John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English (England) professional footballer (Association football). Terry plays in a centre back (Defender (association football)#Centre back) position and is the captain (captain (sports)) of Chelsea (Chelsea F.C.) in the Premier League. Terry was also captain of the England national football team from August 2006 until February 2010.

Terry was voted best defender in the UEFA Champions League in both 2005 (UEFA Champions League 2004-05) and 2008 (UEFA Champions League 2007-08), the PFA Players Player of the Year in 2005, and was included in the FIFPro World XI (FIFPro#World_XI) for four consecutive seasons, from 2005 to 2008. He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team. He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea.

In 2007, he became the first captain to lift the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium in Chelsea?s 1-0 win over Manchester United (Manchester United F.C.), and also the first player to score a full international goal there, scoring a header in England?s 1-1 draw with Brazil (Brazil national football team). However, the 2007-08 season saw Terry and Chelsea miss out on three trophies, losing the League Cup (2008 Football League Cup Final) Final to Tottenham Hotspur (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.) and Premier League and UEFA Champions League to Manchester United (Manchester United F.C.) with Terry missing a penalty in the Champions League final shootout, sending it to sudden death. Had he scored, the European Cup would have been secured for Chelsea. After the final in Moscow, teammate Frank Lampard described Terry as "a mans man".