John Terry / Story | | | John George Terry (born in Barking, Essex 7 December 1980) is an English professional football player. Terry plays as a centre back and is currently the captain of both Chelsea in the English Premier League and the national football team of England.
Terry is currently regarded as one of the best defenders in European football. He was voted best defender in the 2005 UEFA Champions League, PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2005, and was included in the FIFPro World XI for 2005. He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team. He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea and the number 6 shirt for England.
Terry began to establish himself in the Chelsea first team from the 2000-01 season, making 23 starts, and was voted the club's player of the year. He continued his progress during 2001-02, becoming a feature of the defence alongside club captain and French international Marcel Desailly. That season saw Chelsea reach the FA Cup final, though a virus denied Terry a place in the starting line-up (he did come on as a second-half substitute) and Chelsea lost 2-0.
Along with Frank Lampard, Claude Makélélé and Petr Čech, Terry is regarded as a part of the 'spine' of the Chelsea team. Being an English player (from Essex) who came through the club's youth system, he is especially popular with Chelsea fans, because of this. In September 2005 he was selected as a member of the World XI at the FIFPro awards. The team was chosen by a vote of professional footballers based in 40 countries.
Chelsea
* FA Premier League (2004-05, 2005-06)
* FA Cup (2000)
* League Cup (2005)
* FA Community Shield (2005)
Personal honours
* PFA Player of the Year (2004-05)
* 2005 UEFA Champions League Best Defender
* FIFA World Cup squad of the tournament (2006)
* FIFPro World XI Team (2005, 2006)
Named captain of English National Team |
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