Professional peak
Rooney was selected as the FIFPro World Young Player of the Year in 2005 after scoring 11 goals for Manchester United.

Playboy peak
The Liverpool lad came clean in 2004, admitting he had used the services of prostitutes. "Foolish as it now seems I did on occasions visit massage parlours and prostitutes," he said at the time. "It was the sort of mistake you make when you are young and stupid." Older, but not necessarily wiser, Rooney continues to make mistakes of a different kind as reports revealed the star owes £700,000 in gambling debts.