John Terry is a famous English footballer who played as a defender. He played for London club Chelsea and the England national team. The owner of a huge number of personal and team trophies and achievements.
Biography
On the seventh day of December 1980, John George Terry was born in London, the capital of England. From an early age he became interested in football, Terry loved to watch sports programs and was a fan of Manchester United. But even more he liked to play football himself. His parents sent him to school, which had a football team playing in the Sunday amateur league. The future star John Terry took his first steps to the world level there, with the full support of his family.
During his childhood and adolescence, Terry played in the midfield position, he was a destroyer. In 1991, the gifted youngster was invited to the academy of the London club West Ham United, where he continued to play in midfield. The talented footballer progressed rapidly and began to attract the attention of the scouts of the top Premier League clubs. The management of many clubs set a task for their breeders - by all means to get a promising player. The first to achieve the goal were the scouts of the capital "Chelsea". At the time of his transfer to one of the best clubs in England, John was only 14 years old.
Career
Due to his age, Terry continued to play in the youth championships, but this time for Chelsea. There was an acute shortage of defensive players in the academy, and the coach decided to transfer John to the defensive position. The debut for the main team of the club took place seven years later, in 1998. In his first season, he appeared on the field only seven times. The next season was also not successful for John Terry. Since 2000, he began to appear in the lineup regularly, and then completely firmly entrenched in the base. In 2004, a change took place at Chelsea, and the famous Jose Mourinho took over as head coach. With the arrival of a new mentor, Terry almost immediately received the captain's armband, which he did not part with throughout his performances for the Aristocrats.
At Chesley, John Terry spent almost his entire playing and personal life: he played for the “aristocrats” for 19 years, during which time he appeared on the football field 714 times and even scored 67 goals. In 2006, Terry's wife gave birth to twins, and the player also noted this significant event on the field.
With the club, he became the owner of the prestigious European trophy, the Champions League Cup in 2012. Against this background, the decision of the club's management not to renew the contract with the veteran of the team looked very strange. In 2017, John left London and moved to Aston Villa football club, where he ended his career.
National team
The debut for the England national team took place in 2003. Almost from the first matches, Terry led the team, having received the captain's armband. He played for the national team until 2012, later, due to cardinal changes in the team and the change of the head coach, he stopped joining the squad. In total, the famous defender has 78 appearances for the national team and 6 goals scored by the opponent.
