Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Loftus-Cheek playing for Chelsea in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lewisham, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Chelsea | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Chelsea | 22 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | England U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | England U17 | 8 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | England U19 | 13 | (6) |
| 2015– | England U21 | 17 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:11, 27 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea and for the England under-21 national team.
Loftus-Cheek joined Chelsea at the age of eight. He impressed at the beginning of the 2011–12 season before picking up a hip injury, from which he recovered by the end of the season to make a substitute appearance in the 2012 FA Youth Cup final. In the 2012–13 season, Loftus-Cheek made 18 appearances for the U-18 squad and 9 appearances for the U-21 squad, at the end of the season he was rewarded for his good form to travel with a place in the first-team squad for a post season friendly against Manchester City in May 2013. In 2013–14 Loftus-Cheek captained Chelsea U18 as they won the FA Youth Cup and was a regular for the U21s as they won the Under-21 Premier League.
Loftus-Cheek made his senior debut for the club on 10 December 2014, replacing Cesc Fàbregas for the final 7 minutes of a UEFA Champions League group match against Sporting Lisbon at Stamford Bridge; Chelsea won 3–1 having already come first in the group. He played his first Premier League game on 31 January 2015, coming on for Oscar in added time at the end of a 1–1 home draw against Manchester City.
On 3 February, Loftus-Cheek was promoted into José Mourinho's first team squad alongside fellow teenager Isaiah Brown.
On 13 April, Loftus-Cheek played for Chelsea U19 in the final of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League against Shakhtar Donetsk in Switzerland which ended with a 3–2 victory for Chelsea. On 10 May 2015, Loftus-Cheek was awarded his first start against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, playing 60 minutes and recording a 100% pass completion record, before being replaced by Nemanja Matić, in a game that ended 1–1 draw. Although Loftus-Cheek only made three league appearances out of the whole season, Mourinho stated that he would receive a winner's medal for his contributions this season.
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