Marcus Rushford is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker at the Manchester United club and England national team. He is a participant in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. As part of the national team, he spent 25 matches and was marked by three goals scored (information at the time of September 2018). In 2017, the football player was nominated for the Golden Boy Award.
short biography
Marcus Rushford was born on October 31, 1997 in Manchester, England. As a child, he began to play football, was almost immediately admitted to the Fletcher Moss Rangers Academy. Wes Brown and Danny Welbeck once played here. From 2005 to 2016, he studied at the Manchester United youth system.
In 2014, Marcus had the opportunity to get into the adult team of “Red Devils”, but attachment to the youth team prevented this event.
In the 2014/15 season, Rushford managed to score 13 goals in 25 games as part of the youth team under 18 years old. In the UEFA Youth League, under 21, he scored a double against PSV in September 2015.
Debut for the Red Devils
On February 25, 2015, he made his first debut for the adult team Manchester United in the match against Midtullan in the Europa League, where he scored two goals and became the best player in the match. With this event, Marcus Rushford broke records, becoming the youngest player (at the time of the match, Rushford was 18 years and 117 days), who scored goals in European Cups in the history of the “Red Devils”. Earlier this record was held by Dzhorozh Best, who managed to distinguish himself in the European Cup series at the age of 18 years and 158 days.
Premier League debut
In his first match of the English Premier League on February 28, 2016, Rushford scored a goal against Peter Cech in a match against Arsenal. In the same match, the debutant made an assist on Ander Herrera. On March 20, 2016, Marcus managed to score the only and winning goal in the Manchester derby at the 16th minute of the meeting. The following goals of the young striker happened in the match against West Ham United in the ¼ FA Cup and in the 34th round of the Premier League against Aston Villa.
In the 2016/17 season, Marcus Rushford began to appear in the main team more and more often, and, accordingly, to score goals. During the season, the young striker recorded 11 goals in 53 games in all tournaments in his statistics. In the 2017/18 season, Rushford continued to play consistently and score, but this time a little better - 13 goals in 52 meetings.
Personal life
Marcus Rushford has long been in a relationship and does not hide it from the media. The girl of the young striker Manchester United lives in Manchester and has Italian roots.
It is known that she works in a large company PR Sugar PR, where she holds the position of recruiting manager.