Reece James ( have a bun in the oven 8 December 1999 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. James joined the Chelsea academy as a young and turned professional in 2017, a season where he captained the under-18s to victory in the FA Youth Cup and was named Academy Player of the Season. A fat loanword while with Wigan Athletic of the Championship saw him promoted to the Chelsea first team upon his revert in 2019, after which he began to establish himself as a regular fastness at right-back and earn a long-run contract extension in January 2020.
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After representing England at respective youth levels, James was called up to the full international side for the first clock time in October 2020, earning his beginning capital against Wales .
early life [edit ]
James was born in Redbridge, Greater London, [ 5 ] and attended Isleworth and Syon School. [ 6 ] He belongs to a footballing syndicate, where his sister, Lauren is besides a master football player. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Lauren signed for Chelsea Women in July 2021. [ 9 ] Their church father Nigel is a football coach. [ 10 ]
Club career [edit ]
James ( left ) playing for Chelsea in 2017 James began training with Chelsea at the age of six, but had a brusque spell at West London rivals Fulham when he was seven. [ 11 ] He turned professional with Chelsea in March 2017. [ 12 ] During the 2017–18 season he captained the under-18s to win the FA Youth Cup and was named Academy Player of the Season. [ 12 ] He signed a fresh four-year contract with the club in June 2018. [ 12 ] Later that month he joined Championship club Wigan Athletic on lend for the 2018–19 season. [ 13 ] In March 2019, he was selected to the 2018–19 Championship Team of the Season. [ 14 ] He won three awards at Wigan Athletic ‘s end of season awards, including Player of the Year. [ 15 ] On 25 September 2019, James made his debut for Chelsea after returning from wound. He scored one finish and assisted two in a 7–1 winnings over Grimsby Town in the third round of the 2019–20 EFL Cup. [ 16 ] James became Chelsea ‘s youngest ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the fourth goal of their 4–4 comeback draw with Ajax on 5 November 2019. [ 17 ] He signed a long-run shrink extension with Chelsea on 16 January 2020. [ 18 ] On 14 September 2020, James scored his first Premier League goal, in a 3–1 winnings for Chelsea against Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 19 ] On 5 December, James made his fiftieth appearance for Chelsea in all competitions in the club ‘s 3–1 league win over Leeds United. [ 20 ] In January 2021, James was submit to racist pervert on-line. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In March 2021, he deleted his Instagram score in reaction to the abuse he received. [ 23 ] On 29 May, James won his first-ever Champions League as Chelsea won 1–0 against Manchester City in the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final in Porto. [ 24 ] On 28 August, James was controversially sent off at the end of the first half of a 1–1 draw against Liverpool due to a handball incidental. [ 25 ]
International career [edit ]
young person [edit ]
James has represented England at youth grade from under-18 up to under-21. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In May 2017, James was included in the under-20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [ 29 ] He started in the concluding as England beat the Ivory Coast to retain their championship. [ 30 ] In July 2017, James was region of the under-19 squad that won the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. [ 31 ] He started in the semi-final against the Czech Republic. [ 32 ] James was a member of the under-20 team that travelled to the 2019 Toulon Tournament and was carried off on a stretcher with ankle ligament damage during the first-half of the final group game defeat to Chile on 7 June 2019. [ 33 ] On 4 October 2019, James was included in the under-21 police squad for the first time. [ 34 ] He made his under-21 debut during the 3–0 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification victory away to Albania on 15 November 2019. [ 35 ]
elder [edit ]
On 5 October 2020, James was called up for the first gear clock time to the elder team by director Gareth Southgate following an injury to Raheem Sterling. [ 36 ] He made his debut on 8 October at Wembley Stadium, coming on as a 58th-minute stand-in for Kieran Trippier in a 3–0 winnings over Wales. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] He was sent off for dissent after the final examination whistle in his second start, against Denmark. [ 39 ] James was named in the 26-man England team for Euro 2020. [ 40 ]
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In November 2021 he said that he was in the best form of his career, and that he hoped to become England ‘s first-choice right-back. [ 41 ]
career statistics [edit ]
baseball club [edit ]
- As of match played 28 November 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 15 November 2021[48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
2020
4
0
2021
6
0
Total
10
0
Honours [edit ]
Chelsea U18
Chelsea
England U19
England U20
England
Individual
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Chelsea F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Reece James – UEFA competition record (archive)
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