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I was fortunate enough to meet the The Chelsea football team last year following a pre-season friendly with the team I support, Wycombe Wanderers.
This is for those who don't know, Big John Terry...The Captain of England and a genuinely decent bloke.
John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football player. Terry plays as a centre back and is currently the captain of both Chelsea in the English Premier League and England. He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders in world football. He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea and the number 6 shirt for England. It has been said that he chose the number 26 shirt for Chelsea because he wanted to be one better than Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola who wore the number 25 shirt.
He has cemented his place in the England squad by being selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In a warm-up match for that tournament against Hungary on May 30, 2006, Terry scored his first goal for England, the team's second in a 3-1 victory. Despite an injury scare in a friendly against Jamaica, he recovered to play in England's opening fixture against Paraguay, a 1-0 victory. In the next match against Trinidad and Tobago, he made perhaps the most spectacular save of the game. In the game's 44th minute, Carlos Edwards beat England's Paul Robinson to a cross and as Stern John bundled a header towards the goal, Terry cleared the ball off the line with an overhead kick. In the quarter-finals match against Portugal, Terry played the entire match, but England lost on penalties and he was left in tears with his fellow players. Six days later, he was the only English player to be named in the tournament's all-star squad.
On 10th August 2006, Steve McClaren named John Terry as his England captain, succeeding David Beckham. The new England Head Coach also confirmed that Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be vice-captain. McClaren said "Choosing a captain is one of the most important decisions a coach has to make. I’m certain I’ve got the right man in John Terry. I’m convinced he will prove to be one of the best captains England has ever had."
John Terry scored a goal on his debut as Official England Captain, in a friendly international against Greece. This was the first goal of the match and, as such, the first goal during McClaren's reign as manager. When celebrating he kissed his new captain's armband.
Terry is one of four national team captains in the current Chelsea team, along with Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast captain), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine captain), and Michael Ballack (Germany captain).
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