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United’s number 10, scored on his RASHFORD rules debut and gained hero status by speaking out against poverty.

Impress your friends with EVERY ONE of Rashford’s key stats and see just why . . . RASHfoRD RULES! Simon Mugford Dan Green LOOK OUT FOR MORE FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS:

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THIS IS A WELBECK CHILDREN’S BOOK Published in 2020 by Welbeck Children’s Books Limited An imprint of the Welbeck Publishing Group 20 Mortimer Street, W1T 3JW Text © 2020 Simon Mugford Design & Illustration © 2020 Dan Green ISBN: 978-1-78312-627-9

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it maynot be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in anyform or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the publisher’s prior consent.

Writer: Simon Mugford Designer and Illustrator: Dan Green Design manager: Sam James Executive editor: Suhel Ahmed Production: Gary Hayes

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Printed in the UK 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Statistics and records correct as of July 2020

Disclaimer: All names, characters, trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to herein are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for identification purposes. This book is a publication of Welbeck Publishing Group Limited and has not been licensed, approved, sponsored, or endorsed by any person or entity. Simon Mugford Dan Green CONTENTS CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1 – MEET MARCUS...... 5

CHAPTER 2 – MANCHESTER BOY...... 13

CHAPTER 3 – WONDER KID...... 27 CHAPTER 4 – SQUAD ...... 37 e CHAPTER 5 – ...... 45 m DREAM DEBUTS et CHAPTER 6 – YOUNG LION...... 59 CHAPTER 7 – HEAD TO HEAD...... 67 u CHAPTER 8 – MARCUS MAGIC...... 77 arc s CHAPTER 9 – THE MAN MARCUS...... 87 m CHAPTER 10 – THE ENGLAND MAN...... 95

CHAPTER 11 – NUMBER 10...... 105

CHAPTER 12 – NATIONAL TREASURE...... 117

5 o d! role rashf r Marcus is a model for millions of people and this book is as o r hf rd! all about him!

Marcus Rashford is a brilliant footballer who scores fantastic goals for Manchester and England.

AND . . . campaigning for charity made him a national hero.

6 7 o RASHFORD what makes rasHf rd is a superb goalscorer and so awesome? team-player.

Speed Height and strength He makes very fast, He’s tall and strong – able to direct runs into the box. shake off defenders.

Shooting Never afraid to take Penalties a shot on goal. Wins penalties – and fires them home!

And he’s GOALS! a GOALS, guy, too! MARCUS scores plenty of ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MATTERS.

8 9 RASHFORD in appearances and NUMBERS 38 10 goals for England HOW GOOD IS MARCUS RASHFORD? LET’S LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS: Estimated

. . . FA Cup win £60 MILLION 1 . . . transfer value More than 200 appearances and over 60 goals for Man Utd Over 8 MILLION followers on Instagram 1 . . . Europa League win 1 MILLIONS OF . . . League Cup win YOUNG FANS, JUST LIKE YOU!

10 11 RASHFORD I.D. CHAPTER 2

NAME: Marcus Rashford

NICKNAME: Rash, Wonder Kid

DATE OF BIRTH: 31 October 1997 manchesteR

PLACE OF BIRTH: , England

HEIGHT: 1.85 m POSITION: Forward boy CLUBS: Manchester United

NATIONAL TEAM: England

LEFT OR RIGHT-FOOTED: Right

FAVOURITE FOOD: Breakfast cereal

12 13 Marcus Rashford was born in 1997 in The Manchester United stadium, Wythenshawe, on the outskirts of Manchester. Old , is just a few miles away.

Glory, Glory, Man United!

GLASGOW

WYTHENSHAWE

MANCHESTER

LIVERPOOL

BIRMINGHAM

LONDON

Manchester United were the Champions in 1997.

14 15 Marcus played football with his two older Marcus! brothers, Dwaine and Dane.

The pitch was their tiny back garden. BOP!

OOPS! uh-oh!

16 17 Marcus’s mum had to work very hard to If she was still working when he finished look after the family when he was a little boy. school, there were lots of friends and family nearby to look after him.

SLURP!

18 19 When he was six, Marcus began training at a These players also started local club called Fletcher Moss Rangers, out at Fletcher Moss: where his dad was a coach.

JESSE LINGARD – United team-mate

DANNY WELBECK – now at

WES BROWN – won the Premier League FIVE times with United!

20 21 Marcus is a Manchester United fan.

