Chelsea FC: John Terry's Top 10 Moments

John Terry has had an eventful week or so with accusations levelled at him over racist insults towards Anton Ferdinand followed by a demoralising defeat at home to rivals Arsenal.

The Chelsea FC captain has been through a lot in his career but there have been many joyous moments in his career as an integral part of England's second-most successful club over the last decade.

Let's take a look at some of the best times of John Terry's career where he did what he does best—play football.

1998: John Terry Makes His Chelsea Debut in League Cup

John Terry made his debut for Chelsea in 1998, three years after entering the youth setup in 1995 as a 15-year-old.

The debut was a brief substitute appearance against Aston Villa in the League Cup.

He would later make his first start for the club in an FA Cup tie against Oldham Athletic which the Blues won 2-0.

His potential was seen early by Nottingham Forest, who took the youngster on loan due to a lack of chances with the partnership between Marcel Desailly and Frank Leboeuf, the mainstay of Gianluca Vialli's defence.

Chelsea: John Terry in the First Team and the Captain's Armband

During the 2000-01 season John Terry returned to the Blues and became a first-team regular, starting 22 times, as Frank Leboeuf was displaced before eventually moving back to Marseilles.

Terry was given the ultimate honour of a Chelsea player in his first full season in the first team; he had clearly made his mark immediately.

He captained Chelsea for the first time that season as new manager Claudio Ranieri, stepping in for the sacked Gianluca Vialli as of September, handed Terry the armband when Desailly was otherwise unavailable.

Terry took the honour for the first of many times in a 1-0 league defeat at home to Charlton.

England: John Terry Makes His England Debut and Soon Captains His Country

John Terry was soon called up to the England squad in 2003, making his debut in a friendly versus Serbia and Montenegro.

Soon after, Terry started his first game for England against Croatia in a 2-1 victory, next to Rio Ferdinand and was praised for making last-ditch tackles and crucial interventions covering for his more experienced partner.

Terry was predicted as a future England captain and he soon fulfilled the potential by captaining his country in a World Cup qualifier in 2005 when Michael Owen was taken off in the 2-1 victory.

Terry was soon to be handed the responsibility permanently after David Beckham relinquished the duty in 2006 under Steve McClaren.

Terry scored a goal in his first game as captain, as a starter, in August 2006 in a 4-0 victory.

Chelsea: John Terry Scores Historic Winner in Champions League Against Barcelona

A memorable night at Stamford Bridge came in March 2005, as Chelsea trailed Frank Rijkaard's terrific Barcelona 2-1.

The Blues would stun the Blaugrana, leading 3-0, until Ronaldinho took over; the Samba superstar scored twice to give Barcelona the edge on away goals.

John Terry then scored the winner in one of the greatest games in Champions League history, giving Chelsea a 5-4 victory on aggregate.

England: Terry Captains England and Scores in First Full International at Wembley

John Terry captained England for the first full international at the new Wembley for the Hollywood friendly against Brazil.

The game ended 1-1 after Diego equalised for the Seleção late on, but it was Terry who historically scored the first full England goal at the new stadium.

The goal can be seen here.

Chelsea 2004/05: John Terry Leads Chelsea to First League Title Since 1955

John Terry had the proudest moment of his Chelsea career in 2005 when under the guidance of new manager Jose Mourinho, the Blues won their first league title in 50 years.

Fittingly Chelsea achieved this in the centenary year of the club and Terry went down in Chelsea history as a legend.

After Marcel Desailly's retirement from the year before, Terry had finally become the leader of this team.

Chelsea 2005/06: Terry Makes History by Captaining Blues to Successive Titles

John Terry was able to guide the Blues to back-to-back titles, the sign of true champions, only becoming the second club, after Manchester United, to do so in 22 years.

Chelsea became one of the greatest sides in English football history with Terry integral to much of this as the defensive lynchpin.

Breaking records in both seasons from 2004-06, including most points in a season (95) and fewest goals conceded (15).

Chelsea 2009/10: Terry Wins His Third Premier League Title Under Carlo Ancelotti

John Terry guided Chelsea back to the Premier League title after having to endure a splendid Manchester United team claim three consecutive titles.

Terry and the Blues won the title in 2010 in emphatic style under Carlo Ancelotti, breaking goal-scoring records with 103 goals over the campaign.

The sign of true champions is to come back from adversity and Chelsea under Terry's guidance did just that after Manchester United were seemingly set for a dynasty in the Premier League, with that Chelsea side written off as too old to claim the title.

Chelsea: John Terry Makes 500th Appearance for the Blues

John Terry made the historic achievement of 500 appearances last season in the home match against Spurs, in the process, becoming part of an illustrious club.

Terry is currently on 515 games and only Frank Lampard (524), John Hollins (592), Peter Bonetti (729) and Ron Harris (795) have played more games.

There is a distinct possibility Terry could feasibly usurp Harris as Chelsea's leading appearance-maker given he is only 30 years old and can expect to make upwards of 40 appearances a season if he stays clear of injuries, meaning he would have to play until he is 36 years old.

Chelsea: John Terry's Individual Awards

John Terry in unquestionably one of the greatest defenders Europe has seen in the last decade.

His list of individual accolades are evidence of how he is rated by his contemporaries around Europe.

Domestically Terry won the PFA Players' Player of the Year as Chelsea won the title in 2005.

He was voted onto the FIFA World Cup Team of the Year in 2006, a particularly poor tournament for England, given the expectations, but Terry showed his class on the world stage.

He has been voted UEFA's Defender of the Year three times in 2005, 2008 and 2009. He also made the UEFA Team of the Year in those same years as well as 2007.

Terry also achieved a remarkable feat of being voted in to the FIFPro World XI for five straight seasons from 2005 to 2009.

Terry is just 30 years old and has several seasons ahead of him to further cement his legacy as one of the greatest defenders of his generation.

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