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RD RULES! Simon Mugford Dan Green LOOK out for MORE FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS 7 Discover how the Manchester boy became Football superstars United’s number 10, scored on his RASHFORD rules England 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 Dan Simon Mugford LOOK OUT FOR MORE FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS: • FACTS • www.welbeckpublishing.com • STORIES • £5.99 • STATS • Children’s 8967.01 Printed in the UK Simon Mugford Dan Green Cover photograph: Football superstars Hi, pleased to meet you. We hope you I’m VARbot enjoy our book about with all the Marcus Rashford! facts and stats! SIMON DAN VAR Football superstars 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, London 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 STAR ..............................................................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 rashford! Marcus is a role rashfo model for millions of rd! people and this book is Marcus Rashford all about him! is a brilliant footballer who scores fantastic goals for Manchester United and England. AND . campaigning for charity made him a national hero. 6 7 what makes rasHford RASHFORD is a superb goalscorer and so awesome? team-player. Speed He makes very fast, Height and strength 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! GOALS! And he’s a nice GOALS, MARCUS scores plenty of guy, too! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MATTERS. 8 9 RASHFORD in appearances and 38 NUMBERS 10 goals for England HOW IS MARCUS RASHFORD? GOOD Estimated LET’S LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS: £60 . FA Cup win MILLION 1 . transfer value More than 200 appearances and over 60 goals for Man Utd Over 8 MILLION followers on Instagram . Europa League win 1 1 MILLIONS OF . League Cup win YOUNG FANS, JUST LIKE YOU! 11 10 RASHFORD I.D. CHAPTER 2 NAME: Marcus Rashford NICKNAME: Rash, Wonder Kid DATE OF BIRTH: 31 October 1997 manchesteR PLACE OF BIRTH: Wythenshawe, England HEIGHT: 1.85 m POSITION: Forward oy CLUBS: Manchester United b 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 Trafford, is just a few miles away. Glory, Glory, Man United! EDINBURGH GLASGOW WYTHENSHAWE MANCHESTER LIVERPOOL BIRMINGHAM LONDON Manchester United were the Premier League 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 Watford 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 Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Wayne Rooney. 22 23 -i-t-e- u-n d! Madrid’s star striker Ronaldo scored an incredible hat-trick. United were knocked out, but the Old Trafford 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 Liverpool. 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 Cristiano Ronaldo. 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 m a p p p a a m m of of 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 Eindhoven 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 midfielder 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 Alex Ferguson 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 Juan Mata, Michael Carrick 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 . Anthony Martial 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 Manchester Derby. 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.
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