{"id":19180,"date":"2021-01-15T09:02:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T13:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180"},"modified":"2021-01-16T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T15:03:53","slug":"wayne-rooney-ends-playing-career-becomes-full-time-derby-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney Ends Playing Career, Becomes Full-Time Derby Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2.57548003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2.57548003.jpg 567w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2.57548003-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2.57548003-410x260.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/>Wayne Rooney has brought his illustrious playing career to an end by accepting the managerial reins at Derby on a full-time basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship club confirmed the 35-year-old former England captain had agreed a permanent deal through to the summer of 2023, having succeeded Phillip Cocu on an interim basis in November.<\/p>\n<p>The club statement confirmed that in accepting the manager\u2019s role, Rooney had \u201celected to call time on his illustrious playing career to fully focus on his job\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney earned 120 caps for England, scoring 53 goals, and won five Premier League titles with Manchester United, plus the Champions League in 2008.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-19180\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-19180\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-19180\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=19180\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Rooney has brought his illustrious playing career to an end by accepting the managerial reins at Derby on a full-time basis. 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