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 dedicated his MBE to his mother as he vowed there is more to come in his campaign to help disadvantaged children.
The England and Manchester United striker said his motivation is to give the nation’s youngsters the things he did not have when growing up and stressed every child deserves an “opportunity”.
He described as “brilliant” the public’s outpouring of affection and support for himself and England teammates, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, after they were subject to racist abuse following the national team’s defeat in the Euro 2020 final to Italy.
And with his team experiencing a “bad spell” of form that threatens the future of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer he stressed the players were still playing for the “badge”..
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