Chelsea have announced that goalkeeper Petr Cech has committed his future to the club by signing a new four-year deal.

The 30-year-old, who has been with the Champions League winners since 2004, has expressed his delight in cementing the rest of his career with the London outfit.

"I am really happy to be part of this great club for another four years," Cech told the club's official website. "I hope the next four years will be as successful as the last eight years I have been at the club."

Chief executive Ron Gourlay added: "Chelsea fully appreciates the highly significant contribution Petr has made to the most successful period in the club's history, and it is very important to our aim of continuing this level of achievement that he has committed himself to the club until 2016.

"It is clear to anyone who watched the climax to the season just completed that Petr continues to perform as well as any goalkeeper in the world."

Cech has made 369 appearances for Chelsea.