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 morning headlines as Marcus Rashford handed top award
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Wednesday, September 8.Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford’s efforts to combat child poverty in the United Kingdom have been recognised with a PFA Merit award.Rashford successfully lobbied the UK government to provide free school meals for children throughout the summer holidays."It's a huge honour and I hope it encourages and promotes other players to do things to help,” said Rashford.“It's been a long journey but I think the first phase was probably the hardest part, which was learning and self-teaching, who were the right people to get in contact with to help these children," he said after receiving the award."We had the idea but we didn't know how to pitch.
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