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.
Paul Scholes reflects on spending Man Utd reserve games just watching Marcus Rashford
mirror.co.ukPaul Scholes has admitted that he kept a keen eye on Marcus Rashford’s performances as he came through the ranks at Manchester United ’s academy.
Rashford joined the Red Devils youth set-up in 2005, aged only seven, and burst onto the scene 11 years later under former boss Louis van Gaal.
Now aged 22, the England forward has already made over 200 appearances for the Old Trafford club, scoring 64 goals and providing 31 assists.
A United great in the making, Rashford has now been praised by a United great of the past, as club legend Scholes opened up about monitoring his progress as a youth player. “I always remember watching him, mainly in the reserve team, and he was an out and out centre-forward,” Scholes told the UTD Podcast. "Sometim
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