Adam Rooney

Adam Rooney

During 2011 pre-season
Personal information
Full name	Adam Christopher Rooney[1]
Date of birth	21 April 1988[1]
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Aberdeen
Number	9
Youth career
2004	Crumlin United
2005	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Stoke City	15	(4)
2007	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	3	(0)
2007–2008	→ Chesterfield (loan)	22	(6)
2008	→ Bury (loan)	16	(3)
2008–2011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	103	(44)
2011–2013	Birmingham City	18	(4)
2012–2013	→ Swindon Town (loan)	29	(9)
2013–2014	Oldham Athletic	24	(4)
2014–	Aberdeen	91	(49)
National team
2007–2010	Republic of Ireland U21	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC).

Adam Christopher Rooney (born 21 April 1988) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Aberdeen. He previously played for Stoke City, spent spells on loan at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Bury, was a regular first-team member for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and played for Birmingham City and had a loan spell at Swindon Town. He played for Oldham Athletic prior to joining Aberdeen in January 2014.

Club career

Stoke City

Rooney signed for Stoke City in the summer of 2005.^[2] In his first season at Stoke, Rooney made his debut at academy and reserves levels, before making his first team debut as a second-half substitute against Tamworth in the FA Cup.^[2][3] Rooney scored his first goal for Stoke against Reading on 17 April 2006.^[4] In only his second full start for Stoke City, he scored a hat-trick against already relegated Brighton & Hove Albion in the final fixture of the 2005–06 season to become Stoke's youngest ever hat-trick scorer.^[5]

Loan moves

On 16 March 2007, it was announced that Rooney had joined Yeovil Town on loan for a month.^[6] The loan was later extended until the end of the season. However he returned to Stoke on 9 May 2007, after making one start and two substitute appearances for Yeovil.^[7]

In August 2007, he joined League Two side Chesterfield on a four-month loan.^[8]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Rooney playing for Inverness in 2011

Rooney on stage as the Inverness team celebrate winning the First Division title in May 2010 at the Caledonian Stadium

Rooney travelled with Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle's squad on their pre-season tour of Denmark and returned to train with the Highland side in August, before the club announced his signing on a three-year deal.^[9]

Rooney scored his first goal for Inverness CT in a 2–1 defeat at home to St Mirren.^[10] In the 2009–10 season he was awarded the "Irn Bru Phenomenal" First Division Player of the Year award.^[11] He was top scorer in the First Division with 24 goals,^[12] 27 in all competitions, the last of which was scored against Dundee in the last fixture of the season. After the game the team were presented with the championship trophy.^[13]

Birmingham City

After his contract with Inverness CT expired at the end of the 2010–11 season, Rooney signed a two-year deal with Championship side Birmingham City.^[12] He scored what manager Chris Hughton described as "a typical poacher's goal" in a pre-season friendly against Cork City,^[14] and made his league debut for the club on the opening day of the new season, playing the whole of a 2–1 defeat at Derby County.^[15] His first competitive goal for the club came from the penalty spot to open the scoring away at Middlesbrough on 21 August; Middlesbrough came back to win 3–1.^[16] He also scored the following week against Watford.^[17] In the last game of the Europa League group stage, Rooney scored his first European goal as Birmingham beat NK Maribor 1–0, but a draw between the other two teams in the group meant Birmingham failed to progress to the last 32.^[18]

Swindon Town

On the last day of the August 2012 transfer window, Rooney joined League One club Swindon Town on loan for the season with a view to a permanent transfer. Swindon defender Paul Caddis moved in the other direction, also on loan for the season.^[19]

Oldham Athletic

Although a deal had been agreed for Rooney to join Swindon permanently at the end of the season, the club's new owners questioned the validity of the contract, and the player trained with League One club Oldham Athletic during 2013 pre-season while discussions continued to resolve the situation.^[20] On 1 August, he signed a two-year contract with Oldham, with an option of a further year.^[21] He scored his first goals for the club against Port Vale, scoring twice in a 3–1 win at Boundary Park.^[22]

Aberdeen

On 23 January 2014, Rooney signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen.^[23] He scored on his debut two days later in a 2–2 draw with Motherwell at Fir Park,^[24] and scored his second in as many matches, as well as crossing for Jonny Hayes' opening goal, as Aberdeen beat St Johnstone 4–0 to progress to the League Cup Final.^[25] Rooney scored his fifth goal in six appearances on 25 February, to help his side end Celtic's 26-match unbeaten run in the Premiership season.^[26] On 8 March 2014, Rooney scored his sixth goal in eight appearances in a 1–0 Scottish Cup quarter-final win over Dumbarton.^[27]

