London: Brazil midfielder Ramires signed a new five-year deal with Chelsea on Monday that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2017.
"I am very happy with the support I have playing for this club, so I want to say thank you to Chelsea," he told the London team's website.
The 24-year-old Ramires, whose full name is Ramires Santos Nascimento, is in his second season at the Premier League club and has scored 10 goals in 71 appearances.
Ramires, who originally signed a four-year deal when he joined from Benfica in August 2010 for €22 million, made his 50th Premier League appearance in the 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
Saturday's defeat proved the last game for manager Andre Villas-Boas, who was sacked a day later. His number two Roberto Di Matteo has been put in charge of fifth-placed Chelsea until the end of the season.
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