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  • Marcus Rashford got his chance at Manchester United because somebody else got hurt. On the 25th of February 2016, thirteen United players were out injured. Then Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up for a Europa League tie against the Danish club Midtjylland. The call went to an 18-year-old forward. Rashford scored twice in the second half of a 5-1 win. Those two goals made him United's youngest ever scorer in European competition. The previous holder of that record was George Best.

    Rashford was born in Manchester in 1997 and plays as a forward for his club and for England. That night began a decade of trophies, age records and major tournaments. It also raises harder questions. What prepared a teenager from a working-class family to walk into that match? Why did a footballer end up arguing with government ministers about school meals? And how does a player who arrived so fast end up on loan at other clubs?

  • Melanie Maynard worked several jobs and sometimes skipped meals so that her children could eat. She raised Marcus as a single parent. He was born on the 31st of October 1997 and grew up in the Fallowfield, Withington and Wythenshawe areas of Manchester. He has four older siblings: brothers Dwaine Maynard and Dane Rashford, and sisters Chantelle and Claire. Both brothers would later represent him professionally. His father's side of the family is Jamaican. His mother's is Kittitian, and his grandmother was born on the island of Saint Kitts. Football split the household, because some relatives supported United and others supported their neighbours Manchester City.

    At the age of five, Rashford joined Fletcher Moss Rangers and started out as a goalkeeper. His idol was a former United goalkeeper, Tim Howard. Dave Horrocks, the club's academy development officer, remembers him as being on a "different level" from the other boys. Horrocks recalls a tournament win in which Rashford played a major role while 15 scouts from various clubs watched.

    A week of training with Manchester City came before he joined United's academy at seven, with Everton and Liverpool also interested. He credits his brothers with helping him choose United. Youth coach Paul McGuinness quickly saw his athleticism, both with and without the ball. Getting to training was the problem, because his mother and brothers were at work. Coaches Dave Bushell, Eamon Mulvey and Tony Whelan stepped in and found drivers to take him.

    At 11, Rashford became the youngest player ever picked for the Manchester United Schoolboy Scholars scheme, which was usually reserved for players of 12 and above. He was fast-tracked into cage football alongside Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Ravel Morrison. Playing against players four years his senior sharpened his game. His school was Ashton-on-Mersey School, where United have sent their academy players since 1998, close to the Carrington training ground. There he studied for a BTEC National Diploma in Sport.

    At 16, during the 2013-14 season under David Moyes, he trained with the first team for the first time. He called the session "priceless".

  • Squad number 39 was no accident. Louis van Gaal insisted that his strikers wear a number containing a nine, so that was the shirt the teenager received. In November 2015, Van Gaal named him on the first-team bench for a Premier League match against Watford, which United won 2-1. The following week he was on the bench against Leicester City and again went unused in a 1-1 draw. By February 2016, League One club Crewe Alexandra wanted him on loan. Reserves manager Warren Joyce rejected the bid. Former teammate Sean Goss said Rashford impressed in first-team training while the club suffered its injury crisis.

    His Premier League debut came at home against Arsenal. He scored twice and set up the other goal in a 3-2 victory. Only Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck had been younger Premier League scorers for United. Van Gaal called the display "fantastic" and better than the first match. He also urged the press not to harass and hype the player, saying he had the character to cope.

    On the 20th of March 2016, Rashford scored the only goal of the Manchester derby. It was United's first away league win over Manchester City since 2012. At 18 years and 141 days, he became the youngest scorer in the fixture in the Premier League era. He took the record from Wayne Rooney by almost a year.

    The cups followed. On the 13th of April, he scored in a 2-1 FA Cup sixth-round replay win over West Ham United, sending United into the semi-final. Three days later, he scored the only goal against Aston Villa, who were then relegated for the first time since 1987. On the 21st of May, he led the line in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace. United won 2-1, the club's 12th FA Cup, and it was Rashford's first piece of silverware.

    He ended the season with 8 goals in 18 appearances and was voted the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year. On the 30th of May, he signed a contract worth £20,000 a week. It ran to 2020, with an option for a further year.

