Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek is an English professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Fulham, on loan from Chelsea, and the English national team. He is the half-brother of former professional footballers Carl and Leon Cort. His younger brother, Joe, is a semi-professional footballer.
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Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek is an English professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Fulham, on loan from Chelsea, and the English national team. He is the half-brother of former professional footballers Carl and Leon Cort. His younger brother, Joe, is a semi-professional footballer. 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. He 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 CP. He played his first Premier League match on 31 January 2015, coming on for Oscar in added time of a 1–1 home draw against Manchester City. He scored his first league goal on 2 April, scoring the opener in a 4–0 win against Aston Villa away.
On 23 August 2016, Loftus‑Cheek signed a new five-year deal with the club. On 12 July 2017, he joined fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace on a loan deal. On 25 November 2017, LoftUS-Cheeks scored his first goal for the London side in a 2–1 victory over Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. He was rewarded with a senior manager’s call-up by Gareth Southgate. He has been called up to the England squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Croatia and the friendly against the Republic of Ireland. He also played for the England Under 21 side at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In the 2014–15 season, he was a regular for the U21s as they won the Under-21 Premier League. On 13 April, he played for Chelsea in the final of the 2014 UEFA Youth League against Shakhtar Donetsk in Switzerland, which ended with a 3–2 victory for Chelsea.
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