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.
BBC bosses are chewing over giving free school meals hero Marcus Rashford a special award at this year’s Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.
SPOTY want to recognise his effort in single-handedly taking on the Government over its controversial stance on child poverty.
The Special Achievement Awards have been handed out only five times before. They went to jockey Lester Piggott, marathon runner Dennis Moore, comedians David Walliams and Eddie Izzard and 2012 Olympics chief Sebastian Coe.
Organisers think it would be a fitting honour for the 22-year-old England and Manchester United ace and would allow the main gong to go to someone for a sporting achievement instead.
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