He grew up watching famous United players such as , Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and .

22 23 -i-t-e- u-n d! ’s star striker Ronaldo scored an incredible hat-trick. United were knocked out, but the crowd applauded Ronaldo as he left the pitch.

When he was FIVE, Marcus went to Old Trafford for the first time. United were playing Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final.

Ronaldo looked Not THAT Wow! different back then. Ronaldo! what a match!

24 25 CHAPTER 3

Ronaldo was Marcus’ hero. He wanted to be just like the Real onder Madrid star. w

Marcus watched lots of videos of Ronaldo on YouTube. kid

26 27 At Fletcher Moss, Marcus scored lots of goals. And an extra big NO to . Some very big clubs wanted to sign him up.

No way!

He said NO to Everton.

Remember, he’s a Man United fan!

28 29 Marcus was eight when he joined the United’s awesome squad academy at Manchester United. He would included a player called be playing and learning at the club he . had always supported. Marcus had a new hero!

Wow!

fop!

Yes - THAT Ronaldo!

30 31 Marcus had to take the bus BUS to the training ground

STOP

THE CLIFF 98 with his brother.

MAnCHESTER MAnCHESTER

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ALL ABOARD! It was on the other side of Manchester from where they lived.

32 33 Later, Manchester United built a smart new Young players could live, train and go to training centre in Carrington. It was very school there from the age of 12. As money cool, with all the best equipment. was tight for Marcus and his family at home, United let him join when he was 11.

34 35 “He’s an icon that kids CHAPTER 4 will look up to for good behaviour, the right habits and sending out q ad the right messages.” s u Dave Horrocks, Rashford’s coach at Fletcher Moss Rangers star

36 37 Marcus quickly made a name for himself in In 2015, he scored TWO goals against the Manchester United youth teams. PSV and ONE against Wolfsburg in a UEFA under-19 competition.

Rashford was the fwap! team captain!

38 39 Marcus would often go home to see his to you, mum and brothers down the road in dwaine! Wythenshawe. They would still have a kickabout in the park!

40 41 United Scott McTominay and right-back Timothy Fosu-Mensah played in the same youth teams as Rashford.

SCOTT McTOMINAY

TIMOTHY FOSU-MENSAH

But Marcus was soon pushing for a place in the first team . . . and it wasn’t far away.

42 43 “Rashford is a CHAPTER 5 sensation - one of the best we’ve had in years.” r m Legendary Manchester United manager, Sir d ea debuts

44 45 Rashford’s first-team call-up came at the . . . he trained with senior players like start of the 2015-16 season. He stayed on , and one the substitute bench, but . . . of his biggest heroes – Wayne Rooney.

Wow!

Juan Mata

Wayne Rooney

Michael Carrick 46 47 25 FEBRUARY 2016 This was IT. Marcus was playing up front for Manchester United – the team he had EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND OF 32 2ND LEG supported all his life. MAN UTD 5-1 FC MIDTJYLLAND (6-3)

The Danish team were leading 2–1 from the first leg so this was a must-win game for United.

Okay Marcus, Marcus was named you’re playing. as a substitute, but then . . . was injured in the warm-up!

Louis Van Gaal (UNITED MANAGER 2014-16) 48 49 It was 1–1 at half-time. Then, in the Just 12 minutes later, he did it again! 63rd minute, Marcus ran onto the ball and His TWO goals turned the game around and tapped it in and United won 5–1. GOAL!

It was an awesome night for Rashford. He was Man of the Match at just 18 years old.

50 51 28 FEBRUARY 2016 TWO goals in THREE minutes, plus an assist for the third goal. PREMIER LEAGUE bop! MAN UTD 3-2 ARSENAL

Just three days after his amazing debut, Marcus lined up with his team-mates to face Arsenal, in one of the biggest fixtures in the Premier League.

And guess what?

He SCORED again! Marcus was Man of the Match – again – and definitely the man of the moment.

52 53 After 16 minutes, Marcus picked up a pass 20 March 2016 from Juan Mata, ran into the box and – PREMIER LEAGUE MAN CITY 0-1 MAN UTD BOOM! Another massive game – the . United had not beaten City in an away match for FOUR years. Marcus was ready to The ball was in the change that! back of the net!

Marcus is the youngest United player to score in a Manchester Derby.

