 2014Sun Life Stadium, Miami, United States911–12–2Friendly
4019 June 2014Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil941–11–22014 FIFA World Cup
413 September 2014Wembley Stadium, London, England961–01–0Friendly
429 October 2014Wembley Stadium, London, England982–05–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4312 October 2014A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia991–01–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4415 November 2014Wembley Stadium, London, England1001–13–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4518 November 2014Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland1012–03–1Friendly
4618 November 2014Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland1013–13–1Friendly
4727 March 2015Wembley Stadium, London, England1021–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4814 June 2015Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia1053–23–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
495 September 2015San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino1061–06–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
508 September 2015Wembley Stadium, London, England1072–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
5117 November 2015Wembley Stadium, London, England1092–02–0Friendly
5227 May 2016Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England1102–02–1Friendly
5327 June 2016Stade de Nice, Nice, France1151–01–2UEFA Euro 2016

Statistics

YearAppsGoals
200393
2004116
200582
200681
200742
200885
200996
2010111
201152
201254
2013106
2014138
201585
2016102
201700
201810
Total12053

CompetitionGoals
UEFA European Championship qualification14
Friendlies16
UEFA European Championship tournaments6
FIFA World Cup qualification16
FIFA World Cup finals1
Total53

in Euro 2012