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 today leads a roll call of heroes honoured for their part in the UK's response to coronavirus. The footballer stands with 414 "unsung heroes" who helped the Covid-19 fight in a specially-expanded Queen's Birthday Honours.
Others made 'Covid' MBEs include “The Body Coach” Joe Wicks, 34, whose daily PE classes streamed on YouTube kept children fit during lockdown, and “Mr Motivator” Derrick Evans, 67, who encouraged stay-at-home Britons to exercise.
Rashford - who shamed Boris Johnson into providing free school meals over the summer - said: "As a young black man from Wythenshawe, never did I think I would be accepting an MBE, never mind an MBE at the age of 22. "The fight to protect our most vulnerable children is far from
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