54 55 RASHFORD’s 2015-16 record

APPEARANCES GOALS ASSISTS

18 8 2

Marcus scored a superb goal against West Ham in the sixth round of the FA Cup. United went on to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the final which brought Rashford a winner’s medal in his debut season.

Amazing!

56 57 “I see some of CHAPTER 6 myself in him for sure. he has courage and he’s fast and o is very good y ung with the ball.” Ronaldo, legendary Brazilian striker i Rashford’s on l all-time hero, remember!

58 59 The England coaches wanted Marcus in 27 MAY 2016 their team, so he was selected for the INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY UEFA EURO 2016 in . ENGLAND 2-1 AUSTRALIA But first, there was a warm-up match This was Rashford’s first senior game to play . . . for England – only four months after his United debut. Did he score? Of course he did – after just three minutes! booom! w h o o s h !

Marcus is the youngest England player to score on his debut.

He would also be the youngest England player at the EUROS!

60 61 They were knocked out of the tournament EURO 2016 after losing 2-1 to . Many people said Marcus was the best England player In the end, England didn’t play that well at that night – and he only played for the last Euro 2016. four minutes! You mean they were rubbish!

OOPS!

Actually the Vikings never had horns on their helmets. ICELAND* CAPTAIN

* Iceland was home to the Vikings ENGLAND FANS 62 63 And this being Rashford, he scored again! HAT-TRICK HERO But not once, or even twice – he scored THREE times for a hat-trick. 6 SEPTEMBER 2016 ENGLAND U-21 6-1 NORWAY U-21

Marcus made his debut for the England under-21s AFTER he’d played for the senior side!

Awesome!

64 65 So, 2016 was pretty good for Marcus: CHAPTER 7

Scored twice on United debut Scored twice on ead Premier League debut H to Won the FA Cup Scored on England debut head Scored hat-trick on England Under-21 debut

66 67 THE 200 CLUB Rashford is the fourth-youngest United player to make 200 appearances. In January 2020, Marcus played his 1 21 years and four months 200th game for Manchester United. 2

GEORGE BEST 21 years and seven months

RYAN GIGGS 3 21 years and nine months

Marcus scored twice! 4 MARCUS RASHFORD 22 years and two months

68 69 RASHFORD RASH VERSUS GOALS RONALDO 64

STARTS MINUTES PER GOAL After 200 games for United, Rashford had 200 a better record than Cristiano Ronaldo. 137

RONALDO

GRRR! GOALS 54

STARTS MINUTES PER GOAL 159 272

70 71 How does Marcus compare eds (so far) with some famous United top r players from the past?

400 350 366 300 290 250

200 211 219 150 185 150 100 117 126 GOALS 105 50 82 67 58 APPEARANCES

MARCUS RUUD VAN CRISTIANO OLE GUNNER ROBIN VAN RASHFORD NISTELROOY RONALDO 1992-1997 SOLSKJAER PERSIE 2016- 2001-2006 2003-2009 1996-2007 2012-2015

72 73 FRONT THREE ANTHONY MARTIAL

Rashford is part of an awesome attacking trio that scored

64 goals for United in 2019-20. 23 Goals

RASHFORD

19 Goals

Liverpool’s Mo Salah, and 22 Goals only managed 57 goals.

74 75 CHAPTER 8 “He can be a world a star.” m rcus Manchester United legend, magic

76 77 By the start of the 2016-17 season, And Marcus swapped his number 39 Manchester United had a new manager – shirt for number 19. José Mourinho.

The Special One is here.

United kicked off the season by winning the Community Shield.

78 79 Mourinho had signed Swedish super striker In February 2017, United won the Zlatan Ibrahimović. League Cup to bring Rashford trophy number THREE.

Marcus moved out to the left wing, while United beat Zlatan played as the centre-forward. 3-2.

80 81 2016-17 highlights THE BEST BITS OF RASHFORD’S FIRST 21 SEPTEMBER 2016 FULL SEASON IN THE UNITED FIRST TEAM. LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1-3 MAN UTD 27 AUGUST 2016 Marcus was the super-sub again, coming on to PREMIER LEAGUE provide an assist for the second goal, scored HULL CITY 0-1 MAN UTD by , before scoring the third. Rashford came on for Juan Mata in the 71st 20 APRIL 2017 minute of this goalless EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL 2ND LEG match. His injury-time winning goal was his MAN UTD 2-1 ANDERLECHT first of the season. Marcus was again involved in both goals, assisting one and scoring the other to seal an important win in extra-time!

