Only Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi have had better careers than Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney in the past decade, according to a former England international.
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Since moving to the Red Devils in 2004, the striker has gone on to win five Premier League titles as well as the Champions League, and also became the Old Trafford club's all-time leading goalscorer when he scored his 250th goal for them against Stoke City on Saturday.
Former Notti and Liverpool striker Stan Collymore believes Rooney's achievements over the past 10 years puts him among the world's elite.
"If you take out the big two, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he has had as good a career as anybody in the world over the last decade," the former Liverpool forward wrote in his Daily Mirror column.
"You don't break Sir Bobby Charlton's England or Manchester United's goal records without being something very special.
"So huge congratulations to Wayne Rooney for achieving both, for a fantastic career that has seen him win virtually every trophy."
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Although he is yet to win a major tournament with the England national team, he also recently became his country's highest goalscorer ever.
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