Career: football player, athlete
Date of birth: October 31, 1997
Age: 26 years
Place of birth: Wythenshawe, UK
Position: Forward
Working leg: right
Height/weight: 178 cm / 65 kg
Marital status: single
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Marcus Rashford was born on October 31, 1997 in Manchester and showed extraordinary footballing abilities from childhood. Having come through the Manchester United academy, he made his debut for the first team in 2016 at the age of just 18. Since then, Marcus has become a key player for the Red Devils and the England national team, as well as one of the most recognizable athletes in the world. In addition to his impressive football achievements, Rashford is widely known for his social work. He actively supports various charities aimed at combating poverty and providing access to education for children from low-income families. His campaign to provide free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic has received wide recognition and has become an example to follow.
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Marcus Rashford, or Rush, as the sportsman is called by fans, is a famous footballer from Foggy Albion, a forward for Manchester United and the English national team. Marcus is called the “child of the Red Devils”, because the academy of the most titled and oldest British club raised the future star from the age of 7.
The forward was born in the northwest of England on Halloween, the day before All Saints’ Day, 1997. Marcus remains loyal to his childhood city, Manchester, to this day. Rashford grew up in a large family, where, in addition to him, 3 brothers and a sister were raised.
Mother Mel, who raised 5 children alone, often worked 2-3 jobs in order to feed her offspring. In an interview, Marcus shared that he noticed how she, while preparing dinner, refused to eat and divided it between 5 hungry mouths, claiming that she had eaten a hearty meal at work.
The black boy made his choice of future profession as soon as he learned to walk. From the age of 2, Rush kicked the ball, throwing it onto the roof of the garage and trying to keep it from falling to the ground. At the age of 5, Marcus played for Fletcher Moss Rangers, and at 7 he joined the ranks of the Manchester United academy.
Rush’s sporting biography could have been different, because when the forward was still training on the Fletcher field, scouts from several famous clubs, including Liverpool and Everton, became interested in the boy. But 7-year-old Marcus chose Manchester United and was right. The choice of the “Reds” was made by an important circumstance, in the opinion of the future striker: the head coach of the academy was listed as Rene Meulensteen, who emphasized the method of Coerver, his Dutch colleague. This teaching method is aimed at making the player’s actions unpredictable, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy were trained according to it.
His debut in the main team of the Red Devils took place at the beginning of 2016. In an incomplete season, Marcus scored 8 goals for Manchester United, playing in 18 matches. At the end of the year, the youngest footballer was awarded the Jimmy Murphy Award and in May 2016 he was offered a new contract, extended until 2020.
In April 2017, the Briton opened the scoring against London’s Chelsea, sending a goal into the opponent’s goal in the 7th minute of the match. The Reds snatched a victory in the championship game with a score of 2:0. And 4 days later, the scorer scored the decisive goal in the UEFA Europa League match. Having defeated Belgian Anderlecht, the Manchester Devils reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. The striker played his first match of the 2017-2018 season at the end of the summer of 2017, replacing his colleague in a match against Spanish Real Madrid. In October of the same year, Marcus Rashford was voted into 3rd place in the Golden Boy award, established in 2002 and annually awarded to the best young footballer in Europe.
In the 2018-2019 season, the striker was given the number 10. Previously, the shirt with the “ten” was worn by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. In November 2018, Rush scored the winning goal against Bournemouth, earning the title of best player of the match. In total, Marcus scored 13 goals during the season, 10 of which were in the Premier League. Before the start of the 2019-2020 season, the forward was offered a new contract, according to which Rashford can play for Manchester until 2023, and Marcus’s salary was £ 10.4 million.
On January 11, 2020, the striker scored another double during a meeting in the Premier League with Norwich City, which ended with a score of 4: 0. This was Rashford’s 200th match for Manchester United. However, Marcus soon suffered a rare injury – a stress fracture of the back. Such an injury occurs due to constant stress on bone tissue. For this reason, a number of fans sharply criticized the club’s doctors, who missed dangerous changes. Fortunately, by the fall, Rush recovered and scored goals in September.
Thanks to his outstanding statistics, Rashford began representing his native country in international competitions at a young age. In a conversation with journalists, the athlete said that he was seriously nervous before a match only once – when he played for the U16 team at the age of 14. In the autumn of 2017, Marcus scored his first goal for the England national team in a World Cup qualifying match against the Slovak team. In 2018, the footballer had the opportunity to attend the World Cup in Russia, where Rashford participated in 5 matches.
In February 2016, Marcus registered an Instagram page, but the blog did not help fans find out about their idol’s romantic feelings. The forward posts photos and videos on the account, which capture working moments. Occasionally, there are pictures of Rashford with his mother or friends during moments of rest, but there are no shots with girls. Until February 2016, the athlete lived with his family in Manchester. It is noteworthy that first Marcus paid off the mortgage, which was listed in his mother’s name, and only then built his own home. The construction and arrangement of a luxurious house with 6 bedrooms and a garage for 2 cars cost the striker £ 1.85 million.
Rush’s fans assumed that the purchase was connected with upcoming changes in the personal life of the Red Devils star. Despite the footballer’s efforts, information about his relationship with Lucia Loy leaked to the press. Fans hoped that the lovers would soon become parents. However, the 8-year union did not withstand the test of quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the couple broke up.
Now the Manchester United striker continues to train hard. Rush is in excellent shape, with a height of 180 cm, Marcus Rashford weighs 70 kg. In February 2021, the CIES Football Observatory research group named the athlete the most valuable player in Europe. According to the Transfermarkt website, the forward’s value in the summer was € 85 million.
Among other things, Rashford became interested in charity. The reason was the same pandemic. The footballer was outraged by the authorities’ decision to cut a number of social programs related to school meals. Marcus shared on social networks that he himself once hoped for state dinners. Thanks to perseverance and humor, the striker managed to influence government decisions twice.
And in May 2021, Rush, who could not really read until he was 17, released a motivational book for children, You Are a Champion. Of course, the athlete was assisted by psychologists and other specialists, which did not prevent the work from becoming a bestseller.
The player could not help but be called up for Euro 2020. The English team reached the final. In the last match, the footballer failed to convert a penalty, as did Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho. Thanks to this, Italy beat England, and insults rained down on the athletes.