John Terry is a famous English football player who played as a defender. He played for the London club Chelsea and the national team of England. 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 the capital of England, London. From an early age he began to get involved in football, Terry loved to watch sports programs and supported Manchester United. But even more he liked playing football himself. Parents sent him to school, in which there was a football team playing in the Sunday amateur league. The future star John Terry did the first steps to the world level there, using the full support of the family.
In childhood and adolescence, Terry played in the midfield position, he was a destroyer. In 1991, the gifted youth was invited to the Academy of the London club West Hem United, where he continued to play in the midfield. A talented football player progressed rapidly and began to attract the attention of scouts of the top clubs of the Premier League. The leadership of many clubs posed the challenge for their breeders - by all means to get a promising player. The first to achieve the goal were the scouts of the capital's Chelsea. At the time of transition 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 for Chelsea. There was an acute shortage of defensive players at the academy, and the coach decided to transfer John to the position of defender. The debut for the main team of the club took place seven years later, in 1998. In the first season for himself, 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 composition regularly, and then completely firmly entrenched in the base. In 2004, a change occurred at Chelsea, and the famous coach Jose Mourinho took over as head coach. With the advent of a new mentor, Terry almost immediately received a captain's armband, which he did not part with throughout his performances for the Aristocrats.
In “Chesley” John Terry spent almost his entire playing and personal life: he played for “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 won the prestigious European trophy, Champions Cup in 2012. Against this background, the decision of the club management did not renew the contract with the team veteran looked very strange. In 2017, John left London and moved to the Aston Villa football club, where he ended his career.