Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Councillors back plans to award City of Manchester award to Marcus Rashford for child poverty campaign efforts
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCalls had been made by Liberal Democrat councillors in Manchester for Rashford to be given the freedom of the city, the highest honour that can be given to a citizen.
Rashford would have been the fourth person associated with Manchester United to become an honorary freeman after Sir Matt Busby, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Alex Ferguson.Instead both Labour and Lib Dem councillors agreed to bestow him with the City of Manchester award, which was introduced as an alternative to freedom of the city in 2017.A motion presented to a special council meeting on Wednesday says: “The council hereby records its view that the powers entrusted to it by law recognising the outstanding and exceptional contribution made by Marcus Rashford MBE concerning the.
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