List of Chelsea F.C. players

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This is a list of notable players for Chelsea Football Club, whether or not they have a Wikipedia article. It generally includes only those players who made more than 100 appearances for the club, but also those who fell just short of 100 and made a notable contribution (ie Finnieston and Vialli), members of the club's first ever side (ie Foulke and Robertson) or were voted Player of the Year (ie Elliott and Gullit).

Dates and figures are for the individual's career with Chelsea only.

Figures are for all competitive matches and include substitute appearances.

For a list of all Chelsea players with a wikipedia article, see Category:Chelsea F.C. players.

Contents 1 Players 2 Key to positions 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Players

Correct as of 12 March 2008

Name	Nationality	Position	Chelsea career	Appearances	Goals
William Foulke	England	GK	1905-1906	35	0
Bob McRoberts	England	HB	1905-1909	106	10
John Tait Robertson	Scotland	Various	1905-1906	39	4
Jimmy Windridge	England	FW	1905-1911	152	58
George Hilsdon	England	ST	1906-1912	164	107
Ben Warren	England	HB	1908-1914	101	5
Bob Whittingham	England	ST	1909-1919	129	80
Vivian Woodward	England	FW	1909-1915	116	34
Jim Molyneux	England	GK	1910-1923	239	0
Jack Harrow	England	DF	1911-1926	333	5
Harold Halse	England	CB	1913-1921	111	25
Nils Middelboe	Denmark	HB	1913-1921	175	0
Bob McNeil	Scotland	FW	1914-1927	307	32
Jack Cock	England	ST	1919-1923	110	53
Tommy Meehan	England	HB	1920-1924	133	4
Ben Howard-Baker	England	GK	1921–1926	93	1
George Smith	Scotland	FB	1921-1932	370	0
Jackie Crawford	England	W	1923-1934	308	27
Harold Miller	England	FW	1923-1939	363	44
Andy Wilson	Scotland	FW	1923-1931	253	62
Tommy Law	Scotland	FB	1925-1939	319	19
Bob Turnbull	Scotland	ST	1925-1928	87	58
Sam Millington	England	GK	1926-1932	245	0
Syd Bishop	England	HB	1928-1933	109	6
George Mills	England	ST	1929-1943	239	123
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	ST	1930-1934	144	81
Alex Jackson	Scotland	W	1930-1932	77	29
Vic Woodley	England	GK	1931-1945	272	0
Jimmy Argue	Scotland	FW	1933-1947	125	35
Dick Spence	England	W	1934-1950	246	65
Harry Burgess	England	FW	1935-1945	155	37
Sam Weaver	England	HB	1936-1945	125	4
Len Goulden	England	FW	1945-1950	111	19
John Harris	Scotland	CB	1945-1956	364	14
Tommy Lawton	England	ST	1945-1947	53	35
Ken Armstrong	/	HB	1946-1957	402	30
Bill Robertson	Scotland	GK	1946-1960	215	0
Willi Steffen	Switzerland	LB	1946-1947	20	0
Tommy Walker	Scotland	FW	1946-1948	104	24
Bobby Campbell	Scotland	W	1947-1954	213	40
Roy Bentley	England	ST	1948-1956	367	150
Stan Willemse	England	LB	1949-1956	221	2
Eric Parsons	England	W	1950-1956	177	42
Ron Greenwood	England	CB	1952-1955	66	0
Jim Lewis	England	FW	1952-1958	95	40
John McNichol	Scotland	FW	1952-1958	202	66
Les Stubbs	England	FW	1952-1958	123	35
Charlie Thomson	Scotland	GK	1952-1957	59	0
Frank Blunstone	England	W	1953-1964	347	54
Derek Saunders	England	HB	1953-1959	223	9
Peter Sillett	England	RB	1953-1962	288	34
Ron Tindall	England	ST	1953-1961	174	69
John Sillett	England	FB	1954-1962	102	1
Stan Wicks	England	CB	1954-1956	81	1
Peter Brabrook	England	FW	1955-1962	271	57
John Mortimore	England	MF	1956-1965	279	10
Jimmy Greaves	England	ST	1957-1961	169	132
Ken Shellito	England	RB	1957-1969	123	2
Barry Bridges	England	FW	1958-1966	205	93
Peter Bonetti	England	GK	1959-1979	729	0
Bobby Tambling	England	FW	1959-1970	370	202
Allan Harris	England	LB	1960-1964 1966-1967	102	1
Terry Venables	England	MF	1960-1966	237	31
Ron Harris	England	DF	1961-1980	795	14
Bert Murray	England	FW	1961-1966	183	44
Peter Houseman	England	MF	1962-1975	343	39
Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	LB	1962-1974	410	5
Marvin Hinton	England	CB	1963-1976	344	4
John Boyle	Scotland	MF	1964-1973	266	12
George Graham	Scotland	FW	1964-1966	102	46
John Hollins	England	MF	1964-1975 1983-1984	592	64
Peter Osgood	England	ST	1964-1974 1978-1979	380	150
Tommy Baldwin	England	MF	1966–1974	239	92
Charlie Cooke	Scotland	W	1966–1972 1974-1978	373	30
Alan Hudson	England	MF	1968-1974	189	14
Ian Hutchinson	England	ST	1968-1976	144	58
David Webb	England	CB/RB	1968-1974	299	33
John Dempsey	England	CB	1969–1978	207	7
Micky Droy	England	CB	1970-1985	313	19
John Phillips	Wales	GK	1970-1980	149	0
Ian Britton	Scotland	MF	1971-1982	289	34
