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.
Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Marcus Rashford has become a true inspiration.
The 23-year-old Manchester United star, from Wythenshawe, has changed government policy twice over the past year - during a global pandemic.
Marcus teamed up with the food distribution charity FareShare to cover the free school meal deficit for vulnerable children across the UK, raising in excess of £20m.
He then successfully lobbied the government to U-turn around the free food voucher programme - a campaign that has been deemed to trigger the quickest turnaround of policy in the history of British politics - so 1.3 million vulnerable children continued to have access to food supplies while schools were closed.
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