Adam Rooney

Adam Rooney
Rooney with Birmingham City in August 2011
Personal information
Full name Adam Christopher David Rooney
Date of birth (1988-04-21) 21 April 1988
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
King's Lynn Town (player-assistant coach)
Number 17
Youth career
Home Farm
Cherry Orchard
Crumlin United
2005–2006 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Stoke City 15 (4)
2007Yeovil Town (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2008Chesterfield (loan) 22 (6)
2008Bury (loan) 16 (3)
2008–2011 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 103 (44)
2011–2013 Birmingham City 18 (4)
2012–2013Swindon Town (loan) 29 (9)
2013–2014 Oldham Athletic 24 (4)
2014–2018 Aberdeen 151 (66)
2018–2020 Salford City 70 (29)
2020–2022 Solihull Moors 53 (13)
2022 Stratford Town 6 (2)
2022–2023 Brackley Town 33 (6)
2023–2026 Hereford 43 (2)
2026– King's Lynn Town 0 (0)
International career
2007–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 9 (0)
Managerial career
2026 Hereford (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Adam Christopher David Rooney (born 21 April 1988) is an Irish semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club King's Lynn Town where he also holds the role of assistant coach.

He previously played for Stoke City, spent spells on loan at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Bury, was a regular first-team member for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and played for Birmingham City and had a loan spell at Swindon Town. He played for Oldham Athletic and spent four and a half seasons with Aberdeen before returning to England to sign for Salford City, with whom he gained promotion to the Football League. He returned to non-league football with Solihull Moors in 2020, and moved on to Stratford Town and then Brackley Town in 2022.