Ross Barkley is an English international footballer who was once a midfielder for Chelsea but now plays for Luton Town. He represented England at the under-16, under-17, under-19, under-20, under-21, and senior levels. He formerly played for Everton and Aston Villa.
Barkley was born on December 5, 1993, in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, to a Nigerian father, Peter Effanga, and an English mother, Diane Barkley.
However, Ross took his mother's maiden name after his father left them barely a year after his birth and hasn't seen him since then.
His father, Patrick Effanga, worked as a railway construction worker in the UK.
Barkley once stated that if he had known more about his Nigerian roots, he would have chosen to play for the Super Eagles rather than the Three Lions of England.
