John Terry

John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English former football player and manager. Terry played as a defender. He was the captain for Chelsea in the English Premier League and Aston Villa in the EFL Championship. He was also a member of the England national team. He was a manager of Aston Villa from 2018 until 2021.

John Terry

Terry in 2022
Personal information
Full name	John George Terry
Date of birth	(1980-12-07) 7 December 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Barking, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1991–1995	West Ham United
1995–1998	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2017	Chelsea	492	(41)
2000	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	6	(0)
2017–2018	Aston Villa	32	(1)
Total		530	(42)
International career
2000–2002	England U21	9	(1)
2003–2012	England	78	(6)
Managerial career
2018–2021	Aston Villa (assistant)
2023	Leicester City (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terry is known as one of the best defenders in the world. He was voted best defender in the UEFA Champions League in 2005. He was also the only English player to be named in the group of best players for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea and the number 6 shirt for England. Terry missed the penalty which could have won the Champions League 2008. He slipped when he was taking the penalty, giving Manchester United the title.

Career

Terry was a Chelsea Youth player. Before he became a defender he was a midfielder in 1992. To help Terry get some first team experience he was loaned out to Nottingham Forest in 2000 until 2002, when he came back to Chelsea.

Personal life

Terry is married to his childhood sweetheart Toni Poole. She who supported him financially when he was a Chelsea F.C trainee. They married on 15 June 2007, in Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. They have twins, Georgie and Summer, born in 2006.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	1998–99[3]	Premier League	2	0	3	0	1	0	1[a]	0	—		7	0
	1999–2000[4]	Premier League	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	—		9	1
	2000–01[5]	Premier League	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
	2001–02[6]	Premier League	33	1	5	2	5	0	4[b]	1	—		47	4
	2002–03[7]	Premier League	20	3	5	2	3	0	1[b]	1	—		29	6
	2003–04[8]	Premier League	33	2	3	1	2	0	13[c]	0	—		51	3
	2004–05[9]	Premier League	36	3	1	1	5	0	11[c]	4	—		53	8
	2005–06[10]	Premier League	36	4	4	2	1	1	8[c]	0	1[d]	0	50	7
	2006–07[11]	Premier League	28	1	4	0	2	0	10[c]	0	1[d]	0	45	1
	2007–08[12]	Premier League	23	1	2	0	2	0	10[c]	0	0	0	37	1
	2008–09[13]	Premier League	35	1	4	0	1	0	11[c]	2	—		51	3
	2009–10[14]	Premier League	37	2	5	1	1	0	8[c]	0	1[d]	0	52	3
	2010–11[15]	Premier League	33	3	3	0	1	0	8[c]	1	1[d]	0	46	4
	2011–12[16]	Premier League	31	6	4	0	1	0	8[c]	1	—		44	7
	2012–13[17]	Premier League	14	4	3	1	1	0	8[e]	1	1[d]	0	27	6
	2013–14[18]	Premier League	34	2	0	0	1	0	12[f]	0	—		47	2
	2014–15[19]	Premier League	38	5	0	0	4	1	7[c]	2	—		49	8
	2015–16[20]	Premier League	24	1	2	0	2	0	4[c]	0	1[d]	0	33	1
	2016–17[21]	Premier League	9	1	3	0	2	0	—		—		14	1
	Total		492	41	58	11	37	2	124	13	6	0	717	67
Nottingham Forest (loan)	1999–2000[4]	First Division	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Aston Villa	2017–18[22]	Championship	32	1	1	0	0	0	—		3[g]	0	36	1
Career total			530	42	59	11	37	2	124	13	9	0	759	68

1. Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in FA Community Shield
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
6. One appearance UEFA Super Cup, eleven in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[23]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2003	6	0
	2004	9	0
	2005	6	0
	2006	14	2
	2007	7	1
	2008	6	2
	2009	10	1
	2010	7	0
	2011	7	0
	2012	6	0
Total		78	6

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Terry goal^[23]

List of international goals scored by John Terry

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	30 May 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	23	Hungary	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[24]
2	16 August 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	30	Greece	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[25]
3	1 June 2007	Wembley Stadium, London, England	38	Brazil	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[26]
4	28 May 2008	Wembley Stadium, London, England	44	United States	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[27]
5	19 November 2008	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	48	Germany	2–1	2–1	Friendly	[28]
6	1 April 2009	Wembley Stadium, London, England	51	Ukraine	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[29]

Honours

Terry after winning the 2016–17 Premier League with Chelsea

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17^[30]
• FA Cup: 1999–2000,^[31] 2006–07,^[32] 2008–09,^[33] 2009–10,^[34] 2011–12;^[35] runner-up: 2001–02,^[36] 2016–17^[37]
• Football League Cup: 2004–05,^[38] 2006–07,^[39] 2014–15;^[40] runner-up: 2007–08^[41]
• FA Community Shield: 2005,^[42] 2009^[43]
• UEFA Champions League: 2011–12;^[44] runner-up: 2007–08^[45]
• UEFA Europa League: 2012–13^[44]

Individual

• Chelsea Player of the Year: 2000–01, 2005–06^[46]
• Premier League Player of the Month: January 2005^[30]
• Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2005, 2015^[47]
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2004–05^[48]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2003–04 Premier League,^[49] 2004–05 Premier League,^[50] 2005–06 Premier League,^[51] 2014–15 Premier League^[52]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2004–05,^[53] 2005–06,^[54] 2006–07,^[55] 2007–08,^[56] 2008–09^[57]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10^[58]
• UEFA Club Defender of the Year: 2005, 2008, 2009^[44]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009^[44]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006^[59]
• PFA Team of the Century (1997–2007): 2007^[60]