[Archive 2017-07-09] Football's Rooney returns to Everton

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Manchester United's top scorer Wayne Rooney signed a two-year contract with his boyhood club Everton, the Merseyside based football club announced today.

Rooney joined Everton when he was nine years old, and made his professional debut in 2002 when he was sixteen years old. He scored seventeen goals with Everton in 77 appearances before he moved to the Old Trafford in 2004. The record goal scorer with United and with the English football team netted 253 goals in 559 games in the United jersey. He has won five Premier League titles, three EFL (English Football League) Cups, a UEFA Champions League, an FIFA Club World Cup, and an FA Cup. He also collected the winners' medal after Manchester United won the Europa League in May. Rooney was used as a late substitute in the Europa League final against the Dutch capital football club Ajax.

Rooney wore Manchester's jersey for thirteen seasons, and was club's top scorer of the season on five occasions. After the arrival of José Mourinho, last season, and United's manager, Rooney made just 25 appearances, starting only fifteen of them; scoring eight goals in total. This was his least number of appearances and goals scored in a single season.

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