  • For the 2016-17 season, new manager José Mourinho gave Rashford the number 19. The arrival of the veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimović meant Rashford often sat on the bench or played on the wing. Ibrahimović called him a "huge talent" and "the future of England". In October 2016, Rashford finished as runner-up to Portugal's Renato Sanches for the Golden Boy award, given to the best European player under 21.

    Silverware came quickly. On the 26th of February 2017, he came on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 3-2 EFL Cup final win over Southampton. On the 16th of April, he opened the scoring after seven minutes in a 2-0 win over league leaders Chelsea, finishing from a through ball by Ander Herrera. Four days later, in the 107th minute of a Europa League quarter-final second leg against Anderlecht, he scored the goal that settled a 2-1 win. On the 24th of May, he started the Europa League final, a 2-0 win over Ajax. It was his fourth trophy and his first in Europe. He played 53 times that season, more than any other United player.

    In the 2017-18 season, he scored on his Champions League debut against Basel on the 12th of September 2017. It was the sixth competition in which he had scored on debut. He finished third in the Golden Boy award behind Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé. In March 2018, he scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Liverpool.

    Before 2018-19, Rashford was handed the number 10 shirt after Ibrahimović's release. Teddy Sheringham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney had worn it in the Premier League. Rashford was the third academy graduate to wear it, after Mark Hughes and David Beckham. His start to the season was rough. On the 2nd of September 2018, he was sent off at Burnley after clashing heads with Phil Bardsley, only ten minutes after coming on. Mourinho called him "naïve" and blamed inexperience. Pundit Jamie Carragher then said Rashford would have to leave United to reach his potential, as he had not started a game that season.

    The turnaround came with Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who took over as interim manager. In Solskjær's first match, on the 22nd of December 2018, Rashford scored in the third minute of a 5-1 win over Cardiff City. Solskjær called him "different class". In January 2019, he won his first Premier League Player of the Month title. On the 6th of March, he scored from the first competitive penalty of his United career, sealing a 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain that sent United through on away goals. Solskjær called him "fearless" for taking it.

    The 2019-20 season brought the best scoring run of his career to that point: 16 club goals in 20 matches. On the 19th of January 2020, he suffered a double stress fracture of the back in an FA Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The game made him the fourth youngest United player to reach 200 appearances. The Premier League suspended the season on the 13th of March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the restart, he scored his 17th league goal of the season on the 16th of July, against Crystal Palace. That equalled his total from the two previous seasons combined. He finished third for the FWA Footballer of the Year and received the PFA Merit Award.

    The 2020-21 Champions League gave him two big nights. On the 20th of October, he scored the winner in a 2-1 away victory over Paris Saint-Germain. In the next match, a 5-0 win over RB Leipzig, he scored his first United hat-trick. He was the sixth United player to score a Champions League hat-trick and the first since Robin van Persie in 2014. A shoulder injury followed in a 3-1 win over Everton. He kept playing and completed only one full game over the following month. In April, ESPN reported that he had not played a game completely pain-free in two years, because of shoulder, back and foot injuries. After the European Championship that summer, club doctors and specialists agreed he needed an operation. It ruled him out until October of the 2021-22 season.

    The 2022-23 season under Erik ten Hag was a 30-goal year. On the 30th of October 2022, Rashford scored his 100th United goal in a 1-0 win over West Ham. He was the 22nd player to reach the mark, and the first in 13 years since Wayne Rooney. On the 16th of February 2023, he became the third United player, after Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke in 1998, to score against Barcelona at the Camp Nou. That Europa League knockout round play-off ended 2-2. On the 26th of February, he scored in the 2023 EFL Cup final against Newcastle United. It was first given as an own goal by defender Sven Botman, then credited to Rashford. In May, he reached 30 goals for the season in a 4-1 win over Chelsea. No United player had done so since Robin van Persie in 2012-13. Supporters and the playing squad voted him the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year. Ten Hag said he was capable of scoring 40 in a season.

