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.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford for posing with an AFL ball. The Red Devils star has been on a pre-season tour down under with the rest of the squad, who have enjoyed 4-0 and 4-1 wins over Liverpool and Melbourne Victory respectively.
But the Englishman stirred up trouble this week after the Australian Football League posted a picture of him holding a Sherrin Aussie rules ball.Former football presenter slammed both Rashford and the AFL over promoting a rival sport to football, claiming it to be the opposite of the purpose of United's tour.
And the 24-year-old was even told to go and "pat a koala" instead.READ MORE: World Cup of Pundits: Vote for ultimate footy expert as Roy Keane aims to defend titleZelic fumed: "Can someone tell me what the point of this is?
Is Marcus suddenly going to switch codes and sign for an AFL side?"Go and pat a koala, meet with proud members of our Indigenous communities and spend time with grassroots FOOTBALL clubs.
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