Marcus Rashford facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marcus Rashford MBE
Rashford playing for England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Born	Marcus Rashford (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 27) Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Marcus Rashford Personal information Playing position Forward Club information Current club Aston Villa (on loan from Manchester United) Number 9 Youth career 2003–2005 Fletcher Moss Rangers 2005–2015 Manchester United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2015– Manchester United 287 (87) 2025– → Aston Villa (loan) 7 (1) National team‡ 2012 England U16 2 (0) 2014 England U18 2 (0) 2016 England U20 2 (0) 2016 England U21 1 (3) 2016– England 62 (17) Honours Men's football Representing  England UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2020 UEFA Nations League Third 2019 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 5 April 2025 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:10, 24 March 2025 (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.

Early life

Marcus Rashford was born on 31 October 1997 in Manchester, and raised in the Fallowfield, Withington, and Wythenshawe areas of the city. He comes from a working class family; his mother is Melanie Maynard, a single parent who worked multiple jobs, sometimes skipping meals to ensure her children had enough to eat. Rashford has four older siblings: two brothers, Dwaine Maynard and Dane Rashford, both of whom went on to represent him professionally, and two sisters, Chantelle and Claire.

Rashford attended Ashton-on-Mersey School, where United have sent their academy players since 1998, close to their Carrington training ground; he studied for a Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) National Diploma in Sport.

Club career

Early career

Rashford began playing football for Fletcher Moss Rangers at the age of five, starting out as a goalkeeper, and cited former United goalkeeper Tim Howard as his goalkeeping idol.

Manchester United

He spent a week training with Manchester City before he joined the academy system at Manchester United at the age of seven. When he was 11, he became the youngest ever player to be selected for the Manchester United Schoolboy Scholars scheme, usually reserved for players 12 and above.

Rashford trained with United's first team for the first time aged 16 under the management of David Moyes during the 2013–14 season, and described the training session as "priceless" to himself and other United academy players; he began training with the first team more regularly, and was deemed a "high flier" by coaches.

Rashford warming up for Manchester United in 2016

Rashford playing for England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Rashford playing for England at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Rashford lining up for Manchester United in 2016

Rashford warming up for Manchester United in 2017

Rashford after a Manchester United match in 2022

18-year-old Rashford scored two goals on both his first-team and European 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, as well as on his EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League debuts. With United, Rashford has won two FA Cups, two EFL Cups, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

On 18 July 2023, Rashford signed a new contract with Manchester United until 2028, for which he is paid £325,000 per week (£16.9m per year).

2025–present: Loan to Aston Villa

On 2 February 2025, Rashford joined fellow Premier League club Aston Villa on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.

International career

Rashford scored on his England debut in May 2016, becoming the youngest English player to score in his first senior international match. He has since appeared at two UEFA European Championship; 2016, where he was the tournament's youngest player, and 2020, where he appeared in the final as England finished runners-up to Italy. He has also represented England at the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Style of play

Marcus Rashford plays either as a center forward or a wide forward. Rashford has said that he prefers playing as a left-winger. He uses his speed and dribbling to play direct soccer. These qualities make him more effective on the wings.

Comparisons

He is similar to Thierry Henry in terms of style of play. Van Gaal said his performances at a young age were similar to those of Patrick Kluivert, who he had managed at Ajax in the 1990s.

Growing up, the player he most tried to emulate was Brazilian striker Ronaldo. Speaking about Ronaldo, Rashford said: "I've grown up watching so much of him and his games. He always played free, and went out there and expressed himself. When you do that, that's when you play your best football."

Rashford said that Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were United players he idolised in his youth. He has watched many of their games live, and said of Ronaldo that "there is no bigger inspiration in football".

Personal life

In May 2022, Rashford announced his engagement to girlfriend Lucia Loi. They had been dating since meeting in school, and briefly split in 2021 before reconciling. However, it was announced that they had separated in June 2023.

Rashford is Christian.

Charity and activism

Rashford has teamed up with poverty and food waste charity FareShare to provide meals to poor school children in the Greater Manchester area. Because of COVID-19-related lockdowns, school children were not receiving free school meals during this time. Eventually, the charity was able to raise enough money to reach four million children across the country.

On June 15, 2020, Rashford wrote an open letter calling for the UK government to end child poverty. The government extended free school meals for children during the summer holidays. On September 1, Rashford teamed up with multiple groups to create Child Food Poverty Task Force to help further this cause. In October 2020, Rashford was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Recognition

In July 2020, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester in recognition of his work to end child poverty in the UK, becoming the youngest person to receive an honorary doctorate from the university. In October 2021, Rashford was a recipient of the City of Manchester Award for his "outstanding and exceptional contribution to the city".

