Wayne Rooney will make a one-off international comeback when England host the United States in a friendly match at Wembley on Thursday night.
The Wayne Rooney Foundation International will see England’s all-time leading goalscorer take to the field to collect a 120th cap as he is honoured for his Three Lions record.
Here, Press Association Sport looks into the archives for some of the best images from across Rooney’s international career.
Makes his England debut in February 2003 – aged 17 – in a 3-1 defeat to Australia at Upton Park (Nick Potts/PA)
Becomes the youngest goalscorer at a European Championships as he scores in the group stage win over Switzerland (Nick Potts/PA)
Ended a 494-minute international goal drought as he contributed to the 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Croatia in Zagreb in 2008 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Captains the Three Lions for the first time in a 2009 friendly defeat to Brazil in Qatar (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Scores on his return from suspension to seal a 1-0 victory over Ukraine at Euro 2012 (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Leads out England for his first game since being officially named captain of the side by manager Roy Hodgson – Rooney scored the only goal in a friendly win over Norway (Nick Potts/PA)
Equals Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of 49 England goals with a penalty against San Marino (Mike Egerton/PA)
The last of Rooney’s 53 international goals came from the penalty spot as Iceland went on to knock England out of Euro 2016 (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Rooney’s 119th cap came in a World Cup qualifying win over Scotland – but now he will add to that against the United States (Mike Egerton/PA)
