List of Chelsea F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

Chelsea Football Club are an association football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League. Below is a list of all the players who made fewer than 25 appearances for the club.

Key[]

• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[1]
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 19 March 2022. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Nationality

Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Full Members Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and European Super Cup. Matches in friendlies and wartime competitions are excluded.

Players[]

As of match played 19 March 2022

Current players are bolded.

List of Chelsea F.C. players with between 1 and 24 appearances

Player	Nationality	Pos	Club career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals
				Appearances
Nathan Ake	Netherlands	DF	2012–2017	9	8	17	0
Rati Aleksidze	Georgia	FW	2000–2002	0	3	3	0
Clive Allen	England	FW	1991–1992	22	2	24	9
Jack Allister	Scotland	FW	1951–1952	4	0	4	1
Joe Allon	England	FW	1991–1992	4	14	18	3
Gabriele Ambrosetti	Italy	FW	1999–2003	11	12	23	1
Marco Ambrosio	Italy	GK	2003–2004	12	0	12	0
Jimmy Bain	Scotland	MF	1945–1947	14	0	14	1
Lewis Baker	England	MF	2014–2022	0	2	2	0
Anthony Barness	England	DF	1992–1996	16	3	19	0
Jim Barron	England	GK	1965–1966	1	0	1	0
Thomas Baxter	England	MF	1919–1920	1	0	1	0
Yossi Benayoun	Israel	MF	2010–2013	7	17	24	1
Jérémie Boga	Ivory Coast	MF	2017	1	0	1	0
Winston Bogarde	Netherlands	DF	2000–2004	4	8	12	0
Gordon Bolland	England	FW	1960–1962	2	0	2	0
Fabio Borini	Italy	FW	2009–2010	1	7	8	0
Mark Bosnich	Australia	GK	2001–2003	7	0	7	0
Khalid Boulahrouz	Netherlands	DF	2006–2008	19	4	23	0
Alfred Bower	England	DF	1923–1925	9	0	9	0
Ronald Brebner	England	GK	1906–1907 1912–1913	19	0	19	0
Michael Byrne	England	GK	1905–1906	1	0	1	0
Pierluigi Casiraghi	Italy	FW	1998–2000	13	2	15	1
Nathaniel Chalobah	England	MF	2012–2017	5	10	15	0
Laurent Charvet	France	DF	1998	7	6	13	2
Jimmy Clare	England	FW	1980–1981	0	1	1	0
Neil Clement	England	DF	1995–2000	1	3	4	0
David Cliss	England	FW	1956–1962	24	0	24	1
Nick Colgan	England	GK	1992–1998	1	0	1	0
John Compton	England	DF	1955–1960	12	0	12	0
Nick Crittenden	England	MF	1997–2000	1	2	3	0
Gordon Davies	Wales	FW	1984–1985	13	2	15	6
Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	MF	2012–2014	5	4	9	0
Franco Di Santo	Argentina	FW	2008–2009	0	16	16	0
Murdoch Dickie	Scotland	MF	1945–1946	1	0	1	0
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	MF	1961–1962	4	0	4	0
Andy Dow	Scotland	FW	1993–1996	17	1	18	0
Radamel Falcao	Colombia	FW	2015–2016	2	10	12	1
Mark Falco	England	FW	1982	3	0	3	0
Craig Forrest	Canada	GK	1997	2	1	3	0
Anthony Grant	England	MF	2004–2008	0	1	1	0
Ian Hamilton	England	FW	1967–1968	3	2	5	2
Jes Høgh	Denmark	DF	1999–2001	11	6	17	0
Paul Hughes	England	MF	1994–2000	15	8	23	2
Tommy Hughes	Scotland	GK	1965–1971	11	0	11	0
Sam Hutchinson	England	DF	2007–2012	2	4	6	0
Cliff Huxford	England	MF	1953–1955	7	0	7	0
Jiří Jarošík	Czech Republic	MF	2005–2006	6	14	20	0