  • On the 22nd of January 2022, Rashford came on in the 63rd minute against West Ham United for Anthony Elanga. He scored a 93rd-minute winner in a 1-0 victory. It was his fourth last-minute winner in the Premier League, more than any other player has scored. The goal came during a bad run of form, and new manager Ralf Rangnick called him "one of the top strikers in England".

    A different kind of headline arrived under Ten Hag. On the 20th of December 2022, Rashford extended his contract by a year. On the 31st of December, he was dropped for a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers as punishment for oversleeping and being late for a team meeting. He came on during the match and scored the only goal in a 1-0 win.

    On the 18th of July 2023, he signed a new contract to 2028, reportedly worth £325,000 per week, or £16.9m per year. On the 8th of November, he received the second red card of his career, in a 4-3 Champions League group stage loss to Copenhagen. Ten Hag had also dropped him in November for hosting a birthday party after a defeat by Manchester City. In January 2024, Rashford missed an FA Cup game against Newport County after calling in sick. United said: "Marcus has taken responsibility for his actions. This has been dealt with as an internal disciplinary matter, which is now closed". Gary Neville said: "it's happened twice and it can sometimes become your personality if you're not careful". Rashford, who had scored four goals in the first half of that season, still ended it by winning the FA Cup for the second time. United beat Manchester City 2-1 in the final.

    Ten Hag was dismissed on the 28th of October 2024, and Ruben Amorim took over. In Amorim's first game, on the 24th of November, Rashford scored within 90 seconds against Ipswich Town in a 1-1 draw. On the 1st of December, he scored twice in a 4-0 win over Everton. Then things changed. On the 12th of December, he was substituted around the 56th minute against Viktoria Plzen. On the 15th of December, he was left out of the squad to face Manchester City. Amorim said Rashford had no disciplinary issues and that he had simply chosen not to select him. Two days later, Rashford told the media he was "ready for a new challenge". He missed more than ten games and was an unused substitute in another against Newcastle. Amorim said he did not want to select someone who "doesn't give the maximum every day".

    On the 2nd of February 2025, Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the 2024-25 season, with a reported option to make the move permanent for £40 million. He made his debut on the 9th of February as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2-1 FA Cup win over Tottenham. On the 30th of March, he scored his first two Villa goals in a 3-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Preston North End. Three days later, he scored his first league goal for the club, in a 3-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.

    In May 2025, United made Rashford and several other players available for transfer. On the 23rd of July, he joined Barcelona on a season-long loan, with an option to sign permanently for £30.3 million (€35 million) after the 2025-26 season. He made his debut on the 16th of August, as a 68th-minute substitute for Ferran Torres in a 3-0 win over Mallorca. On the 18th of September, on his Champions League debut for the club, he scored both goals in a 2-1 away win over Newcastle United. On the 21st of October, he scored twice more in a 6-1 win over Olympiacos. On the 10th of May 2026, he scored a free kick in a 2-0 win over Real Madrid in El Clásico. The result secured Barcelona's 29th La Liga title and Rashford's first league title.

  • In 2012, England under-16 manager Kenny Swain picked Rashford for just two matches, in the Victory Shield against Northern Ireland and Wales. Swain later said United coaches felt Rashford was physically underdeveloped. He also thought the exposure would have been too much for him. Three weeks after his senior debut for United, Rashford made his England under-20 debut, setting up a goal for Kasey Palmer in a 2-1 defeat to Canada. In August 2016, the under-21s called him up for a September fixture against Norway. He scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 win, his third goal a penalty, and it was his only appearance for the side. Under-21 manager Gareth Southgate praised his humility in dropping down a level.

    In 2017, Mourinho argued that the European Under-21 Championship made no sense for a player already starting for United. In May, Rashford decided not to go. Southgate, by then the senior manager, picked him for the senior squad instead and praised how all parties had handled the player's development.

    Euro 2016 had come first. England manager Roy Hodgson said Rashford should be allowed to "develop in peace", and in April 2016 called his inclusion "unlikely". Nicky Butt called the clamour for his selection premature. Yet on the 16th of May, Hodgson named him in a preliminary 26-man squad, less than four months after his United debut.