82 83 FA CUP CHAMPION! EUROPA LEAGUE 24 MAY 2017

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL AJAX 0-2 MAN UTD Marcus had his first taste of European It was his success with United as they beat Ajax to win the Europa League in Stockholm. FOURTH trophy with United!

COMMUNITY SHIELD EFL LEAGUE CUP 84 85 RASHFORD’S CHAPTER 9 2016-17 record the APPEARANCES GOALS ASSISTS

53 11 7 a Rashford played more m n games for United than any other player this season! u ...58, 59, 60, arc s 61, 62, 63... m

BALLbot counting keepy-uppies

86 87 If you score lots of awesome goals like Marcus, you need a

CELEBRATION!

When he scored on his United debut, Rashford celebrated with his friends and family.

A big leap in the air UNITED YOUTH KEEPER always looks good!

88 89 His dog, Saint goes everywhere with him MARCUS MUST-HAVES (except on the pitch)!

SAINT, have you been Ever since he was a boy, Marcus has playing with my ball again? ALWAYS had a ball with him.

I WOULDN’T DREAM OF IT.

90 91 2017-18 20 SEPTEMBER 2017 LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND highlights MAN UTD 4-1 BURTON ALBION Marcus scored TWO early goals and ANOTHER BIG SEASON AT assisted Anthony Martial for another! UNITED FOR MARCUS. 10 MARCH 2018 12 SEPTEMBER 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE MAN UTD 2-1 LIVERPOOL MAN UTD 3-0 FC Rashford had been out of the It was Rashford’s debut in the starting line-up for a while, Champions League, so he but what a way to come scored of course! back! TWO goals against MASSIVE rivals Liverpool!

92 93 RASHFORD’S CHAPTER 10 2017-18 record the APPEARANCES GOALS ASSISTS

10 52 13 ngland ...6245, 6246, e 6247, 6248, 6249, 6250, 6251... man IMPRESSIVE!

94 95 WEMBLEY Rashford fired into the net from long-range. He’d scored for England at Wembley! WINNER is that? 4 SEPTEMBER 2017 How awesome

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Well done, son! ENGLAND 2-1

This was a BIG game for England. Marcus made a mistake which led to Slovakia taking an early lead. OH NO! made it 1–1 and then in the second half . . .

Gareth Southgate POW! ENGLAND MANAGER

96 97 Marcus was in With lots of players the squad for the under 25, England

World Cup had one of the in RUSSIA. youngest squads MARCUS (20) at the tournament.

RAHEEM STERLING, , FORWARD (23) CAPTAIN (24)

What an amazing honour! , , MIDFIELDER (22) GOALKEEPER (24)

98 99 WORLD CUP 2018 Marcus scored his penalty and this time,

Marcus made his World Cup debut England won! as a substitute in England’s first game against Tunisia. The whole country went He was so proud. crazy with excitement. YAY! And so was his mum!

The game against Colombia went to a penalty shoot-out. This was a BIG DEAL. England had never won a World Cup ENGERRLAND! penalty shoot-out. ENGERRLAND!

I can’t watch!

100 101 In the end, England lost in the semi-finals, 15 OCTOBER 2018 but it was their best World Cup for 28 years. NATIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE Marcus and his team-mates played brilliantly. SPAIN 2-3 ENGLAND

Marcus had a fantastic game, scoring one goal and assisting for another, as England beat Spain in this new tournament.

102 103 RASHFORD’S CHAPTER 11 england record CAPS GOALS ASSISTS u ber 38 m 10 6 n

CONGRATULATIONS, VARBOT. A NEW PERSONAL BEST. 3 MILLION KEEPY-UPPIES! 10

104 105 That shirt has been worn by some In 2018, Marcus was given the Number 10 VERY famous names shirt after Zlatan Ibrahimović left United. at the club.

Are you going to help me with these?

106 107 Despite the new shirt, Rashford failed to score In December, United early in the 2018-19 season. And then he legend Ole Gunnar picked up a red card! Solskjaer took over OUCH! from José Mourinho as manager. Marcus scored in Solskjaer’s first game in charge and then scored FOUR goals in FIVE games!

bam!

108 109 6 MARCH 2019 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, 2ND LEG RASHFORD’S PSG 1-3 MAN UTD 2018-19 record Penalty United were heading OUT of the to United! Champions League when APPEARANCES GOALS ASSISTS VAR () 13 9 confirmed they had a penalty 47 in injury time. Under enormous pressure, super-cool Rashford stepped up to take it . . . and BOOM! The ball went in the back of the net and United had won on away goals.

