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Published 15:53 1 Oct 2016 BST
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Since that fateful February night, the Manchester-born youngster scored on his Premier League debut, England U21 debut, his full England debut and became the youngest player to ever score in a Manchester derby.
Not too shabby.
But Twitter user Anthony Parkinson saw it all coming.
Shortly after Rashford's 15th birthday, this perspicacious football fan believed he had seen enough to make a pretty bold claim about the prodigy.
https://twitter.com/antparkinson17/status/267428661005783041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Long before Louis van Gaal took his seat in the Old Trafford dugout and gave him a shot, Rashford was on the radar of @AntParkinson17.
Irish football supporters will be hoping for some similarly good fortune in the careers of two youngsters also identified by the shrewd tweeter who is being wasted on social media.
This man belongs in the world of scouting.
https://twitter.com/antparkinson17/status/781864160959291393

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