John Terry biography: English Footballer

John Terry biography

English football player

Soccer player

Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Centre Back

Career

Youth clubs
1994-1998 Chelsea
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)

Chelsea 204 (15)
Nottm Forest (loan) 6 (0)

National team

England U21009 0(1)
England 37 (2)

Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 January 2007
National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 March 2007.

John George Terry

born December 7, 1980 in Barking, London

English professional football player. Terry has played as a centre back and as captain of both Chelsea in the English Premier League and the national football team of England.

Terry is regarded as one of the best defenders in European football. 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 and 2006. He was named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team. He wears number 26 shirt for Chelsea and the number 6 shirt for England.

Early life
Terry was born in Barking, East London and attended Eastbury Comprehensive School. Before being spotted by Chelsea, he played for Sunday League Team Senrab F.C. This team featured many future stars of the English game, including current Premiership players Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky, Ledley King and Jlloyd Samuel. Terry joined Chelsea's youth system at 14, playing for the club's Youth and Reserve teams as a midfielder. It was due to a shortage of central defenders he was moved to centre half, the position he plays today.

Chelsea
Terry made his Chelsea debut on 28 October 1998 as a late substitute in a League Cup tie with Aston Villa; his first start came later that season in an FA Cup third round match, a 2-0 win over Oldham Athletic. He spent a brief period on loan with Nottingham Forest in 2000 to build up his first team experience. Early in his career, Terry was involved in an incident at a West London nightclub with Chelsea team mate Jody Morris and Wimbledon's Des Byrne. He was charged with assault and affray, but later cleared. During the affair, he received a temporary ban from the national side, which cost him a place in England's 2002 World Cup squad.

Terry established 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 regular in the defence alongside club captain and French international Marcel Desailly. That season saw Chelsea reach the FA Cup final, a virus denied Terry a place in the starting line up, although he did come on as a second half substitute. Chelsea lost 2 - 0.

In season 2001/02, Terry was handed the captaincy for the first time, in a League match against Charlton Athletic on December 5th 2001.

In season 2003-04, his performances led to him being handed the captain's armband by boss Claudio Ranieri when Desailly was out of the side. He played well in the absence of the French international, establishing himself as a genuine contender for a first team slot and forming a strong defensive partnership with William Gallas.

Following Desailly's retirement, new Chelsea manager José Mourinho chose Terry as club captain, a choice which was positive throughout the 2004-05 season as Chelsea won the FA Premier League title in record breaking fashion with the best defensive record in Football League history, the most clean sheets and the most points accrued.

Terry was voted Player of the Year by fellow professionals in England and scored eight goals, including a late winner against FC Barcelona, in the UEFA Champions League. He was voted the best defender in the latter tournament.

Along with Frank Lampard, Claude Makélélé and Petr Cech, Terry is regarded as a part of the core of the Chelsea team. Being an English player who came through the club's youth system, he is especially popular with Chelsea fans. 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 nations.

In a match on 14 October 2006 against Reading FC, Terry had to take over in goal for Chelsea after both of Chelsea's usual keepers, Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini were both injured in the game. He wore the number 40 shirt belonging to third choice goalkeeper Henrique Hilario. However, as the game continued for only a little over a minute, Terry did not have a single save to make in fact, his goalkeeping experience was limited to taking a free kick from inside the penalty area. Chelsea managed to hang on to a one goal lead and win the game.

In a match on 5 November 2006 against Tottenham Hotspur, Terry was sent off for the first time in his Chelsea career. He received 2 yellow cards as Chelsea lost in White Hart Lane for the first time since 1987. Terry was charged with misconduct by the F.A. for questioning the integrity of match referee Graham Poll, who allegedly gave Terry different reasons for why he was given his second yellow during and after the game. Poll was also acquitted of saying inappropriate things to Chelsea players. On 10 January 2007, John Terry was ordered to pay £10,000 for the inappropriate conduct after he changed his mind and pleaded guilty to the FA. He has been asked to apologise publicly to Poll.

