Sean Rooney (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian

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who plays for

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Club career

Rooney started his

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career playing in the Youth League with

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. He was the league's top goal scorer before he was signed by

Newcastle United Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Austral ...

on a short-term injury replacement for

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. He made his A-League debut in Round 15 of the 2008–09 season against

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. His first goal for the club, undoubtedly the most important in his fledgling career and a significant one in the short history of the Jets, was an injury-time matchwinner in the club's must-win encounter against

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on Matchday 5 of the

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. In the final minute of the match, and with the score locked at 1–1, Rooney latched onto a fumbled pass from

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on the edge of the area and struck the ball sweetly with his left foot, curling it into the top left corner of the net to send Newcastle players, staff and fans into raptures, with the club needing only a point from its final game (away to

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League ...

) to qualify for the next stage of Asian football's premier international club competition. Rooney scored his first goal in the A-League in his first starting appearance for

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in Round 4 of the 2009–10 season against

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. Rooney struck a powerful left-footed shot from the left-edge of the box, ending Gold Coast's aspirations of going through the season undefeated.

Bengaluru FC

On 24 August 2013 it was confirmed that Rooney had signed with

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of the

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. He made his debut for the side in their very first

on 22 September 2013 against Mohun Bagan A.C. in which he scored the very first goal in the club's history in the 50th minute as Bengaluru went on to draw the match 1–1. He then scored his second goal of the season in the very next match against

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in which he found the net in the 57th minute as Bengaluru went on to win the match 3–0. After failing to score in the next match against

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, Rooney once again found the net for the third time of the season against

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in which he scored in the 28th minute as Bengaluru FC won 2–1. He then scored his first brace of the season when he scored two against

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on 23 October 2013 as Bengaluru won 3–1. Rooney then began the month of November in good form when he scored the opening goal for Bengaluru FC in their match against

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in the 7th minute. The match eventually ended in a 2–2 draw. He then did not score another goal for a month till 8 December against

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in which his 50th-minute strike helped Bengaluru FC to a 3–1 away victory.

Oakleigh Cannons

On 1 June 2015, it was announced that Rooney signed for

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Marconi Stallions

Towards the end of October 2015, it was announced that Rooney, and Oakleigh teammate Mirjan Pavlović, would be signing for the recently relegated

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in the NSW NPL 2.

Career statistics

Club

International career

Rooney played in all three games in the Young Socceroos'

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campaign, starting in one.

Personal life

His dad is Irish and mother is Italian. Rooney attended

Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Broth ...

References

External links

Sean Rooney
on deltras-fc.com
Newcastle Jets profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooney, Sean 1989 births Living people People from Blacktown, New South Wales Australian soccer players Australian people of Irish descent Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Blacktown City FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Marconi Stallions FC players Expatriate footballers in Indonesia A-League Men players I-League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Deltras F.C. players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Salgaocar FC players Bengaluru FC players Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Association football forwards National Premier Leagues players