Reasons for poor performance, including no wins in the last 9 games
Wayne Rooney, considered a legendary striker in English soccer, experienced humiliation again as a leader.
Plymouth Argyle of the English Professional Football Championship (Second Division) announced the termination of its contract with Coach Rooney through the club’s official channel on the 31st of last month (local time).
It is known that first-team coach Kevin Nanskivel will take the place of Coach Rooney for now.
During his career, Rooney was evaluated as a world-class player by playing very well for the England national soccer team and Manchester United in the English Premier League (EPL).
He is a familiar figure to domestic soccer fans as he worked with Park Ji-sung in the past.
However, the leader’s path after retirement is not smooth.
After retiring in January 2021, he began his second career in football by taking over as manager of Derby County in the Championship.
However, when Derby was relegated to the third division, the team moved to DC United of Major League Soccer (MLS).
He also failed to achieve successful results in MLS and returned to England.
He took over as manager of Championship Birmingham City in October 2023, but was sacked just three months after taking office.
And he took charge of Plymouth in May of last year.
Although they aimed for a turnaround, Rooney Ho Plymouth remains in last place among 24 teams as of the end of 23 games in the 2024-2025 season championship.
In particular, in the last 9 games, they suffered from 3 draws and 6 losses.
In the end, Rooney ended his stay with Plymouth early after 7 months.
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