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.
Numerous celebrities have thrown their support behind football aces Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka. The trio have been subjected to vile racist abuse by some football fans due to missing the goal when taking penalities during last nights Euro 2020 final against Italy.
And proving that the nasty trolls - who have been flooding the players' timelines with disgusting racial slurs following England not securing the title - will not be tolerated, big names have encouraged others to stand up to the racists and to report the abuse on social media platforms in order to protect the sporting heroes.
Strictly Come Dancing Oti Mabuse told that she was "heartbroken" to see the racist posts after the match, as she penned: "I went to bed
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