110 111 2019-20 30 OCTOBER 2019 LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND highlight CHELSEA 1-MAN UTD 2 s Marcus scored another two goals against the London club, including a SCORCHER A SEASON LIKE NO OTHER of a long-range free-kick. BOOM!

4 DECEMBER 2019

PREMIER LEAGUE

11 AUGUST 2019 MAN UTD 2-1 TOTTENHAM Another London club and PREMIER LEAGUE another two goals. MAN UTD 4-0 CHELSEA One of FOUR braces Rashford scored TWICE against Chelsea for Marcus in in the opening game the season. of the season. POW!

112 113 When matches started again in June (with no fans), Marcus had recovered from his injury and started scoring goals again!

Marcus was in brilliant form until he got injured in early 2020. And then in March, all football matches stopped because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS NEWS Po BREAKING w! NEWS

FOOTBALL is taking a break. Stay safe, everybody! FOOTBALL CANCELLED

114 115 RASHFORD’S CHAPTER 12 2019-20 record APPEARANCES GOALS ASSISTS a o 22 11 ti 44 n n al

It was his best sure goalscoring rea season so far! t

WANT TO DO SOME MORE KEEPY-UPPIES?

116 117 Marcus has never forgotten the Without the kindness and community he grew up in. It was a place generosity of the community I had where families like his had help with things around me, there wouldn’t be the such as free school meals, but they also Marcus Rashford you see today. helped each other.

In 2020, Marcus worked with the charity FareShare to raise £20 MILLION for families in need.

118 119 During the Coronavirus lockdown, lots When the British government planned to of people needed extra help. Families who stop the vouchers, Marcus spoke out. He received free school meals were given food wrote a letter that was seen by millions vouchers while schools were closed. of people on social media. SCHOOL CLOSED STAY HOME THANK PROTECT YOU THE NHS KEY WORKERS SAVE LIVES

120 121 And amazingly, the government listened! THANKS, MARCUS! They made the food vouchers available for the school holidays, too.

BARNARD DAILY FREE CASTLE NEWS EYE TEST VOUCHER GOVERNMENT U-TURN Marcus was a hero!

The brilliant young footballer was now a successful activist, too.

122 123 5. How many goals did Rashford score on his United debut?

quiz time! 6. Which team did Marcus score against on his England debut?

How much do you know about Marcus Rashford? Try this quiz to 7. How old was Rashford when he made his 200th find out, then test your friends! United appearance?

1. Which trophy did Marcus win first with Manchester United? 8. Marcus scored for England in a World Cup penalty shoot-out. Which team were they playing against?

2. Where was Marcus born? 9. How many goals did Rashford score for United in 2019-20?

3. What was the name of the local club that he played for? 10. How much money did Marcus help raise for the charity, FareShare?

4. Which Brazilian player was his hero?

The answers are on the next page but no peeking!

124 125 MARCUS RASHFORD: answers WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. The FA Cup 6. Australia Premier League VAR The top football league Video Assistant Referee 2. Wythenshawe 7. 22 years, two months (Manchester) in England. 8. Colombia UEFA Champions League 3. Fletcher Moss Rangers PFA European club 9. 22 4. Ronaldo Professional Footballers’ competition held every 10. £20 Million Association year. The winner is the 5. Two best team in Europe. FA Cup The top English knockout UEFA Europa League cup competition. The second-tier European club competition.

Nations League European national tournament that replaced some friendly matches.

126 127 AbOut the authors

Simon’s first job was at the Science Museum, making paper aeroplanes and blowing bubbles big enough for your dad to stand in. Since then he’s written all sorts of books about the stuff he likes, from dinosaurs and rockets, to llamas, loud music and of course, football. Simon has supported Ipswich Town since they won the FA Cup in 1978 (it’s true – look it up) and once sat next to on a train. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter, two tortoises and a cat.

Dan has drawn silly pictures since he could hold a crayon. Then he grew up and started making books about stuff like trucks, space, people’s jobs, Doctor Who and Star Wars. Dan remembers Ipswich Town winning the FA Cup but he didn’t watch it because he was too busy making a Viking ship out of brown paper. As a result, he knows more about Vikings than football. Dan lives in Suffolk with his wife, son, daughter and a dog that takes him for very long walks.

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