1. Adam Christopher David Rooney was born on 21 April 1988 and is an Irish semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Hereford, where he is assistant manager.
22 Facts About Adam Rooney
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Adam Rooney 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.
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Adam Rooney played for Oldham Athletic and spent four and a half seasons with Aberdeen before returning to England to sign for Salford City, with whom he gained promotion to the Football League.
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Adam Rooney returned to non-league football with Solihull Moors in 2020, and moved on to Stratford Town and then Brackley Town in 2022.
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Adam Rooney scored his first goal for Stoke against Reading on 17 April 2006.
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On 16 March 2007, Adam Rooney joined Yeovil Town on loan for a month.
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Adam Rooney was top scorer in the First Division with 24 goals, 27 in all competitions, the last of which was scored against Dundee in the last fixture of the season.
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On 23 January 2014, Adam Rooney signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen.
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Adam Rooney started for Aberdeen against his former club Inverness in the 2014 Scottish League Cup Final.
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Adam Rooney was voted Scottish Professional Football Player of the Month for February 2014.
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Adam 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.
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On 22 December, Adam Rooney signed a contract extension running until the summer of 2018.
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Adam Rooney scored 28 goals in total for the season and finished the top scorer in the Scottish Premiership.
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On 5 August 2016, Adam Rooney signed a four-year contract extension at Aberdeen.
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Adam Rooney signed a three-year contract with Salford City of the National League on 19 July 2018; the fee was undisclosed.
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On 19 August 2022, Adam Rooney signed for Stratford Town of the Southern League Premier Division Central.
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On 16 June 2023, Adam Rooney was appointed player-assistant manager under former Birmingham City team-mate Paul Caddis at National League North club Hereford.
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Adam Rooney made his debut in the opening league fixture of the season.
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Adam 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.
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Adam Rooney was capped nine times for the under-21 team between 2007 and 2010.
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Adam Rooney was called up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad in May 2015 for the first time when manager Martin O'Neill included him in a 33-man preliminary squad to face England in a friendly and Scotland in Euro 2016 qualifying.
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In January 2022 Adam Rooney co-launched Good Feel Coffee, an online coffee company supporting mental health and cancer charities.