Legends
Alan Hudson
The King’s Road kid: the playmaker of the 1970 and 1971 side, who made us fall for beautiful football.
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Years at Chelsea, position, honours, and their story.
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Ashley Cole
The finest left-back of his generation: 338 games, a Champions League, a Europa League and four FA Cups in blue.
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Bobby Tambling
202 goals and a record that stood for almost half a century: the scorer only Lampard could overtake.
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Claude Makélélé
The man who gave his name to a position: the quiet engine behind Mourinho’s first two titles.
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Dennis Wise
The captain who unlocked the trophy era: six cups lifted with the armband and that goal at the San Siro.
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Didier Drogba
164 goals in 381 games, the big-game striker — and the 88th-minute header that rewrote Chelsea history.
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Eden Hazard
110 goals, two titles, four Player of the Year awards: perhaps the most gifted footballer ever to wear the blue shirt.
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Frank Lampard
211 goals from midfield — Chelsea’s all-time top scorer and the captain on the night in Munich.
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Gianfranco Zola
The little Italian magician: 80 goals, six trophies and that mid-air back-heel against Norwich.
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Gianluca Vialli
Goalscorer, player-manager, winner: the man who won five trophies from the dugout and taught Chelsea to dream of Europe.
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Jimmy Greaves
132 goals in 169 games, 13 hat-tricks and 100 league goals before he turned 21: the most natural finisher we ever had.
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John Terry
Captain, leader, legend: 717 appearances, 15 major trophies and the armband worn longer than anyone else.
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José Mourinho
Three titles, eight trophies, 95 points: the manager who made Chelsea winners and redrew their place on the map.
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Kerry Dixon
193 goals, two Second Division titles and third on the all-time list: the centre-forward who put Chelsea back on the map.
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N’Golo Kanté
Back-to-back titles with two clubs, man of the match in Porto, and the widest smile ever seen in a blue shirt.
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Peter Bonetti
‘The Cat’: 729 appearances, 208 clean sheets and the hands behind Chelsea’s first cups.
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Peter Osgood
‘The King of Stamford Bridge’: a goal in every round of the 1970 FA Cup, goals in both Athens finals, a statue at our gates.
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Petr Čech
228 clean sheets, the headguard and the save from Robben: the goalkeeper who held up an entire era.
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Roberto Di Matteo
Goals in three Wembley finals as a player, then Munich as manager: the man for the big final.
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Ron Harris
‘Chopper’: 795 appearances, a record that may never be broken, and the captain who lifted the 1970 FA Cup and our first European trophy.
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Roy Bentley
Captain of the first title: 150 goals, top scorer in every one of his eight seasons, and the 1955 championship.
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Ted Drake
The man who turned the ‘Pensioners’ into the Blues and led them to a first title, fifty years after the club was founded.
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