John Terry was born on December 7th 1980 in Barking, London and is regarded as one of the best defenders in European football. A big, strong, hard-tackling centre half, he was voted PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2005, and was included in the FIFPro World XI for 2005 and 2006. He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team.
John Terry was born on December 7th 1980 in Barking, London and is regarded as one of the best defenders in European football. A big, strong, hard-tackling centre half, he was voted PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2005, and was included in the FIFPro World XI for 2005 and 2006. He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team. John 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 that he was moved to centre-half. Highly-regarded by the backroom staff at Chelsea, his main attributes are alertness and being a good reader of the game. He began to establish himself in the Chelsea first team from the 2000-01 season on, making 23 starts, and being voted the club's player of the year.
Following Marcel Desailly's retirement, new Chelsea manager José Mourinho chose Terry as his club captain for the 2004-05 season during which 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. In 2005 Terry was voted best defender of the UEFA Champions League tournament, after not only defending and organising his team effectively, but scoring four goals in the tournament including the winning goal against Barcelona in the second round.
John Terry is the current captain of the England national team and he made his debut in June 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro.
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