    On the 27th of May 2016, wearing the number nine shirt, he started a warm-up match against Australia at the Stadium of Light. He scored after three minutes in a 2-1 win, becoming the youngest Englishman to score on his international debut. The previous youngest scoring debutant had been Tommy Lawton in 1938. On the 16th of June, he replaced Adam Lallana in the 73rd minute of a 2-1 win over Wales. At 18 years and 229 days, he became England's youngest ever player at a European Championship, beating Wayne Rooney's mark from Euro 2004 by four days. His only other appearance was a late substitute outing in England's shock 2-1 loss to Iceland.

    His first competitive England goal came on the 4th of September 2017, the winner in a 2-1 World Cup qualifier against Slovakia. For the 2018 World Cup, he was named in a 23-man squad. He scored in the final warm-up against Costa Rica and came on against Tunisia, replacing Raheem Sterling. In the round of 16, he scored in the penalty shoot-out against Colombia. England finished fourth, their best result since 1990.

    The Nations League gave him a busy autumn. On the 8th of September 2018, he scored at Wembley in a 2-1 defeat to Spain. A month later he scored and set up a goal in a 3-2 away win over Spain. Against Croatia in November, he played in a 2-1 win that sent England to the finals. It was his 16th game for England that year, equalling a record set by Jack Charlton in 1966. In the semi-final he scored the opening goal against the Netherlands, but England lost 3-1 in extra time.

    On the 6th of June 2021, Rashford captained England for the first time, scoring a penalty in a 1-0 win over Romania. He was the youngest England captain since Michael Owen in 2003. He was then named in the 26-man squad for Euro 2020 and given the number 11. In the final against Italy on the 11th of July 2021, he came on as a substitute in the last minutes of extra time. He was picked to take England's third penalty in the shoot-out. His effort hit the post and went wide, and Italy won.

    Racist messages poured in on social media. A mural honouring him in Withington was vandalised. Residents quickly covered the wall with hearts and messages of support, and the street artist Akse returned to restore the mural to its original form.

    A long absence followed. Rashford was left out of several squads in 2021 and 2022 amid poor club form. Still, he went to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Against Iran, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored within a minute. At 49 seconds, it was the third quickest goal by a substitute in World Cup history. Against Wales, he scored twice in a 3-0 win. His second goal was England's 100th in all World Cups. It made him only the second United player after Bobby Charlton to score three or more at a major tournament.

    He was left out of the preliminary England squad for Euro 2024. Even so, he scored in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Belgrade in September 2025, a 5-0 win. By then his tally stood at 18 goals in 70 England appearances.

  • In October 2019, Rashford teamed up with Selfridges on a campaign called In the Box. It gave homeless people essential items over Christmas. He had wanted to do this since first training with United as a boy. He and his mother visited homeless shelters to hand out the boxes, and some went to a children's home in Saint Kitts and Nevis, his grandmother's home country. He was reportedly frustrated by how limited the campaign's reach turned out to be.

    In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rashford joined the charity FareShare to deliver meals to children in Greater Manchester who had lost their free school meals. He had first contacted FareShare to make a "substantial" donation. After talking to chief executive Lindsay Boswell, he decided to give his full support. The initial target was to support 400,000 children in the region. The initiative quickly raised over £20 million. By the 11th of June, the charity had provided 3 million meals across the country. A month later the figure was 4 million.

    On the 15th of June, Rashford wrote an open letter to the UK government calling for an end to child poverty. The next day, the government announced a change in policy on free school meals over the summer holidays. His campaign was credited as a major turning point in the talks. He said he was "proud" of what he had helped achieve for 1.3 million children. The Guardian called his actions a "political masterclass". On the 1st of September, he announced the Child Food Poverty Task Force with food shops, manufacturers, charities and delivery companies. Later that month, he said he was "disappointed by the lack of empathy" shown by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

    In October 2020, he began a petition on the UK Parliament website to end child food poverty. It demanded wider free school meals, meals and activities during school holidays, and a higher value for Healthy Start vouchers. It passed 100,000 signatures in 10 hours and 200,000 in the first day. Labour proposed an opposition day debate on extending free school meals, but a majority of 61 rejected it. Rashford said those who voted against it lacked humanity.

