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 launches petition to urge immediate Government action on child poverty
mirror.co.ukMarcus Rashford has launched a petition to calling on the government to extend free school meals in his latest attempt to end child poverty.
The Manchester United star has been extremely vocal in his plea over the last few months, and was even awarded an MBE last weekend for services to vulnerable children.
Rashford isn’t done yet though, and has made an appeal to the public to give him his full backing as he tries to help those most in need in the UK. “Whatever your feeling, opinion or judgment, food poverty is never the child’s fault,” he said. “Let’s protect our young. “Let’s wrap arms around each other and stand together to say that this is unacceptable, that we are united in protecting our children. “Today, millions of children are
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