Declan Rice ( hold 14 January 1999 ) is a professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Premier League club West Ham United and the England national team. Born in England, Rice has paternal irish grandparents and previously represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at both youth and senior levels, before switching commitment to England in 2019.
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Club career
young
Rice was born and raised in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. [ 5 ] His parental grandparents were from Douglas, County Cork, in Ireland. [ 6 ] He grew up in Kingston upon Thames and joined the academy of Chelsea in 2006, as a seven-year-old. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2014, after his unblock at the age of 14, he joined the academy of West Ham United. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
West Ham United
On 16 December 2015, merely over a year after joining West Ham United at youth flat, Rice signed his first professional contract with the baseball club. [ 11 ] Rice received his inaugural call-up to the West Ham senior police squad for the games against Sunderland and Everton in April 2017, after impressing in the under-23 team. [ 12 ] He made his aged debut against Burnley on the last day of the 2016–17 Premier League season, coming on as a 91st-minute ersatz for Edimilson Fernandes in a 2–1 away winnings, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] five days after captaining the under-23 ‘s to promotion with a 2–1 acquire at Newcastle United. [ 15 ] His wax senior debut came on 19 August 2017 in a 3–2 frustration at Southampton. [ 16 ] In April 2018, Rice was named as runner-up for the 2017–18 Hammer of the Year award behind Marko Arnautović. [ 17 ] On 22 December, he made his fiftieth appearance for West Ham, the first actor to do then while still a adolescent since Michael Carrick. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] On 28 December 2018, Rice signed a new condense until 2024 with the choice of an extra year. [ 20 ] On 12 January 2019, Rice scored his beginning goal for West Ham and was named man of the equal in a 1–0 succeed against Arsenal, in West Ham ‘s fiftieth Premier League bet on at the London Stadium. [ 21 ] On 20 April 2019, Rice was named on the short list for PFA Young Player of The Year award, which was finally given to Rice ‘s England teammate Raheem Sterling on eight days later. [ 22 ] At the end of the 2018–19 season, he was named the Players ‘ Player of the year and won the prize for Individual Performance of the Season, for his equal winning game against Arsenal, and was named the Young Hammer of the year for the one-third straight season. [ 23 ] On 28 December 2019, Rice captained West Ham for the inaugural time, at the senesce of 20, in a 2–1 family loss against Leicester City. [ 24 ] On 17 July 2020, Rice scored his first and only Premier League goal of the temper, an outside-the-box strike against Watford, in a 3–1 win. [ 25 ] In the 2019–20 season, Rice played in all 38 league games for West Ham, playing every unmarried minute. He was in the Premier League ‘s top five players for both tackles and interceptions leading West Ham players in both categories and making more passes than any other West Ham actor. He was named Hammer of the Year. [ 26 ] On 15 February 2021, Rice scored his first goal of the season when he converted the penalty and put the team in the lead against Sheffield United in a home league win that ended 3–0. [ 27 ] In April 2021, having played in all of West Ham ’ s games in the 2020–21 season, Rice was ruled out for four weeks with a knee wound picked-up on international duty with England. [ 28 ] As of 2021, Rice is the vice-captain of West Ham United. [ 29 ] On 16 September 2021, Rice made his european debut and scored his debut european goal in a 2–0 off victory over Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League. [ 30 ]
International career
Republic of Ireland
Although born in London, Rice was eligible to play for Ireland as his grandparents are from Cork. [ 31 ] On 19 March 2017, Rice was named Republic of Ireland U17 player of the year. [ 32 ] On 23 May 2017, lone days after his Premier League introduction, Rice was named in the Republic of Ireland police squad to play friendlies against Mexico and Uruguay and a World Cup qualifier at home plate to Austria. [ 33 ] He made his aged debut on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 kill to Turkey. [ 34 ] In August 2018, Rice was omitted from the squad to play Wales by coach Martin O’Neill, who said that Rice was considering switching to play for England after being approached by them. [ 35 ] By November 2018, having been omitted from three squads selected by O’Neill, Rice said he was no close in deciding whether to play for Ireland or England. [ 36 ] In December 2018, Rice met with new Ireland coach Mick McCarthy and his adjunct, Robbie Keane. McCarthy said that Rice was a potential future captain of Ireland and that he would build the team around Rice should he decide to play for the state. [ 37 ]
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England
On 13 February 2019, Rice pledged his future to England. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] On 5 March, his change of commitment was confirmed by FIFA. [ 40 ] On 13 March, he was called up by England for their approaching UEFA Euro 2020 reservation matches against the Czech Republic and Montenegro. [ 41 ] He made his debut on 22 March as a 63rd-minute substitute against the Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium. [ 42 ] On 25 March 2019, England coach Gareth Southgate handed Rice his first start for the national side during a 5–1 victory over Montenegro. [ 43 ] Following Rice ‘s successful season, he was handed a rate in the England team for the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals. [ 44 ] In September 2019, Rice said that he had received on-line death threats after switching allegiance from Ireland to England. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] He was the beginning musician to play for both countries since Jack Reynolds in the 1890s. [ 47 ] Rice was named in the England squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 48 ] Rice played in all of England ’ s seven games in Euro 2020 where they lost in the final to Italy. [ 49 ] [ 50 ]
personal life
Rice has been best friends with companion England external Mason Mount since childhood. [ 51 ]
career statistics
club
- As of match played 7 November 2021
International
- As of match played 12 October 2021[58]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Republic of Ireland
2018
3
0
Total
3
0
England
2019
7
0
2020
6
1
2021
14
1
Total
27
2
- As of match played 12 October 2021
- England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rice goal[58]
Honours
England
Individual
See besides
References
- Profile at the West Ham United F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Declan Rice – UEFA competition record (archive)
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