    Support spread fast. Rashford used his Twitter account to promote cafés, charities and local businesses helping FareShare. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and The Co-operative Group backed a scheme providing 1,000 food vouchers over half-term. More than 100 businesses, charities and councils pledged to join. He said he was "blown away". FareShare named its new warehouse Melanie Maynard House after his mother. His petition became only the sixth to pass 1 million signatures.

    On the 8th of November 2020, the government announced almost £400m over the next 12 months to support poorer families with food and household bills. Alex Ferguson and the venture capitalist Michael Moritz pledged to double donations to a Christmas appeal that Rashford set up with The Times. It had raised over £2.7 million by the start of January. In January 2021, Rashford highlighted "unacceptable" food packages that parents had received through the supplier Chartwells. On the 13th of January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Prime Minister's Questions that Rashford was more effective opposition than Labour leader Keir Starmer. In April 2021, Rashford and chef Tom Kerridge launched weekly recipes and video lessons, aiming to ensure no one went to bed hungry.

    In October 2020, Rashford also questioned Chancellor Rishi Sunak about a permanent £20 increase in Universal Credit. A member of his team told The Times the £1,040 annual increase was the "missing piece" of their strategy. At the end of December, it was reported that he would speak to Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey.

    Books became another cause. For the 2020 World Book Day, he supported a campaign to share a million stories. He also agreed to judge a poetry competition for children with hearing impairments and began learning sign language to prepare. In November 2020, he joined Macmillan Publishers to launch a book club for vulnerable children, saying reading should not be something a family has to budget for. His children's book You Are A Champion won Book of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards. The club formally launched in April 2021 with the aim of freely distributing 50,000 books.

    The recognition piled up. In April 2020, he signed with Jay-Z's entertainment agency Roc Nation. In July 2020, the University of Manchester gave him an honorary doctorate, making him its youngest recipient. At the delayed ceremony in October 2021, Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell called him "an exceptional young man". Rashford noted that it fell the day after the temporary £20 weekly Universal Credit increase was withdrawn. He appeared on the cover of British Vogue and was appointed MBE in 2020. He won a Special Recognition award at the 2020 Pride of Britain Awards and Campaigner of the Year at the 2020 GQ Men of the Year. He was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Foundation Award, and Youri Djorkaeff donated £75,000 to charities. In January 2021, he won The Guardian Footballer of the Year. In May 2021, he became the youngest person to top the Sunday Times Giving List. In 2023, the New Statesman ranked him 42nd on its Left Power List and called him a "one-man opposition party".

  • "Not a target man, he is a man of movement," José Mourinho said of Rashford. "I do not think he is a pure nine." England manager Gareth Southgate agreed, saying hold-up play with his back to goal was not his major strength, and that he suited a role as a "wide raider". Rashford can play as a centre forward or a winger, mainly on the left. He prefers the left because it lets him cut inside and shoot with his stronger right foot.

    His habit of dropping deep to collect the ball comes from his youth, when he played as a central midfielder after a battle with Osgood-Schlatter disease. Paul McGuinness noticed him trying to play like the Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo. McGuinness and fellow coaches Warren Joyce and Colin Little saw a striker instead. They advised him to focus on scoring rather than creating, and to use his pace to run behind defences. Comparisons to Danny Welbeck came up for his versatility, but the coaches decided to teach him the "art" of goalscoring, especially timing his runs. They held him back from reserve football so that he could build confidence against weaker defenders. Rashford says his versatility could make him the "ultimate centre forward".

    His finishing has been called "ruthless" and compared to Ruud van Nistelrooy, a player McGuinness told him to study. He often takes penalties and free kicks and has used the knuckleball technique, popularised at United by Cristiano Ronaldo. England teammate Phil Foden has put his striking technique among the "top three in the world". Solskjær is credited with helping him mature by giving him a freedom as a winger he had not had before.

