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 highlights staggering child poverty in Bolton in free meals campaign
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford has referenced the levels of child poverty in some parts of Bolton as continues to urge the government to provide free school meals over summer.
In an open letter , the 22-year-old asked MPs to reconsider plans to not extend the current food voucher scheme and spoke about his own experiences of receiving free school meals.
But the Prime Minister and Department for Education have said the scheme will not be extended into the summer.A Department for Education spokesman said: “Free schools meals are ordinarily term time only, and the national voucher scheme will not run during the summer holidays.
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