Steve Finnieston	Scotland	ST	1971-1978	90	37
Chris Garland	England	MF	1971-1975	114	31
Steve Kember	England	MF	1971-1975	150	15
Gary Stanley	England	MF	1971-1979	120	15
Bill Garner	England	ST	1972-1978	119	36
Gary Locke	England	RB	1972-1982	317	4
Kenny Swain	England	MF/ST	1973-1978	132	29
Ray Wilkins	England	MF	1973-1979	198	34
David Hay	Scotland	MF	1974-1980	120	3
Tommy Langley	England	ST	1974-1980	152	43
Steve Wicks	England	CB	1974-1979 1986-1988	164	8
Clive Walker	England	W	1975-1984	224	65
John Bumstead	England	MF	1976-1991	409	44
Mike Fillery	England	W	1978-1983	181	41
Petar Borota	Yugoslavia	GK	1979-1982	114	0
Gary Chivers	England	CB	1979-1983	148	4
Colin Pates	England	CB	1979-1988	346	10
Peter Rhoades-Brown	England	W	1979-1984	109	5
Chris Hutchings	England	LB	1980-1983	101	3
Colin Lee	England	ST	1980-1987	223	41
Paul Canoville	England	W	1981-1986	103	15
Joey Jones	Wales	RB	1982-1985	91	2
David Speedie	Scotland	ST	1982-1987	205	64
Kerry Dixon	England	ST	1983-1992	420	193
Joe McLaughlin	Scotland	CB	1983-1989	268	7
Pat Nevin	Scotland	W	1983-1988	242	45
Eddie Niedzwiecki	Wales	GK	1983-1988	175	0
Nigel Spackman	England	MF	1983-1987 1992-1996	267	14
Micky Hazard	England	MF	1985-1990	103	7
Gordon Durie	Scotland	ST	1986-1991	153	63
Steve Clarke	Scotland	RB	1987–1998	421	10
Tony Dorigo	/	LB	1987-1991	180	12
Graeme Le Saux	England	LB	1987-1993 1997-2003	312	16
Kevin Wilson	Northern Ireland	FW	1987-1992	191	55
Kevin Hitchcock	England	GK	1988-2001	135	0
David Lee	England	CB	1988-1998	194	13
Dave Beasant	England	GK	1989-1993	157	0
Craig Burley	Scotland	MF	1989-1997	137	11
Erland Johnsen	Norway	CB	1989-1997	183	1
Ken Monkou	Netherlands	CB	1989-1992	119	2
Eddie Newton	England	MF	1990-1999	214	10
Frank Sinclair	Jamaica	CB	1990-1998	218	13
Andy Townsend	Ireland	MF	1990-1993	138	19
Dennis Wise	England	MF	1990-2001	445	76
Paul Elliott	England	CB	1991-1994	54	3
Andy Myers	England	LB	1991-1999	106	2
Dmitri Kharine	Russia	GK	1992-1999	146	0
John Spencer	Scotland	ST	1992-1996	137	43
Michael Duberry	England	CB	1993-1999	115	3
Gavin Peacock	England	MF	1993-1996	134	27
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	Various	1995-1998	64	7
Mark Hughes	Wales	ST	1995-1998	123	39
Jody Morris	England	MF	1995-2003	173	9
Dan Petrescu	Romania	RB	1995-2000	208	23
Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	MF	1996–2002	175	26
Frank Leboeuf	France	CB	1996-2001	204	24
Gianluca Vialli	Italy	ST	1996-2000	83	40
Gianfranco Zola	Italy	FW	1996-2003	312	80
Celestine Babayaro	Nigeria	LB	1997-2005	197	8
Ed de Goey	Netherlands	GK	1997–2003	179	0
Tore André Flo	Norway	ST	1997-2000	163	50
Gustavo Poyet	Uruguay	MF	1997-2001	145	49
John Terry[1]	England	CB	1997-	339	31
Marcel Desailly	France	CB	1998–2004	222	7
Albert Ferrer	Spain	RB	1998-2003	113	1
Carlo Cudicini[1]	Italy	GK	1999-	205	0
Mario Melchiot	Netherlands	RB	1999-2004	165	5
Jesper Grønkjær	Denmark	W	2000-2004	116	11
Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	ST	2000-2006	263	78
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	ST	2000-2004	177	87
William Gallas	France	CB	2001-2006	225	14
Frank Lampard[1]	England	MF	2001-	358	107
Wayne Bridge[1]	England	LB	2003-	127	4
Joe Cole[1]	England	FW	2003-	209	32
Damien Duff	Ireland	W	2003-2006	125	19
Claude Makélélé[1]	France	MF	2003-	207	2
Geremi	Cameroon	RB/MF	2003-2007	108	4
Ricardo Carvalho[1]	Portugal	CB	2004-	152	8
Petr Čech[1]	Czech Republic	GK	2004-	158	0
Didier Drogba[1]	Côte d'Ivoire	ST	2004-	162	75
Paulo Ferreira[1]	Portugal	RB	2004-	129	1
Arjen Robben	Netherlands	W	2004-2007	106	19
Michael Essien[1]	Ghana	MF	2005-	142	14
Shaun Wright-Phillips[1]	England	W	2005-	120	10
Salomon Kalou[1]	Côte d'Ivoire Netherlands	ST	2006-	106	20
Andrey Shevchenko[1]	Ukraine	FW	2006-
Claudio Pizarro	Peru	FW	2007-	21	2
Nicolas Anelka	France/ Martinique	FW	2007-	14	1

[edit] Key to positions

• GK — Goalkeeper
• FB — Fullback
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• HB — Half back
• MF — Midfielder
• W — Winger
• RW — Right Winger
• LW — Left Winger
• FW — Forward
• ST — Striker

[edit] See also

• Chelsea F.C.
• Chelsea F.C. statistics

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• chelseafc.com player database
• Hockings, Ron. 90 Years Of The Blues - A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905-1995. 

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