Rooney skips Beckham and achieves a new record

Following his appearance with his national team against Slovakia today in the framework of the first round for the sixth group of qualifiers European continent qualified for the World Cup 2018 in Russia, Wayne Rooney has become the second most visible players in the England shirt 116 occasion. The "Three Lions" commander behind goalkeeper legend in the history of English football, Peter Shilton, the owner of 125 games, while superiority which the former chief of the national team, David Beckham, who played 115 games in the period between 1996 until October / October 2009 . Manchester United fought England captain made his international debut with "Three Lions" in February 2003 and were against Australia.

Rooney's numbers did not stop , ( 30 years ) , the standard at this point but it is also a historical top scorer for his country with 53 goals achieved through 115 games. Fever Shelton den England in the period between 1970 to July 1990 . The owner of the shirt number "10" before the start of the day in front of the face of Slovakia " to represent your country is important and an honor at the same time . It's great to also be the second-most capped players for international matches , but the most important thing is the team and win on points ."

Rooney had announced during a press conference on August 30 / August elapsed that Sasdl the curtain on his international career after the World Cup in Russia in 2018 , and in the case of qualified his team for the big event . Rooney fought yet Four Nations tournament in Europe in the years 2004 and 2008 in Portugal, Switzerland, Austria and 2012 in Ukraine and Poland and 2016 in France , in addition to the World Cup in Germany in 2006 and South Africa in 2010 and Brazil in 2014 .