Dale Jasper	England	MF	1982–1986	13	2	15	0
George Kennedy	Scotland	MF	1908–1909	12	0	12	0
Derek Kevan	England	FW	1963	7	0	7	1
Leon Knight	England	FW	1999–2003	0	1	1	0
George Lake	England	MF	1913–1918	1	0	1	0
Brian Laudrup	Denmark	FW	1998	8	3	11	1
Maniche	Portugal	MF	2006	5	6	11	0
Tony McAndrew	Scotland	DF	1982–1984	23	0	23	4
Jim McCalliog	Scotland	MF	1982–1984	12	0	12	3
Josh McEachran	England	MF	2010–2015	7	15	22	0
Bob McEwan	Scotland	DF	1905–1906	20	0	20	0
Duncan McKenzie	England	FW	1978–1979	16	0	16	4
Mineiro	Brazil	DF	2008–2009	1	1	2	0
David Mitchell	Australia	FW	1988–1991	8	0	8	0
Nuno Morais	Portugal	MF	2004–2007	1	3	4	0
Seamus O'Connell	England	FW	1954–1956	17	0	17	12
Christian Panucci	Italy	DF	2000–2001	9	1	10	1
Paul Parker	England	DF	1997	1	3	4	0
Alexandre Pato	Brazil	FW	2016	1	1	2	1
Johnny Paton	Scotland	FW	1946–1947	23	0	23	3
Ian Pearce	England	DF	1991–1993	0	5	5	0
Luca Percassi	Italy	DF	1998–2000	0	2	2	0
Terry Phelan	Republic of Ireland	DF	1995–1996	21	3	24	0
Lenny Pidgeley	England	GK	2003–2006	1	1	2	0
Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	MF	2008–2009	1	4	5	0
Graham Rix	England	DF	1994–1995	1	3	4	0
Pop Robson	England	FW	1982–1983	12	5	17	5
Mohamed Salah	Egypt	FW	2014–2016	10	9	19	2
Duncan Shearer	Scotland	FW	1983–1986	2	0	2	1
Steve Sherwood	England	GK	1971–1976	17	0	17	0
John Sissons	England	FW	1974–1975	12	1	13	0
John Sitton	England	DF	1977–1980	12	2	14	0
Douglas Smale	England	MF	1937–1945	9	0	9	0
Derek Smethurst	South Africa	FW	1968–1971	18	1	19	5
Jimmy Smith	England	MF	2005–2009	0	1	1	0
Philip Smith	England	FW	1909–1910	1	0	1	0
Dominic Solanke	England	FW	2014–2017	0	1	1	0
Miles Spector	England	FW	1952–1954	6	0	6	0
Joe Spottiswood	England	MF	1919–1920	1	0	1	0
William Steer	England	FW	1912–1915	4	0	4	1
Willi Steffen	Switzerland	DF	1946–1947	20	0	20	0
Alex Stepney	England	GK	1966	1	0	1	0
Miroslav Stoch	Slovakia	FW	2008–2009	0	5	5	0
Neil Sullivan	Scotland	GK	2003–2004	7	1	8	0
Emerson Thome	Brazil	DF	1999–2000	20	2	22	0
Juan Sebastian Veron	Argentina	MF	2003–2006	11	3	14	1
Colin Viljoen	England	MF	1980–1982	22	1	23	0
Andy Walker	England	DF	1913–1920	23	0	23	2
Steven Watt	Scotland	DF	2002–2006	1	0	1	0
George Weah	Liberia	FW	2000	13	2	15	5
Reg Weaver	England	MF	1929–1932	20	0	20	8
Colin West	England	FW	1985–1990	8	8	16	0
Ernest Williams	England	MF	1909–1910	8	0	8	1
Robert Wolleaston	England	MF	1998–2003	0	2	2	0
Max Woosnam	England	FW	1914	3	0	3	0
Roger Wosahlo	England	MF	1966–1967	1	0	1	0
Danny Drinkwater	England	MF	2017–	12	11	23	1
Marcus Bettinelli	England	GK	2021–	1	0	1	0
Saúl Ñíguez	Spain	MF	2021–	11	9	20	1
Malang Sarr	France	DF	2021–	15	3	18	0
Xavier Simons	England	MF	2021–	1	0	1	0
Jude Soonsup-Bell	England	FW	2021–	1	0	1	0
Harvey Vale	England	MF	2021–	1	4	5	0
Lewis Hall	England	MF	2022–	1	0	1	0

Notes[]

See also[]

• List of Chelsea F.C. players
• List of Chelsea F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

References[]

• Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
• Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links[]

• Chelsea player database at stamford-bridge.com