Terry has missed 4 premiership matches for Chelsea due to a recurring back problem. After the tie to Reading F.C. on 26 December 2006, José Mourinho stated his captain may require surgery to fix the problem. In games he missed, Chelsea have conceded 6 goals, in all this season they have conceded 15 goals (the equivalent to the goals they conceded in the 04/05 season).

Although he was expected to return at the game against Wigan Athletic, Terry was missing once again, due to the recurring back problem. He made a return against Charlton Athletic on February 3, 2007. He played a first 90 minutes of football for nearly three months against Middlesborough and received much applause from the Chelsea faithful. Playing in the UEFA Champions league last sixteen away against FC Porto, he suffered another injury, to his ankle, and was set to be miss the upcoming Carling Cup Final (2007) against Arsenal, but managed to recover from the injury in days.

Terry made the starting line up for Chelsea in the Carling Cup final. Going forward for a corner in the second half, he threw himself at the ball with a diving header; Arsenal's Abou Diaby, in an attempt to clear the ball, kicked Terry in the face. Terry was unconscious for several minutes at which point he swallowed his tongue. He was carried off the field on a stretcher and immediately transferred to the University Hospital of Wales, where he was successfully treated. Terry discharged himself the same day and returned to the Millennium Stadium to celebrate his team's 2-1 win. The recollection Terry has of the second half is walking out onto the pitch and does not remember the 10 minutes he played prior to his injury.

After spending two weeks on the sidelines, Terry made his return to the side against Blackburn in March. He has since captained Chelsea to the semi-finals of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League, the third time in four years that Chelsea have made it to the final four of the competition. Despite failing to agree terms to a new contract (allegedly because of the speculation concerning the fate of manager Jose Mourinho), Terry has reiterated loyalty to Chelsea and pledged to stay at Stamford Bridge.

England
Terry is the current captain of the England national team and made his debut in June 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro. He played for his country at Euro 2004, and England Manager Sven-Göran Eriksson stated that Terry was the first choice centre back, ahead of Rio Ferdinand and Sol Campbell.

In a FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Poland, Terry had the honour of wearing England's captain armband, replacing Michael Owen as captain after the latter was subbed.

He has cemented his place in the England squad by being selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In a warm-up match for that tournament against Hungary on May 30, 2006, Terry scored his first goal for England, the team's second in a 3-1 victory. Despite an injury scare in a friendly against Jamaica, he recovered to play in England's opening fixture against Paraguay, 1-0 victory.

In the next match against Trinidad and Tobago, he made perhaps the most spectacular save of the tournament. In the game's 44th minute, Carlos Edwards beat England's Paul Robinson to a cross and as Stern John bundled a header towards the goal, Terry cleared the ball on the line with an overhead kick.

In the quarter finals match against Portugal, Terry played the entire match, but England lost on penalties and he was left in tears with his fellow players. Six days later, he was the only English player to be named in the tournament's all-star squad.

On 10th August 2006, Steve McClaren named John Terry as the England captain, succeeding David Beckham.

John Terry scored a goal on his debut as England captain, in a friendly international against Greece. This was the first goal of the match and, as such, the first goal during McClaren's reign as manager. When celebrating he kissed his captain's armband.

Terry is one of four national team captains in the current Chelsea team, along with Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast captain), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine captain), and Michael Ballack (Germany captain).

Sponsorship
John Terry is the main face alongside Michael Owen for Umbro sportswear brand often introducing new brand lines and products as well as new England kits. He has also appeared in adverts for Samsung and Nationwide, as well as being in a sponsorship deal with football gaming series Pro Evolution Soccer. On the UK version of the latter, he appears on the front cover with Brazil international Adriano.

Personal life
Terry currently lives in Oxshott, Surrey. He and his fiancée Toni Poole are the parents of twins, a boy (Georgie John) and a girl (Summer Rose) born on 18 May 2006. Terry celebrated the birth when scoring for England against Hungary, when he performed a "baby-rocking" celebration.

His older brother Paul is also a professional footballer, but plays in a lower division, currently for Yeovil Town.

Honours
Chelsea

FA Premier League (2004-05, 2005-06)
FA Cup (2000)
League Cup (2005, 2007)
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)
Captain of England national football team (2006-present)

Soccer player

Misspell
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