John Terry
John Terry was born on 7th December, 1980 and is the captain and first choice centre back of Chelsea.
He is also the captain of England.
John Terry grew up in Barking, East London and before he was scouted by Chelsea he played in the Sunday league team Senrab FC which contained future stars such as Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky, Ledley King and J Lloyd Samuel.
John Terry played for Chelsea's youth and reserve teams before making his first team debut in October, 1998.
Under Claudio Ranieri in the 2003/04 season when Chelsea's captain Marcel Desailly was injured, John Terry was made captain for a few games.
The year after, when Jose Mourinho was put in charge and following Desailly's retirement, John Terry was made the long term Chelsea captain.
Following John Terry's spectacular form in the 2004/05 season, in which he scored 8 goals, he was given PFA Player of the Year award and was later placed in the World XI at the FIFPro awards.
In the 2005/6 season John Terry was voted Best Defender in the Champions League after his controlled performances at the back and his four goals in the competition.
Along with Lampard, Cech and Makalele, Terry is regarded as the 'spine' of the Chelsea team.
John Terry made his England debut against Serbia and Montenegro in June 2003 and he made a huge impact at Euro 2004 after he replaced Rio Ferdinand due to his 8 month ban.
John Terry established himself in the England team and Sven-Goran Eriksson started to select him ahead of Sol Campbell.
In August 2006, Erikkson's successor, Steve McClaren named John Terry as the new England captain to take over from David Beckham.
John Terry's 2006 / 2007 season was hit by injury. John Terry sustained damaged ankle ligaments in the Champions League tie at Porto, and on his first game back had to be rushed to hospital after receiving a blow to the head during the Carling Cup final. Although he lost consciousness, the injury was not as bad as it first appeared and within hours John Terry was released from hospital.
John Terry biography by Ben Rosenbaum
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