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As brave as they come and a superb reader of the game, sound technique and distribution make him more than just a defenders&#39; defender.<BR><BR>Born in east London, John has been with Chelsea since the age of 14 when he was initially a medium-build midfielder. Filling in as youth team centre-back one day due to a lack of alternatives, he has never looked back, aided by a rapid growth in physical stature.<BR><BR>Terry began to establish himself in the Chelsea first team from the 2000&#8211;01 season, making 23 starts, and was voted the club&#39;s player of the year. He continued his progress during 2001&#8211;02, becoming a regular in the defence alongside club captain and French international Marcel Desailly. In season 2003&#8211;04, his performances led to him being handed the captain&#39;s armband by manager Claudio Ranieri, when Desailly was out of the side. He played well in the absence of the French international, forming a strong defensive partnership with William Gallas.<BR><BR>Following Desailly&#39;s retirement, new Chelsea manager Jos&#233; Mourinho chose Terry as his club captain, a choice which was vindicated throughout the 2004&#8211;05 season as Chelsea won the Premier League title. In September 2005 he was selected as a member of the World XI at the FIFPro awards. Chelsea defended their Premier League title in 2005&#8211;06, earning 91 points, and confirming the title with a 3&#8211;0 victory against Manchester United.<BR><BR>On 5 November 2006, playing against Tottenham Hotspur, Terry was sent off for the first time in his Chelsea career. In the 2006&#8211;2007 season Terry missed matches for Chelsea due to a recurring back problem. In May 2007, Terry captained Chelsea to the FA Cup, in the first final at the new Wembley Stadium. In late July he signed a new five-year contract with a base salary of between &#163;131,000 and &#163;135,000 per week, making him the highest-paid player in the Premier League at the time.<BR><BR>On 28 August 2008, Terry was awarded the Defender of The Year award from UEFA at the UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw in Monaco. On 9 May 2010, Terry captained Chelsea as they won their fourth League title after an 8&#8211;0 win against Wigan Athletic. On 31 December 2011, in a home match against Aston Villa, Terry captained the Chelsea side for the 400th time of his career, a record for the club. On 11 November 2012, in his first game back from the four match ban, Terry scored his 50th goal for Chelsea against Liverpool. He went off injured in the 39th minute of the same match and was suspected to have ligament damage on his right knee, but a scan the next day showed that there was &quot;no significant damage&quot;<BR><BR><STRONG>International career<BR><BR><\/STRONG>John was handed his England debut in June 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro, and was first choice for his country at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, taking on the captaincy under Steve McClaren following that tournament.<BR><BR>Chelsea&#39;s first homegrown to be capped by England since Ray Wilkins in the mid 70s, Terry became our first England skipper of the professional age, although the armband was taken away by Fabio Capello in February 2010 following media stories about John&#39;s private life.<BR><BR>Having already lifted the FA Cup there for his club, John became the scorer of the first international goal at the new Wembley, heading home the opener in England&#39;s 1-1 draw with Brazil.<BR><BR>With injury having robbed him of the chance to repair England&#39;s faltering Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, he led his country to qualification for the South Africa World Cup in 2010, and played in all four of his country&#39;s games, supplying a rare memorable moment in that tournament when he attempted a diving horizontal block, with his head, a mere foot off the ground against Slovenia.<BR><BR>In March 2011 he was reappointed England captain on a full-time basis by Capello, but saw the armband removed once more a year later. He played every game in England&#39;s Euro 2012 campaign, impressing as one of the standout performers, but it proved to be his final tournament for the national team. Terry announced his retirement from international football on 23 September 2012.<\/P>","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"England","30A86FC0880FF75E":"187cm","4678B5349347B7EB":"90kg","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"1998-7-1","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Aston Villa","C6E00DEB351621C4":"129","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"2","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Chelsea FC","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Chelsea FC,Nottingham Forest[on loan]","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"John Terry","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"26","e_index":1};