ADAM ROONEY

'Adam Rooney' (born 21 May 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish football player, currently playing for Chesterfield on loan from Stoke City as a striker. Rooney's older brother Mark plays in the Football League of Ireland with Shelbourne FC.

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Playing career

Stoke City

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Playing career

Stoke City

Rooney signed for Stoke City in the summer of 2005, Adam Rooney Player Profile after having trials at Bolton, West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Reading. In his first season at Stoke, Rooney made his debut at academy and reserves levels, before making his first team debut as a second-half substitute against Tamworth in the FA Cup.^[1] Rooney scored his first goal for Stoke against Reading on April 17, 2006.^[2] In only his second full start for Stoke City, he scored a hat-trick against already relegated Brighton in the final fixture of the 2005-06 season to become Stoke City's youngest ever hat-trick scorer (Sir Stanley Matthews was the previous holder).^[3] On May 14 2007, he scored a hatrick in the first 16 minutes of Ireland's 3-0 win over Bulgaria in the elite qualifying phase of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championships^[4].
On 16 March 2007, it was announced that Rooney would join Yeovil Town on loan for a month.^[5][6][7] The loan was later extended until the end of the season. However he returned to Stoke on 9 May 2007, after making 1 start and 2 substitute appearances for Yeovil.^[8] In August 2007 he joined League Two side Chesterfield on a four month loan.^[9]

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