Chelsea legend John Terry retires from football.

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England former captain, John Terry has finally retired from football. One of the best and most respected defender in the world made it known to the football world his retirement plan through Instagram.

The ex England captain had a successful career with the blue where he spent most of his playing time as a footballer. The defender who is now 37 years of age has decided to hang his boot and let the youth grow in the World.

Terry started his football career in 1991 with Westham Youth Academy but later joined Chelsea youth academy in 1995- 1998. His senior career started with Chelsea in 1998, the defender joined the Championship side Aston Villa in 2017. The defender spent most of his career at Chelsea, he served as a great captain despite his mistakes. He had 492 appearances for Chelsea and scored 41 goals for the English Premier League giant. He joined Aston villa in 2017 with the aim of helping them back to the Premier League but it failed after Aston villa lost to fulham in the play off final.
As he retires, the world will miss his aggressive tackling ability and leadership spirit on the field of play. As at this minute, he is still regarded as Chelsea most successful captain and the highest scoring defender in the club history.
He won five Premier league titles, five FA Cup, three Carling Cup, two FA community Shield, One UEFA Champions league and one Europa League title with Chelsea while serving as a captain. If you agree with me, he is indeed a great defender.

The defender took to the social network Instagram to express his feelings and appreciate everyone that supported him.

He had 78 appearances for the England senior squad, Terry also served as a Captain to the national side. Since his announcement on his Instagram, fans have taken over the social media to pay tribute to the legendary defender. He earned himself over twenty personal honors as a player. He is looking forward to start is coaching career and we all are wishing more success than he got as a player.

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