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.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford wins PFA award
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMarcus Rashford has been named the Professional Footballers’ Association [PFA] Premier League Fans’ Player of the Year. The attacker had the best goalscoring season of his career last term, netting 30 times across all competitions.
He became the first United player to reach the 30-goal mark since Robin van Persie a decade ago. However, despite his accolade, Rashford did not feature in the PFA Premier League team of the year.
In fact, no United players made the cut. Rashford scored against the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Barcelona last season in what was a U-turn campaign following his poor 2021/22 showing.
He scored against Newcastle in the League Cup final after bagging three goals for England at the World Cup. READ MORE: United in talks with Chelsea over Marc Cucurella loan The 25-year-old was named United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year for his efforts as the Reds secured Champions League qualification in Erik ten Hag's maiden season in charge. "Before last season, I always said let's get to 20, for a winger a good benchmark - but I've hit 30 so we have to try and push it now and go above and beyond,” Rashford told Gary Neville earlier this month ahead of the 2023/24 campaign. "Towards the end of the season, I was struggling with a few injuries, and I probably wasn't quite at it - that's when the goals started to dry up a little bit.
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