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.
Marcus Rashford explains how Man Utd helped his mum by signing him one year early
mirror.co.ukMarcus Rashford has explained how Man Utd helped his mother out by allowing him onto their youth programme a year early. The striker joined up with the United academy at 11-years-old, despite the programme being for players aged 12 and above.
Rashford was one of five children in his immediate family, and he opened up on the tough circumstances that pushed his mother, Melanie, to request he be taken on before his 12th birthday.
Speaking to the BBC, Rashford said: "My mum was a single parent, she had five kids all living in the same house. The programme that I started at 11 years old, you're supposed to start it at 12 years old. "It basically gives you accommodation closer to the training facilities and a new school and she worked that
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