Rooney Breaks 45 Year Old Record

Wayne Rooney has  broken the 45 year scoring record set by Bobby Charlton when he scored on for  England on Tuesday. His goal was his 50th international goal in a 2016 European Championship qualifier at home to Switzerland. 

Rooney's goal took the 29-year-old Manchester United striker past Charlton's mark

The England captain slammed a penalty into the top-left corner in the 84th minute at Wembley Stadium to put Roy Hodgson's side 2-0 up after Harry Kane had opened the scoring. 

Rooney's goal took the 29-year-old Manchester United striker past Charlton's mark, which had stood since May 1970, and made him the first England player to score a half-century of goals. 

It came on his 107th appearance for his country, which is one more than Charlton achieved during a storied international career that took in England's triumph on home soil at the 1966 World Cup. 

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