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 has been awarded an MBE for services to vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic.It comes after a year in which the Manchester United striker, 22, emerged as one of the UK's most powerful and eloquent voices in the campaign to end child food poverty.In June he forced Boris Johnson into a spectacular U-turn over extending free school meals into the summer holidays.Following that victory the Wythenshawe-raised England star joined forces with many of the UK's major supermarkets and food retailers to call for the creation of a 'National Food Strategy'.Chadderton-raised TV star and Manchester University professor Brian Cox has been awarded a CBE for services to the promotion of science.Coronation Street star Maureen.
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