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.
England football fan, 43, who posted racist message on Facebook says “it was a joke”
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A football fan who posted racist comments on Facebook and blamed black players for losing to Italy during the Euro 2020 final claimed he thought it would ‘make people laugh’.
Scott McCluskey posted a status update shortly after England lost on penalties in the final on July 11, writing: “Well it took three ethnic players to f*** it up.
Unlucky England. Sack them three monkeys.” Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho all missed their penalties and were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the game, prompting a political row about racism in both football and society.
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