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 vows to ‘never apologise’ in emotional letter following racist abuse
evoke.ieEngland footballer Marcus Rashford was one of the three players during the Euro 2020 final to miss a penalty during the penalty shoot-out, and from this, he, along with the two others, were subjected to vile racial abuse.
The Manchester United player has now spoken out following England’s defeat as he thanked all those who have sent him supportive messages in the hours following the match but has vowed to ‘never apologise’ for who he is.
Marcus, and his teammates Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed their penalties and the trio were then subjected to disgusting racial abuse online, which resulted in Prince William along with many others speaking out against the attacks.
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