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 says “now is the time for collaboration” after speaking with the Prime Minister.The Manchester United striker is not backing down in his campaign to end child hunger.His petition to extend free meals into the school holidays gathered more than one million signatures.Despite this, Tory MPs voted down a Labour bid to extend support to struggling parents through the October half-term.Boris Johnson has refused to extend free schools meals over the upcoming Christmas break - though he has pledged that no child will go hungry over the winter break.Taking a seemingly determined and positive approach, Rashford tweeted on Saturday that he had spoken to Mr Johnson.“Just had a great conversation with the Prime Minister, now is the time.
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