Reece James

On 5 December, James made his 50th appearance for Chelsea in all competitions in the club's 3–1 league win over Leeds United.

In January 2021, James was subject to racist abuse online.

In March, he deleted his Instagram account in response to the abuse he received.

On 29 May, James won his first-ever Champions League as Chelsea won 1–0 against Manchester City in the final in Porto.

On 28 August 2021, James was sent off at the end of the first half of a 1–1 draw against Liverpool due to a handball incident.

He scored two goals in the second half of a 3–0 win over Newcastle United at St James' Park on 30 October.

At the end of the season James was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

On 5 September 2022, James signed a new six-year contract with Chelsea, committing to the club until June 2028.

His performances were praised in October 2022, although later that month he suffered a knee injury, and had to see a specialist doctor.

He was injured on his first game back, on 27 December 2022, being substituted after 53 minutes.

he was ruled out of play for a further four weeks.

On 25 April 2023, Chelsea announced that James would miss the rest of the season with a hamstring problem.

Following the departure of César Azpilicueta, James was named club captain of Chelsea on 9 August 2023.

He suffered a hamstring injury early in the season, which re-occurred in November 2023 after he returned to play.

In late December 2023, he had surgery to fix the recurring hamstring injury.

Reece Lewis James (born 8 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for club Chelsea, which he captains, and the England national team.

James joined the Chelsea academy as a youth 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.

He turned professional with Chelsea in March 2017.

During the 2017–18 season he captained the under-18s to win the FA Youth Cup and was named Academy Player of the Season.

He signed a new four-year contract with the club in June 2018.

In June 2018, James joined Championship club Wigan Athletic on loan for the 2018–19 season.

He made his first-team debut on 4 August, starting in Wigan's first game of the season, helping his side to a 3–2 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

He scored his first goal for Wigan on 4 November, scoring the first goal with a free kick in the sixth minute of a 2–1 home loss to Leeds United.

A productive loan spell with Wigan Athletic of the Championship saw him promoted to the Chelsea first team upon his return in 2019.

He became club captain in 2023.

In March 2019, he was selected to the 2018–19 Championship Team of the Season.

He won three awards at Wigan Athletic's end of season awards, including Player of the Year.

On 25 September 2019, James made his debut for Chelsea after returning from injury.

He scored his first goal and assisted two in a 7–1 win over Grimsby Town in the third round of the 2019–20 EFL Cup.

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.

After representing England at various youth levels, James was called up to the full international side for the first time in October 2020, earning his first cap against Wales.

James was born in Redbridge, Greater London, and attended Isleworth and Syon School.

He is from a family all involved in football.

His sister Lauren is also a professional footballer and signed for Chelsea Women in July 2021.

Their father Nigel is a football coach.

He is of Grenadian descent through his father, and English descent through his mother.

Starting his grassroots playing career at Kew Park Rangers and Epsom Eagles, James signed with Chelsea at the age of six, and had a short spell at West London rivals Fulham when he was seven.

He played as a striker idolizing Didier Drogba in his early teens, but was moved to the midfield, and later to a right-back position where he struggled at first.

He signed a long-term contract extension with Chelsea on 16 January 2020.

On 14 September 2020, James scored his first Premier League goal, in a 3–1 win for Chelsea against Brighton & Hove Albion.