List of Chelsea F.C. players (25–99 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 between 25 and 99 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.
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
---|---|---|---|
GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
- 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.
Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appearances | |||||||
John Tait Robertson | Scotland | MF | 1905–1906 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
William Foulke | England | GK | 1905–1906 | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Bob Mackie | Scotland | DF | 1905–1908 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
George Key | Scotland | MF | 1905–1909 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
Bob Whiting | England | GK | 1906–1908 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
Percy Humphreys | England | FW | 1907–1909 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 13 |
Norrie Fairgray | Scotland | FW | 1907–1914 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 5 |
Billy Brawn | England | FW | 1907–1911 | 99 | 0 | 99 | 11 |
Fred Rouse | England | FW | 1907–1909 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 11 |
Bob Thomson | England | FW | 1911–1922 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 29 |
Nils Middelboe | Denmark | MF | 1913–1921 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Buchanan Sharp | Scotland | FW | 1919–1923 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 23 |
Ben Howard Baker | England | GK | 1921–1926 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 1 |
William Whitton | England | FW | 1923–1926 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 19 |
Bob Turnbull | Scotland | FW | 1925–1928 | 87 | 0 | 87 | 58 |
Jimmy Thompson | England | FW | 1927–1929 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 34 |
George Biswell | England | MF | 1928–1929 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 10 |
Sam Irving | Ireland | FW | 1928–1932 | 95 | 0 | 97 | 5 |
Alec Cheyne | Scotland | FW | 1930–1932 1934–1936 |
69 | 0 | 69 | 13 |
Alex Jackson | Scotland | FW | 1930–1932 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 29 |
Peter O'Dowd | England | DF | 1931–1935 | 87 | 0 | 87 | 0 |
John Jackson | Scotland | GK | 1933–1942 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
Joe Bambrick | Ireland | FW | 1934–1938 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 37 |
Bill Barraclough | England | MF | 1934–1937 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 11 |
Dick Foss | England | MF | 1936–1952 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
Joe Payne | England | MF | 1938–1946 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 23 |
Alex Machin | England | FW | 1944–1948 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 9 |
Tommy Lawton | England | FW | 1945–1947 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 35 |
Scotland | FW | 1946–1951 | 53 | 0 | 94 | 5 | |
Hugh Billington | England | FW | 1948–1951 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 32 |
Bobby Smith | England | FW | 1950–1955 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 30 |
Alan Dicks | England | MF | 1951–1958 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
Sid Tickridge | England | DF | 1951–1952 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
Jim Lewis | England | FW | 1952–1958 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 40 |
Ron Greenwood | England | DF | 1952–1955 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
Charlie Thomson | Scotland | GK | 1952–1957 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
Stan Wicks | England | DF | 1954–1956 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 1 |
Les Allen | England | FW | 1954–1959 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 11 |
Stan Crowther | England | MF | 1958–1961 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
Graham Moore | Wales | MF | 1961–1963 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 14 |
Frank Upton | England | DF | 1961–1965 | 86 | 3 | 89 | 0 |
Joe Fascione | Scotland | MF | 1962–1969 | 27 | 7 | 34 | 1 |
Tony Hateley | England | FW | 1966–1967 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 9 |
Joe Kirkup | England | DF | 1966–1967 | 62 | 7 | 69 | 2 |
Alan Birchenall | England | FW | 1967–1970 | 95 | 1 | 96 | 28 |
Paddy Mulligan | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1969–1972 | 74 | 5 | 79 | 2 |
Keith Weller | England | MF | 1970–1971 | 49 | 5 | 54 | 15 |
Steve Finnieston | Scotland | FW | 1971–1978 | 86 | 4 | 90 | 37 |
Ray Lewington | England | MF | 1975–1979 | 87 | 5 | 92 | 4 |
Micky Nutton | England | DF | 1977–1983 | 81 | 2 | 83 | 0 |
Eamonn Bannon | Scotland | FW | 1979 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
Alan Mayes | England | FW | 1980–1983 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 24 |
Phil Driver | England | MF | 1980–1983 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 4 |
Dennis Rofe | England | DF | 1980–1982 | 61 | 2 | 63 | 0 |
Steve Francis | England | GK | 1981–1987 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
Joey Jones | Wales | DF | 1982–1985 | 89 | 2 | 91 | 2 |
Mickey Thomas | Wales | MF | 1984–1985 | 53 | 1 | 54 | 11 |
Roger Freestone | Wales | GK | 1987–1991 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