    Many people have shaped his mentality. He says Zlatan Ibrahimović and Mourinho helped him improve it. He credits Robin van Persie for his "focus and dedication". At Carrington, he saw pictures of former academy players such as David Beckham and Paul Scholes on the walls, and he was determined to reach their level. Owen Hargreaves said he had the characteristics of a captain. Solskjær said Rashford would "run through a brick wall for you", and Harry Maguire calls him a battler. Louis van Gaal and Dave Horrocks both praised his ability to handle criticism.

    The comparisons run wide. Observers see a similar player to Thierry Henry. Van Gaal saw echoes of Patrick Kluivert, whom he had managed at Ajax in the 1990s. Ten Hag compared his role favourably to Kylian Mbappé's. As a boy, he most tried to copy the Brazilian striker Ronaldo, after watching him score a hat-trick for Real Madrid in a Champions League quarter-final at Old Trafford. It was the first match he attended there live. Rashford said Ronaldo "always played free, and went out there and expressed himself". He also idolised Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, and credits Rooney's professionalism with helping him mature. He studies Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero, and has been called a "student of the game".

    Off the pitch, Rashford is Christian. He has said "The faith we have in God is shown by the people that we are". Of his mother, he said: "The rules and the respect we had for each other. For my whole upbringing, she was the leader in that". He plays PlayStation, listens to rap and grime, and named Dave among his favourite artists. They linked for the 2022 advertisement Never Beaten for Beats. In 2023, Nike released a pair of signature Rashford boots. Little has even tipped him to break Rooney's club scoring record of 253 goals.

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Common questions

Who is Marcus Rashford?

Marcus Rashford is an English professional footballer born in Manchester on the 31st of October 1997. He plays as a forward for England and is on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United.

How did Marcus Rashford make his Manchester United debut?

Marcus Rashford made his first-team debut on the 25th of February 2016 in a Europa League tie against Midtjylland. He scored twice in a 5-1 win after Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up.

What did Marcus Rashford achieve with his child food poverty campaign?

Marcus Rashford's campaign led the government to change its policy on free school meals over the summer holidays in 2020. On the 8th of November 2020, the government announced almost £400m over 12 months to support poorer families.

What trophies has Marcus Rashford won at Manchester United?

Marcus Rashford won two FA Cups, two EFL Cups, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League with Manchester United.

Why did Marcus Rashford leave Manchester United on loan?

Marcus Rashford was left out of most squads under manager Ruben Amorim after saying he was ready for a new challenge. He joined Aston Villa on loan on the 2nd of February 2025, then Barcelona on the 23rd of July 2025.

What happened to Marcus Rashford in the Euro 2020 final?

Marcus Rashford came on in the last minutes of extra time against Italy on the 11th of July 2021. His penalty in the shoot-out hit the post, and Italy won the tournament.

