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 manager joins Prince William to brand racist abuse of players ‘unforgivable’
evoke.ieEngland manager Gareth Southgate has strongly condemned vile racist abuse directed at his players after their penalty shoot-out loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.
Southgate branded the online abuse as ‘unforgivable’ and added ‘it’s just not what we stand for’. He took a public stand after mindless racist abuse was directed at Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho after they missed penalties during the Wembley final.
The game which was watched by David Beckham and Tom Cruise as well as Prince William and the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended in agonising defeat for the England team.
Both Prince William and Boris Johnson have publicly condemned the racism directed at the English players. However, the normally mild-mannered
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