John Terry

Player Information

Full name: John George Terry
Date of birth: December 07, 1980
Birthplace: Barking, London, England
Nationality: English
EU passport: Yes
Height: 182 cms
Weight: 74 kgs

Club: Chelsea
Position: Defender [C]
Squad Number: 26
Contract expires: June 2012
Previous clubs: (youth) Chelsea

International debut: June 2003, v Yugoslavia
International Caps: 29
International Goals: 1
World Cups: Germany 2006

Awards

English League Cup (2005, 2007)
English FA Premier League (2005, 2006)
English FA Community Shield (2005)
English FA Cup (2007)

UEFA Champions League Best Defender (2005)

Biography

1980
Born December 7 in Barking, London, England.
2005
April: Wins Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year Award.
2006
April: Helps Chelsea claim its second straight Premier League title.
June 25: Defender John Terry was named the Budweiser Man of the Match after he anchored an England back line that completely smothered Ecuador's forwards on the way to a 1-0 victory in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16.
August 10: John Terry has been appointed the new captain of England's football team, taking over from David Beckham, the Football Association (FA) has announced.
August 16: Makes a scoring debut as captain of England in his country 4-0 triumph over Greece. "The whole night really could not have gone any better," he said.
October 17: Included among the 50 nominees for the European Footballer of the Year Award.
November 6: Included in the FIFPro Team of the Year.
December 28: John Terry underwent back surgery in France to remove a sequestrated lumbar intervertebral disc. He is expected to miss weeks rather than months.
2007
February 25: Taken off the field on a stretcher after Arsenal defender Abou Diaby accidentally kicked him in the head in the 58th minute of the English League Cup final. He was put on a stretcher with an oxygen mask placed over his mouth and a brace around his head. He was taken to hospital for tests but was able to return to the Millennium Stadium little more than an hour later -- still in his kit -- where he joined his team mates celebrating the 2-1 victory secured by two Didier Drogba goals.
May 1: Lost the Champions League semi-final with Chelsea against Liverpool on penalties 4-1 after drawing 1-1 on aggregate on a dramatic night at Anfield.
May 19: Won the English FA Cup with Chelsea over Man United following a 1-0 extra time victory at the New Wembley.
July 27: Signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea. The England skipper put pen to paper today to end months of speculation over his future.
October 5: Included in the FIFPro Team of the Year.
December 18: Set to be sidelined for up to six weeks after breaking three bones in his right foot. Scans showed Terry had fractured the bones, including his third metatarsal, when he was tackled by Emmanuel Eboue late in the first half of Chelsea's 1-0 Premier League loss to Arsenal on Sunday.
2008
February 24: Member of the Chelsea squad that lost the Carling Cup Final in extra time against Tottenham.
May 21: Missed a penalty in the shootout which would have won Chelsea the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. Terry appeared to slip on the penalty spot before he made contact with the ball and could only hit the post. Chelsea then went on to lose 6-5 on penalties to Manchester United.
August 28: Voted UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year. "For me personally it's an amazing achievement," he said, adding: "To be a great defender you need a lot of attributes - to be quick, strong, good in the air and you also need plenty of great team-mates around you and I'm very lucky to have that."
October 27: Included in the FIFPro World XI Team of the Year.

FIFA World Cup™ Germany 2006 player's profile

Established as one of England’s first-choice central defenders during Rio Ferdinand’s suspension, John Terry is equally dominant on the ground and in the air.
Despite missing the opening game against France, Terry was one of England’s shining lights at UEFA EURO 2004 and continues to hold down one of England’s two central defensive positions in the face of competition from Ferdinand and Sol Campbell.

Terry became captain of Chelsea in the 2003/2004 season and has since led them to two successive Premiership titles in 2006 and 2006.

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UEFA Champions League 2005-06 player's profile

A commanding central defender who dominates in the air and on the ground, John Terry has made the transition from bright prospect to fully-fledged star by leading Chelsea FC to consecutive Premiership titles.

Club
Terry rose through the youth ranks at Chelsea to make his debut for the club in October 1998 under Gianluca Vialli. He was Chelsea's young player of the year in 2001 and in 2002 scored the winning goals in both the quarter-final and semi-final of the FA Cup in the latter of those campaigns. Terry became captain as Chelsea finished Premiership runners-up in 2003/04 and was a virtual ever-present the following season in the London club's march to the Premiership title for the first time in 50 years. Voted PFA Player of the Season, Terry was also included in uefa.com's Team of the Year in 2005 and captained Chelsea to another league championship in 2005/06.

National team
Terry made a wonderful competitive debut against F.Y.R Macedonia in UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying, producing a towering display in place of the injured Rio Ferdinand. He missed the opening game of the finals through injury, but played in the next three matches as England lost to Portugal in the quarter-finals. Displaced Sol Campbell as a first choice during the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign and was an ever-present as Sven-Göran Eriksson's side again reached the last eight in Germany.

Did you know?
His brother, Paul, plays for another English club, Yeovil Town FC.

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UEFA EURO 2004™ player's profile

One of the brightest defensive prospects in England, John Terry is a powerful central defender who dominates in the air and on the ground and is tipped as a future captain of his country.

National team
Received his first England call-up in Sven-Göran Eriksson's squad to face Liechtenstein and Turkey in UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying in March 2003, but had to wait for a friendly against Serbia and Montenegro that June to finally appear.

UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying
Made a wonderful competitive debut against F.Y.R Macedonia with a towering display at the back in place of the injured Rio Ferdinand. In only his third competitive game he was arguably England's man of the match in the crucial draw in Istanbul.

Club
A Londoner, Terry rose through the youth ranks at Chelsea FC to make his debut for the club in October 1998 under Gianluca Vialli. However, he only became a regular following the appointment of Claudio Ranieri. He was Chelsea's young player of the year in 2001 and the following season enhanced his growing reputation by playing almost 50 games in total, scoring the winning goals in both the quarter-final and semi-final of the FA Cup before the Blues were beaten by Arsenal FC. He excelled again the following term, too, as Chelsea finished fourth.

2003/4: Being named Chelsea captain added consistency to his game and Terry scored three times in 33 Premiership games as Chelsea finished runners-up. Terry was similarly impressive in the UEFA Champions League prior to the semi-final defeat by AS Monaco FC.

Did you know?
His brother, Paul, plays for another English club, Yeovil Town FC.

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