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  62. 175NewsVilla complete Rashford loan deal2 February 2025
  63. 177NewsVilla Sink Spurs as pressure mounts on PostecoglouCharlotte Coates — 9 February 2025
  64. 178Preston 0-3 Aston Villa30 March 2025
  65. 180Manchester United prioritising three sales as part of clearout in transfer windowSamuel Luckhurst — Manchester Evening News — 22 May 2025
  66. 181'I feel like I'm at home' - Rashford joins BarcelonaSean Kearns — BBC — 23 July 2025
  67. 199Mourinho locks horns with FA over RashfordBen Topliss — 19 October 2016
  68. 202Rashford expected to skip U21sMatt Hughes — 6 May 2017
  69. 211NewsEngland 2–1 AustraliaPhil McNulty — 27 May 2016
  70. 218NewsEngland 2–1 SlovakiaPhil McNulty — 4 September 2017
  71. 230NewsRaheem Sterling's double inspires England to stunning victory in SpainDaniel Taylor at the Estadio Benito Villamarín — 15 October 2018
  72. 235England 7–0 MontenegroPhil McNulty — 14 November 2019
  73. 236Kosovo 0–4 EnglandPhil McNulty — 17 November 2019
  74. 241NewsEuro 2020 final: England beaten by Italy on penaltiesPhil McNulty — 11 July 2021
  75. 263England 4–2 CroatiaPhil McNulty — BBC Sport — 17 June 2026
  76. 270Marcus Rashford is football at its most basic and gloriousJohn Nicholson — Planet Sport — 6 December 2019
  77. 282Rashford is now Manchester United's sharpest edgeSeb Stafford-Bloor — Planet Sport — 16 July 2020
  78. 283Who is Manchester United's penalty-taker?Adam Marshall — Manchester United F.C. — 8 July 2020
  79. 285NewsRashford vs Ronaldo Man Utd free-kick comparisonDominic Booth — 31 October 2019
  80. 291Manchester United have a new leaderTyrone Marshall — 2 March 2020
  81. 302MagazineMaguire: Rashford most talented I've played withAlex Turk — 11 May 2020
  82. 303NewsThe rise of RashfordAdam Bate — 22 February 2019
  83. 313'Rashford record on par with Kane and Ronaldo' – SouthgateIan Watson — Planet Sport — 13 September 2018
  84. 316Former youth coach backs Rashford to break Man Utd recordWill Ford — Planet Sport — 11 December 2020
  85. 341Marcus Rashford in 'despair' as MPs reject free school meal planRichard Adams et al. — 21 October 2020
  86. 342They will come for heroic Rashford... we must stand with himDave Tickner — Planet Sport — 23 October 2020
  87. 349FareShare receives record number of donations in response to Marcus Rashford's campaignStephen Delahunty — Haymarket Media Group — 23 October 2020
  88. 354NewsMarcus Rashford: PM climbdown over free meals in school holidaysHannah Richardson — 8 November 2020
  89. 357NewsRashford: something 'going wrong' with free school meal deliveriesLucy Campbell et al. — 12 January 2021
  90. 364Ministers fear £6bn cost of Rashford hat-trickRachel Sylvester — 21 December 2020
  91. 365NewsMarcus Rashford to fight for permanent rise in universal creditPatrick Butler — 24 December 2020
  92. 369Marcus Rashford helped by Jay-Z's Roc Nation in successful school meals fightNick Reilly — Bandlab Technologies — 23 June 2020
  93. 386MagazineMarcus Rashford Is on the TIME100 Next 2021 ListLewis Hamilton — 17 February 2021
  94. 390NewsMarcus Rashford tops The Sunday Times Giving List 2021Alastair McCall et al. — 21 May 2021
  95. 392The New Statesman's left power listNew Statesman — 2023-05-17
  96. 434NewsManchester City 2–1 Manchester UnitedPhil McNulty — 3 June 2023
  97. 435NewsManchester United 2–0 Newcastle UnitedPhil McNulty — 26 February 2023
  98. 437NewsVillarreal 1–1 Manchester UnitedSimon Stone — 26 May 2021
  99. 441NewsSwitzerland 0–0 EnglandPhil McNulty — 9 June 2019
  100. 442Marcus Rashford: OverviewPremier League
  101. 443Rashford screamer voted Budweiser Goal of the MonthPremier League — 12 April 2024
  102. 447NewsRashford and Groenen receive PFA Community Champions awardManchester United F.C. — 6 August 2020
  103. 448NewsUnited trio win Premier League academy awardsAdam Marshall — Manchester United F.C. — 30 July 2020
  104. 449NewsUEFA Europa League Squad of the SeasonUEFA — 26 August 2020
  105. 450News2022/23 UEFA Europa League Team of the SeasonUnion of European Football Associations — 4 June 2023
  106. 451News2022/23 Europa League top scorers: Boniface, Rashford at the summitUnion of European Football Associations (UEFA) — 31 May 2023
  107. 452NewsRashford Wins 2019/20 Goal of the SeasonManchester United F.C. — 17 September 2020
  108. 453NewsRashford wins Players' Player of the YearMatthew Holt — Manchester United F.C. — 29 May 2023
  109. 454Rashford voted United's Player of the YearJoe Ganley — 29 May 2023
  110. 457NewsRashford and Cubarsí win La Liga awards for AprilFC Barcelona — 24 April 2026

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