Rooney started for Aberdeen against his former club Inverness CT in the 2014 Scottish League Cup Final. A 0–0 scoreline after 90 minutes led to extra time and penalties, where Rooney scored the decisive penalty kick in a 4–2 victory to win the League Cup; it was Aberdeen's first piece of silverware for 19 years.^[28] Rooney was voted SPFL Player of the Month for February 2014.^[29]

Rooney started the 2014–2015 season strongly by scoring two goals in a 5–0 home victory against FK Daugava Riga in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.^[30] He continued his strong start with a first-half hat-trick in a 3–0 away win in the second leg.^[31] Rooney went on to give the Dons the lead in the second leg of the second qualifying round against FC Groningen, scoring a penalty as Aberdeen won 2–1, progressing to the third qualifying round to face Real Sociedad. This put his European goals total with Aberdeen to six in four games. Rooney scored his first league goal of the season in a 3–0 win against Ross County and continued his scoring exploits four days later with his second hat-trick for the Dons and tenth goal of the season in a 4–0 League Cup win against Livingston.^[32][33] Rooney then provided the only goal in a game against Hamilton Academical in the same competition to see the Dons through to the semi-finals.^[34] On 23 November, Rooney continued his good form and scored his 14th goal of the season by converting a penalty in a 1–0 victory away against Partick Thistle.^[35] On 22 December, Rooney signed a contract extension running until the summer of 2018.^[36] Rooney scored 28 goals in total for the season and finished the top scorer in the Scottish Premiership.

On 5 August 2016, Rooney signed a four-year contract extension at Aberdeen.^[37]

International career

Rooney played for the Republic of Ireland under-18 team in the 2005 European Youth Olympic Festival in Lignano Sabbiadoro; he scored twice as Ireland beat Switzerland to win the bronze medal.^[38] On 14 May 2007, Rooney scored a hat-trick in the Ireland under-19s' 3–0 win over Bulgaria in the elite qualifying phase of the 2007 European Under-19 Championships.^[39]

He was capped nine times for the under-21 team between 2007 and 2010.^[40]

He was called up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad in August 2015 for the first time with manager Martin O'Neill including him in a 37-man preliminary squad to face Gibraltar and Georgia in Euro 2016 qualifiers.^[41]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2016

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	2005–06[42]	Championship	5	4	2	0	0	0	–		7	4
	2006–07[43]	Championship	10	0	2	0	0	0	–		12	0
	2007–08[44]	Championship	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		15	4	4	0	0	0	–		19	4
Yeovil Town (loan)	2006–07[43]	League One	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
Chesterfield (loan)	2007–08[44]	League Two	22	6	1	0	–		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	6
Bury (loan)	2007–08[44]	League Two	16	3	–		–		–		16	3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2008–09[10]	Scottish Premier League	30	5	3	1	3	0	–		36	6
	2009–10[45]	Scottish League First Division	35	24	2	0	2	2	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	42	26
	2010–11[46]	Scottish Premier League	38	15	3	4	1	2	–		42	21
	Total		103	44	8	5	6	4	3	0	120	53
Birmingham City	2011–12[47]	Championship	18	4	5	2	1	0	5[lower-alpha 3]	1	29	7
	2012–13[48]	Championship	0	0	–		1	0	–		1	0
	Total		18	4	5	2	2	0	5	1	30	7
Swindon Town (loan)	2012–13[48]	League One	29	9	1	0	–		3[lower-alpha 4]	1	33	10
Oldham Athletic	2013–14[49]	League One	24	4	5	2	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	33	7
Aberdeen	2013–14[49]	Scottish Premiership	13	7	3	1	2	1	–		18	9
	2014–15[32]	Scottish Premiership	37	18	1	0	3	4	6[lower-alpha 3]	6	47	28
	2015–16[50]	Scottish Premiership	27	20	1	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 3]	0	35	20
	2016–17[51]	Scottish Premiership	14	4	0	0	4	2	6[lower-alpha 3]	3	24	9
	Total		91	49	5	1	10	7	18	9	124	66
Career total			321	123	29	10	19	11	33	12	402	156

1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in Scottish League Challenge Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. One appearance in Football League Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League One playoffs

Personal life

Rooney was born in Dublin.^[1] His older brother Mark is also a footballer. ^[52]

Honours

• Ireland U18:
  • European Youth Olympic Festival: Bronze Medal^[38]
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle:
  • Scottish First Division champions: 2009–10^[13]
• Aberdeen:
  • Scottish League Cup Winner: 2013–14^[28]

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External links

• Adam Rooney career statistics at Soccerbase