Marcus Rashford
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Marcus Rashford
MBE
Rashford playing for England in 2018
Personal information
Full name Marcus Rashford
Date of birth 31 October 1997 (age 23)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team Manchester United
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2005 Fletcher Moss Rangers
2005–2015 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester United 151 (46)
National team‡
2012 England U16 2 (0)
2014 England U18 2 (0)
2016 England U20 2 (0)
2016 England U21 1 (3)
2016– England 40 (11)
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only and correct as of 16:06, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:20, 14 October 2020
(UTC)
Marcus Rashford MBE (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, Rashford 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 Europa League.
Rashford scored on his England debut in May 2016, becoming the youngest English
player to score in his first senior international match. He played at the UEFA Euro
2016 as the tournament's youngest player, and also represented England at the 2018
FIFA World Cup.
Rashford also publicly campaigns on the issues of homelessness and child hunger in
the United Kingdom, and has been praised for using his platform to be a political activist
and drive societal change. For his efforts, he was recognised as a Member of the Order
of the British Empire in 2020.
Contents
1Early life
2Club career
o 2.1Early career
o 2.22015–16 season: Debut
o 2.32016–17 season: European success
o 2.42017–18 season
o 2.52018–19 season
o 2.62019–20 season
o 2.72020–21 season
3International career
o 3.1Youth
o 3.2Senior
3.2.12016–2018
3.2.22018–present
4Style of play, development and comparisons
5Charity and activism
o 5.1Recognition
o 5.2Literacy campaign
6Career statistics
o 6.1Club
o 6.2International
7Honours
8References
9External links
Early life
Marcus Rashford[1] was born on 31 October 1997.[2] He was born in Manchester, Greater
Manchester,[3] and was raised in the Wythenshawe area of the city.[4] He is of Kittitian
descent, with his grandmother being born on the island of Saint Kitts.[5][6] He has two
brothers named Dwaine Maynard and Dane Rashford, both of whom went on to
represent him professionally.[7] He is a cousin of fellow footballer Lois Maynard, who
currently plays as a midfielder for Stockport County.[8]
Club career
Early career
Rashford began playing football for Fletcher Moss Rangers at the age of five, [9] starting
out as a goalkeeper, and cited former United goalkeeper Tim Howard as his
goalkeeping idol.[10] He spent a week training with Manchester City before he joined the
academy system at Manchester United at the age of seven, amid interest
from Everton and Liverpool.[11][12] He credited his brothers with helping him decide to join
United.[13]
In 2012, he was part of the Manchester United under-15 squad which finished second in
the 23rd annual Marveld tournament. [14] In 2014, The Guardian named him as
Manchester United's best prospect in the 2014 Next Generation, saying that his "total-
football style gives him a fair chance of going all the way". [15]
2015–16 season: Debut
"He's a very good young player. I see some of myself in him for sure – he has courage and he's fast and is very good
with the ball. I think for the strikers they have to be hungry to score and I see that with him. He has an amazing
future."
—Rashford's idol Ronaldo hailed him after his breakthrough in 2016.[16]
Rashford warming up for Manchester United in 2016
Rashford was named on the first-team bench for the first time on 21 November 2015
by Louis van Gaal for a Premier League match against Watford, which Manchester
United won 2–1.[17] On 25 February 2016, Rashford was a late addition to the
Manchester United starting line-up for their UEFA Europa League round of 32, second
leg tie against Danish club Midtjylland after Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up;
Rashford marked his first-team debut with two goals in the second half of a 5–1 win.
[18]
Rashford's goals made him Manchester United's youngest ever scorer in European
competition, beating a record previously held by George Best, and which was later
broken by Mason Greenwood in the 2019–20 season.[19][20][21] Rashford made his Premier
League debut against Arsenal three days later; he again scored twice and provided the
assist for the other goal in a 3–2 home victory against their rivals, making him the third
youngest scorer for United in Premier League history after Federico
Macheda and Danny Welbeck.[22] On 20 March 2016, Rashford scored the only goal in
the Manchester derby, his team's first away league win over Manchester City since
2012.[23] Aged just 18 years and 141 days, Rashford made his mark as the youngest
ever scorer in a Manchester derby in the Premier League era. [24]
During the FA Cup sixth-round replay against West Ham United on 13 April 2016,
Rashford scored a fantastic curled goal in a 2–1 win to help United advance to the semi-
final.[25] He later led the line in the FA Cup Final against Crystal Palace on 21 May, which
ended in a 2–1 victory marking United's 12th FA Cup win and Rashford's first piece of
silverware.[26] He wrapped up the season with 8 goals in 18 appearances, despite only
debuting in February, as well as winning the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year.
[27]
On 30 May, Rashford signed a new contract with United worth £20,000 a week, which
would keep him at the club until 2020, with an option to extend for a further year. [28]