At the 2020 Pride of Britain Awards, he won the award for Special Recognition for his campaign against child food poverty.

At the annual The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 held in December, Rashford was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Foundation Award, with the FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff also donating £75,000 to the charities. In November 2020, Rashford was recognised for his sporting achievements and his activism, by being included in the 2020 edition of the annual Powerlist of the 100 most influential Black Britons.

In January 2021, Rashford was awarded The Guardian Footballer of the Year, an award given to "a player who has done something remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty", and was the recipient of the Football Writers' Association's (FWA) Tribute Award. In February, he was listed on Time magazine's 100 Next list, selected as an "advocate", and in April was named as part of Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30, Europe Sports & Games for showcasing "impactful leadership". The following month, Rashford became the youngest person to be ranked number one in the Sunday Times Giving List, the newspaper's annual measure of "the generosity of those financially best equipped to make a difference".

In April 2021, Rashford received an award from the National Education Union for his work in campaigning for free school meals.

Marcus Rashford quotes

• "For me, sometimes it’s more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It’s doing the hard work, day in, day out."
• "I learn something new every game. Every game is always different, no matter how you try and think about it beforehand."
• "Political affiliations aside, can we not all agree that no child should be going to bed hungry?"
• "These children matter… And as long as they don’t have a voice they will have mine."

Interesting facts about Marcus Rashford

• Marcus's birthday is on Halloween.
• As a child, he watched tricks on soccer video games and copied them. Now he is a character in the video game series FIFA.
• His two brothers help him with his business decisions.
• He has beaten many soccer records.
• In 2016, Marcus became youngest player to score in a European competition. He was 18.
• Marcus learned a bit of sign language when he was asked to be a judge in a World Book Day poetry competition at a school for children with hearing loss.
• He enjoys playing on PlayStation games consoles, and listens to rap and grime music, naming Dave as among his favourites.
• Rashford owns a Cane Corso, purchased in 2018, who is his guard dog.

Career statistics

Club

International

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rashford goal

List of international goals scored by Marcus Rashford

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	27 May 2016	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England	1	Australia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2	4 September 2017	Wembley Stadium, London, England	11	Slovakia	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	7 June 2018	Elland Road, Leeds, England	19	Costa Rica	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	8 September 2018	Wembley Stadium, London, England	26	Spain	1–0	1–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
5	11 September 2018	King Power Stadium, Leicester, England	27	Switzerland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
6	15 October 2018	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	29	Spain	2–0	3–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
7	6 June 2019	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	32	Netherlands	1–0	1–3 (aet)	2019 UEFA Nations League Finals
8	14 October 2019	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	36	Bulgaria	1–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
9	14 November 2019	Wembley Stadium, London, England	37	Montenegro	4–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10	17 November 2019	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo	38	Kosovo	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
11	11 October 2020	Wembley Stadium, London, England	39	Belgium	1–1	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
12	6 June 2021	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England	41	Romania	1–0	1–0	Friendly
13	21 November 2022	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	47	Iran	5–1	6–2	2022 FIFA World Cup
14	29 November 2022	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	49	Wales	1–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup
15					3–0
16	19 June 2023	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	53	Macedonia	3–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
17	17 October 2023	Wembley Stadium, London, England	57	Italy	2–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Manchester United

• FA Cup: 2015–16, 2023–24; runner-up: 2017–18, 2022–23
• EFL Cup: 2016–17, 2022–23
• FA Community Shield: 2016
• UEFA Europa League: 2016–17; runner-up: 2020–21

England

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2020
• UEFA Nations League third place: 2018–19

Individual

• Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year: 2015–16
• Premier League Player of the Month: January 2019, September 2022, January 2023, February 2023
• Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2024
• PFA Premier League Fans' Player of the Year: 2022–23
• PFA Premier League Fans' Player of the Month: December 2019, February 2023
• PFA Community Champion Award: 2019–20
• Premier League Academy Graduate of the Year Award: 2019–20
• UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2019–20, 2022–23
• UEFA Europa League top scorer: 2022–23
• Manchester United Goal of the Season: 2019–20 (vs. Chelsea, 30 October 2019)
• Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2022–23
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2022–23
• PFA Merit Award: 2020
• FIFA Foundation Award: 2020
• The Guardian Footballer of the Year: 2020
• FWA Tribute Award: 2020
• FIFPro Merit Award: 2020
• Time 100 Next: 2021
• Pat Tillman Award for Service: 2021

Orders and special awards

• Member of the Order of the British Empire: 2020
• Campaigner Of The Year in the 2020 GQ Men Of The Year
• Expert Panel Special Award in the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
• Lockdown Heroes (Special Recognition) in the 2020 FSA Awards
• Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Manchester, October 2021

See also

In Spanish: Marcus Rashford para niños