Wayne Rooney gives rousing motivational speech

Wayne Rooney gives rousing motivational speech after breaking England's scoring record as Manchester United striker challenges youngsters Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling to surpass him

• Wayne Rooney became England's all-time leading goalscorer after scoring against Switzerland

• The Manchester United striker notched his 50th goal for his country from the penalty spot in a 2-0 win

• After the game, Rooney gave an impromptu speech to his England team-mates to commemorate the occasion

• Rooney is optimistic about the future of the England team and offered encouragement to several young players

By Rohan Banerjee For Mailonline and Sami Mokbel for the Daily Mail

On the night when he broke Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time scoring record for England, few would have begrudged Wayne Rooney a warm, smug feeling of self-satisfaction.

Yet, the 29-year-old Manchester United striker, who netted his 50th goal for his country from the penalty spot in the 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Switzerland, found the time to offer some motivational words for his younger team-mates.

He gave an impromptu speech in the home dressing room at Wembley after the game on Tuesday night to commemorate the occasion.

 Wayne Rooney gives a motivational speech to his England team-mates after surpassing the country's all-time scoring record

 Rooney was applauded by his team-mates in the dressing room on a hugely proud night for the Manchester United striker

 An emotional Rooney walks down the tunnel after surpassing Sir Bobby Charlton's 45-year-old scoring record at Wembley

 Rooney scored his 50th goal for England from the penalty spot during the 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Switzerland

 After the game Rooney was congratulated by his wife Coleen (right) who had come to watch him captain his country at Wembley

 Rooney said in his speech that he was keen to see younger players like Tottenham's Harry Kane (left) experience a similar rise to the top

 Everton midfielder Ross Barkley (left) was also singled out for encouragement by Rooney during his post-game speech

 Rooney believes that his Manchester United team-mate Luke Shaw (right) could have a bright future ahead of him

 Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has been tipped for success by Rooney following the 2-0 win over Switzerland at Wembley

Rooney says that his history-making achievement against Switzlernad ranks among the proudest moments of his career

Rooney said: 'I'd like to thank every one of you, coaches, players, staff who I've worked with for such a long time.

'This is such a huge moment for myself and my family and my career. Hopefully for the team, for myself, there's a lot more to come — we can be successful.'

He added: 'Hopefully there's a lot of young lads coming through, Harry (Kane), Ross (Barkley), Raheem (Sterling), who can come close and even pass me in the future. I'm grateful, it means the world to me, and thank you very much.'

England manager Roy Hodgson, who urged Rooney to address his team-mates, revealed: 'I provoked him to give a speech, a very good speech but fairly short as it should be.

The former West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool boss went on: 'The one thing I can tell you about it was how proud he was to have achieved that, and how determined he is not to stop at 50. That was good.

'I'd like to think we're on 10 games a year these days, a bit more if we do quite well in a tournament. So if he plays to 2018 at least we're talking 20 or 30 games, so 10 to 15 goals with his rate of scoring.'

 Wembley Stadium erupts as the Manchester United striker's 50th goal for England is confirmed on the stadium's screens on Tuesday night

 Rooney is presented a special shirt to mark his record goal tally by England boss Roy Hodgson (left) in the home dressing room

 Hodgson is delighted that Rooney has the opportunity to extend the scoring record further and has backed him to do so

The inexorable rise of Rooney from a teenager at Everton to record-breaking England captain is one of modern football's success stories 

On Rooney's inspiring words, defender Luke Shaw commented: 'He thanked all the players and staff for everything they have done for him.

'He said with all the young players coming up like Harry, Ross and Raheem that maybe one day they will overtake him which is a nice thing for him to say.'

Rooney had been awarded a special England shirt with 'Rooney 50' on the back to honour his remarkable feat. And the FA are planning a night of Rooney celebrations for England's final home Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia on October 9.

Charlton, whose 45-year record was surpassed, will present Rooney with a golden boot, while supporters will be asked to send messages of congratulations on social media.

A special flag to mark Rooney's record goal-haul will also be on show for the match against Estonia.

EVERY WAYNE ROONEY ENGLAND GOAL - THE STATS BEHIND STRIKER'S 50-GOAL RECORD
HOW	OPPONENTS
Right foot: 34	San Marino: 5
Left foot: 5	Croatia: 4
Head: 11	Switzerland: 4
TYPE OF GOAL	Kazakhstan: 3
Inside the box: 42	Andorra: 2
Outside the box: 8	Belarus: 2
Penalties: 6	Brazil: 2
Free-kicks: 2	Bulgaria: 2
SCORED WHERE	Denmark: 2
Home: 22	Estonia: 2
Away: 21	Iceland: 2
Neutral: 7	Montenegro: 2
TYPE OF GAME	Poland: 2
Qualifying: 30 (16 in World Cup qualifying, 13 in Euro qualifying)	Scotland: 2
Major Touraments: 6 (1 at World Cup, 5 at Euros)	Slovakia: 2
Friendlies: 14	Slovenia: 2
SCORED WHEN	Argentina: 1
First half: 23	Ecuador: 1
Second half: 27	Holland: 1
0-15 mins: 6	Liechtenstein: 1
16-30 mins: 6	Lithuania: 1
31-45 mins: 11	Norway: 1
46-60 mins: 8	Russia: 1
61-75 mins: 9	Ukraine: 1
76-90 mins: 10	Uruguay: 1