Declan Rice

Setra


The young defender is still riding the team bus it seems.

Born in London, England, the Englishman grew up in Kingston upon Thames and joined the Chelsea Academy when he was 8 years old, The defender has gone on record saying that he grew up idolizing John Terry and has based his game on the Chelsea legend. Later he would join the West Ham United Academy at 14 years of age. Over a year later in June he signed his first professional contract with West Ham United. In the final day of the 2016-17 season he came off the bench in the 91st minute to make his debut for the senior team against Burnley, a few months later in August he'd make his full senior team debut in a 3-2 defeat again Southampton. He came runner-up to Marko Arnautovic for 'Hammer of the Year' award in 2017-2018 playing in an impressive 26 games. The following season he'd make his 50th appearances for West Ham United making him the first teenager to do so since Michael Carrick. The young English defender scored his first goal in front of the home crowd in a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the 2018-19 season. The defender despite being born in England played competitively for the Ireland U17 side, and played a couple of friendlies as well as a World Cup qualifier for the senior side, however, he decided to pledge his allegiance to England in February 2019 causing mass controversy in the media. He made his England debut in March 2019 against the Czech Republic.