Peter Nicholas | Wales | MF | 1988–1991 | 92 | 1 | 93 | 2 |
Jason Cundy | England | DF | 1988–1992 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 3 |
Alan Dickens | England | MF | 1988–1992 | 46 | 9 | 55 | 3 |
Graham Roberts | England | DF | 1988–1990 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 22 |
Paul Elliott | England | DF | 1991–1994 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
Vinnie Jones | Wales | DF | 1991–1992 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 7 |
Robert Fleck | Scotland | FW | 1992–1994 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 4 |
Mal Donaghy | Northern Ireland | DF | 1992–1994 | 72 | 6 | 78 | 3 |
David Hopkin | Scotland | MF | 1992–1995 | 24 | 22 | 66 | 1 |
Mick Harford | England | FW | 1992–1993 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 11 |
Neil Shipperley | England | FW | 1992–1995 | 35 | 13 | 48 | 9 |
Tony Cascarino | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1992–1994 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 8 |
Mark Stein | South Africa | FW | 1992–1998 | 57 | 6 | 63 | 25 |
Jakob Kjeldbjerg | Denmark | DF | 1993–1996 | 65 | 1 | 66 | 2 |
Glenn Hoddle | England | MF | 1993–1995 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 1 |
David Rocastle | England | FW | 1994–1998 | 37 | 3 | 40 | 2 |
Scott Minto | England | DF | 1994–1997 | 70 | 2 | 72 | 5 |
Paul Furlong | England | FW | 1994–1996 | 59 | 26 | 85 | 17 |
Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | MF | 1995–1998 | 50 | 14 | 64 | 7 |
Mark Nicholls | England | FW | 1995–2001 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 3 |
Gianluca Vialli | Italy | FW | 1996–2000 | 69 | 19 | 88 | 40 |
Jon Harley | England | DF | 1997–2001 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 2 |
Bjarne Goldbaek | Denmark | MF | 1998–2002 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 5 |
Sam Dalla Bona | Italy | MF | 1998–2002 | 51 | 22 | 73 | 6 |
Mikael Forssell | Finland | MF | 1998–2005 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 12 |
Didier Deschamps | France | MF | 1999–2000 | 44 | 3 | 47 | 1 |
Chris Sutton | England | FW | 1999–2000 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 3 |
Carlton Cole | England | FW | 2000–2006 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 8 |
Mario Stanic | Croatia | FW | 2000–2004 | 54 | 26 | 80 | 10 |
Emmanuel Petit | France | MF | 2001–2004 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 3 |
Boudewijn Zenden | Netherlands | MF | 2001–2004 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 4 |
Robert Huth | Germany | DF | 2002–2006 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 2 |
Hernan Crespo | Argentina | FW | 2003–2006 | 47 | 26 | 73 | 25 |
Adrian Mutu | Romania | FW | 2003–2004 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 10 |
Glen Johnson | England | DF | 2003–2006 | 59 | 10 | 69 | 4 |
Mateja Kezman | Serbia | FW | 2004–2005 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 7 |
Scott Parker | England | MF | 2004–2005 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 1 |
Alexey Smertin | Russia | MF | 2004–2005 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 1 |
Tiago Mendes | Portugal | MF | 2004–2005 | 31 | 20 | 51 | 4 |
Asier Del Horno | Spain | DF | 2005–2006 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 1 |
Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | FW | 2006–2009 | 53 | 24 | 95 | 22 |
Ryan Bertrand | England | DF | 2006–2015 | 42 | 15 | 57 | 2 |
Juliano Belletti | Brazil | DF | 2007–2010 | 54 | 41 | 95 | 5 |
Deco | Portugal | MF | 2008–2010 | 42 | 16 | 58 | 6 |
Daniel Sturridge | England | FW | 2009–2013 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 24 |
Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | FW | 2011–2014 2021– |
28 | 21 | 49 | 12 |
Raul Meireles | Portugal | MF | 2011–2012 | 38 | 10 | 48 | 6 |
Oriol Romeu | Spain | MF | 2011–2012 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 1 |
André Schürrle | Germany | FW | 2013–2015 | 35 | 30 | 65 | 14 |
Demba Ba | Senegal | FW | 2013–2014 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 14 |
Kenedy | Brazil | MF | 2015– | 14 | 15 | 29 | 3 |
Tammy Abraham | England | FW | 2016–2021 | 51 | 31 | 82 | 30 |
Michy Batshuayi | Belgium | FW | 2016– | 23 | 54 | 77 | 25 |
Fikayo Tomori | England | DF | 2016–2021 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 2 |
Ross Barkley | England | MF | 2017– | 56 | 42 | 98 | 11 |
Emerson Palmieri | Italy | DF | 2017– | 54 | 17 | 71 | 2 |
Alvaro Morata | Spain | FW | 2017–2020 | 48 | 24 | 72 | 24 |
Davide Zappacosta | Italy | DF | 2017–2022 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 2 |
Ben Chilwell | England | DF | 2020– | 47 | 6 | 53 | 6 |
Kai Havertz | Germany | FW | 2020– | 55 | 25 | 80 | 20 |
Edouard Mendy | Senegal | GK | 2020– | 79 | 0 | 79 | 0 |
Thiago Silva | Brazil | DF | 2020– | 63 | 6 | 69 | 5 |
Timo Werner | Germany | FW | 2020– | 59 | 21 | 80 | 19 |
Hakim Ziyech | Morocco | FW | 2020– | 47 | 24 | 71 | 14 |
Trevor Chalobah | England | DF | 2021– | 20 | 6 | 26 | 3 |
Notes[]
- ^ Watts, Nick. "1963 to 1988". The Football League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
See also[]
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
Categories:
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Lists of association football players by club in England
- Chelsea F.C.-related lists