{"id":5797,"date":"2026-04-19T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:58:14","slug":"chelsea-legend-claims-he-was-only-100-per-cent-fit-in-five-games-across-blues-career-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5797","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea legend claims he was only &#8216;100 per cent fit&#8217; in five games across Blues career | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1951046374.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27297370\" alt=\"Chelsea FC  v Manchester United - Barclays Women\u00b4s Super League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>One Chelsea hero has made the surprise claim (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Terry was undoubtedly a tough player, but maybe we didn\u2019t realise how tough until he revealed how often he was injured during his Chelsea career and played anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old had an epic career with the Blues, joining as a 14-year-old in 1995 and leaving for Aston Villa in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>During that spell he made 717 appearances for the west London club and won a mammoth amount of silverware.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea captain won five Premier League titles, the Champions League, Europa League, five FA Cups and three League Cups with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Terry was rarely out of the Chelsea side for around 15 years, with injury keeping him out of the team occasionally, but more often than not he says he played through fitness issues.<\/p>\n<p>A lot more often than not.<\/p>\n<p>Terry has made the extraordinary claim that he only felt fully fit for five of the games he played in his Chelsea career, meaning he played with some form of illness or injury in 712 matches.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-686827088.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28023300\" alt=\"Chelsea v Sunderland - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Terry is Chelsea\u2019s most successful captain (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I was very old school. If I was feeling ill or sick I would just go out and get on with it, I don\u2019t think people should miss matches due to illness \u2013 it doesn\u2019t sit right with me,\u2019 Terry said on the Double Tops podcast, sponsored by BetMGM.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everyone says \u201coh you won\u2019t be at your peak if you\u2019re ill\u201d, but you don\u2019t know that until you get out there and give it a crack.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can\u2019t tell you the amount of injections that I had to get through the next game, but that\u2019s because I wanted to play in every single one. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-611412270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27111797\" alt=\"John Terry\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Terry in 1998, the year he made his Chelsea debut (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I played 717 games for Chelsea and I could say, genuinely, I was 100 per cent fit for five of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I went into a game, I rarely didn\u2019t have a rib, arm, leg, ankle or some sort of injury \u2013 something always hurt. That was just part of being a professional footballer and you can\u2019t sit it out because you\u2019re ill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The games come so thick and fast and you can\u2019t afford to miss one. The player who might come in to replace you might not be at your level and in order to win titles and constantly compete, you need to be there, no matter what.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There was certainly evidence of Terry playing through immense pain and discomfort during his career, memorably declaring himself fit to play despite having two broken ribs in 2012.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-142449079.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27112236\" alt=\"FBL-EUR-C1-CHELSEA-BENFICA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Terry was subbed off with fractured ribs, but did not remain sidelined (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m struggling a bit, to be honest,\u2019 he said after fracturing ribs in a Champions League clash with Benfica. \u2018I got an elbow in the ribs about 20 minutes into the away leg and the doctors feared I\u2019d fractured two of them. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I thought it was OK but, later in the second half [in the second leg], it just seemed to be getting worse and I was struggling to breathe. It was difficult. I have never felt anything like that before.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t think it will mean I\u2019m out at all. It\u2019s just a case of managing it, and things like that. I know there are ways around it. With the ribs you can\u2019t really do anything: you can\u2019t treat the injury or massage it to make it better. You just have to let it heal, but I can get through games, definitely. 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