Player » Wayne Rooney

British soccer fans already knew of teen sensation Wayne Rooney before he joined the country?s most famous team. After a brief stint with Everton in the Premier League, he caught the attention of the nation ? and Manchester United management -- when he scored four goals at the 2004 UEFA European Championship. At the time, the Liverpool native, still only 17, was the youngest British player to score a goal in international competition.

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In September 2004, the Old Trafford faithful were treated to a preview of Rooney?s future heroics when he scored a hat-trick in his debut, leading the Red Devils to a 6-2 win over Fenerbah?e in a UEFA Champions League match. He closed the season as the team?s leading goal scorer and won the Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year award, given to the best player under age 23 in English football.

Since then he has become one of the top goal scorers in team history and has led Man U to five Premier League titles. Much has been said about whether he has truly lived up to his potential. But injuries have slowed him a bit and he has let his emotions get the better of him in some big matches. Yet Rooney?s high place on several all-time lists for both the Red Devils and England's national team attest that he is still considered among the best in the world and he is arguably the finest English player of his generation.