Wayne Rooney is an athlete.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . The Football Writers ' Association Footballer of the Year ( often called the FWA Footballer of the Year , or in England simply the Footballer of the Year ) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football . Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing team 's goal , and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals . Wayne Rooney . In 2009 -- 10 , Rooney was awarded the PFA Players ' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year .