Declan Rice
Declan Rice is an English professional footballer who plays for West Ham United and the England national team. He made his senior debut for the club against Burnley on 19 August 2017. In April 2018, Rice was named as runner-up for the 2017–18 Hammer of the Year award behind Marko Arnautović. On 17 July 2020, Rice scored his first and only Premier League goal of the season against Watford.
About Declan Rice in brief
Declan Rice is an English professional footballer who plays for West Ham United and the England national team. He was born and raised in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, but his paternal grandparents are from Douglas, County Cork, in Ireland. He joined the academy of Chelsea in 2006 and was released at the age of 14. In 2014, after his release, he joined the West Ham academy. He made his senior debut for the club against Burnley on 19 August 2017. In April 2018, Rice was named as runner-up for the 2017–18 Hammer of the Year award behind Marko Arnautović.
On 17 July 2020, Rice scored his first and only Premier League goal of the season, an outside-the-box strike against Watford, in a 3–1 win. On 20 April 2019, he was named on the shortlist for PFA Young Player of The Year award, which was eventually given to Rice’s England teammate Raheem Sterling on 28 April. In September 2019, Rice said that he had received death threats after switching allegiance from Ireland to England. He has been best friends with fellow England international Mason Mount since childhood.
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