Ross Barkley is an English professional footballer and an attacking midfielder who plays for the Premier League club Chelsea and the English national team. He trained at Everton club since he was 11 years old and began his professional career playing for the team at the age of 14. Soon after making into the club's senior team, he suffered a serious triple leg-break, but recovered from the injury showing extraordinary resilience and returned in time for the pre-season training. He played for Everton youth and senior teams over a decade before deciding to join Chelsea, and also had two short loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United. Despite being eligible to represent the Nigerian national team, as an international player, he represented England at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and was selected in Roy Hodgson's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016. His play style is often compared with that of Michael Ballack, Paul Gascoigne and Wayne Rooney.
