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Chelsea Roster
| Name | Updates in Last 24 Hrs | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Birthday | Birthplace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Van Aanholt |
|
52 | D | 5-9 | 150 | Aug 29, 1990 | Holland | |
| Alex |
|
33 | D | 6-2 | 202 | Jun 17, 1982 | Niteroi, Brazil | |
| Nicolas Anelka |
|
39 | F | 6-0 | 169 | Mar 14, 1979 | Versailles, France | |
| Michael Ballack |
|
13 | M | 6-2 | 187 | Sep 26, 1976 | Gorlitz, Germany | |
| Juliano Belletti |
|
35 | D | 5-10 | 163 | Jun 20, 1976 | Cascavel, Brazil | |
| Yossi Benayoun |
|
15 | M | 5-10 | 154 | May 5, 1980 | Beer-Sheva, Israel | |
| Fabio Borini |
|
45 | F | 5-10 | 163 | Mar 23, 1991 | Bentivoglio, Italy | |
| Bosingwa |
|
17 | D | 6-0 | 165 | Aug 24, 1982 | Zaire, Congo | |
| Liam Bridcutt |
|
7 | M | 5-8 | 161 | May 8, 1989 | Reading, England | |
| Jeffrey Bruma |
|
43 | D | 6-1 | 183 | Nov 13, 1991 | Rotterdam, Holland | |
| Ricardo Carvalho |
|
6 | D | 6-0 | 174 | May 18, 1978 | Amarante, Portugal | |
| Petr Cech |
|
1 | G | 6-5 | 185 | May 20, 1982 | Plzen, Czechoslovakia | |
| Joe Cole |
|
10 | M | 5-8 | 154 | Nov 8, 1981 | Paddington, England | |
| Ashley Cole |
|
3 | D | 5-9 | 145 | Dec 20, 1980 | Stepney, England | |
| Deco |
|
20 | M | 5-9 | 161 | Aug 27, 1977 | Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | |
| Didier Drogba |
|
11 | F | 6-2 | 163 | Mar 11, 1978 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | |
| Michael Essien |
|
5 | M | 5-10 | 172 | Dec 3, 1982 | Accra, Ghana | |
| Paulo Ferreira |
|
19 | D | 5-10 | 168 | Jan 18, 1979 | Cascais, Portugal | |
| Ben Gordon |
|
30 | D | Mar 2, 1991 | England | |||
| Henrique Hilario |
|
40 | G | 6-2 | 187 | Oct 21, 1975 | Meireles, Portugal | |
| Sam Hutchinson |
|
41 | M | 5-11 | 161 | Aug 3, 1989 | England | |
| Branislav Ivanovic |
|
2 | D | 6-2 | 185 | Feb 22, 1984 | Sremska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia | |
| Gael Kakuta |
|
44 | F | 5-6 | 143 | Jun 21, 1991 | Lille, France | |
| Salomon Kalou |
|
21 | F | 6-0 | 169 | Aug 5, 1985 | Oume, Ivory Coast | |
| Frank Lampard |
|
8 | M | 6-0 | 174 | Jun 20, 1978 | Salisbury, England | |
| Carl Magnay |
|
D | 6-1 | 174 | Jan 20, 1989 | England | ||
| Florent Malouda |
|
15 | M | 6-0 | 161 | Jun 13, 1980 | Cayenne, Guyana | |
| Michael Mancienne |
|
42 | D | 5-10 | 161 | Jan 8, 1988 | England | |
| Nemanja Matic |
|
24 | M | 6-4 | 180 | Aug 1, 1988 | Sabac, Yugoslavia | |
| John Obi Mikel |
|
12 | M | 5-10 | 178 | Apr 22, 1987 | Plateau State, Nigeria | |
| Daniel Philliskirk |
|
48 | M | 5-7 | 152 | Apr 10, 1991 | Oldham, England | |
| Slobodan Rajkovic |
|
4 | D | 6-3 | 196 | Feb 3, 1989 | Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Franco Matias Di Santo |
|
9 | F | 6-3 | 176 | Apr 7, 1989 | Argentina | |
| Jan Sebek |
|
50 | G | 6-4 | 181 | Jan 31, 1991 | Plana u Marianskyych Lazni, Czech Republic | |
| Scott Sinclair |
|
16 | F | 5-9 | 141 | Mar 25, 1989 | England | |
| Daniel Sturridge |
|
23 | F | 6-2 | 168 | Sep 1, 1989 | Birmingham, England | |
| Rhys Taylor |
|
30 | G | 6-2 | 187 | Apr 7, 1990 | Neath, Wales | |
| John Terry |
|
26 | D | 6-1 | 198 | Dec 7, 1980 | London, England | |
| Gokhan Tore |
|
M | 5-9 | 163 | Jan 20, 1992 | Cologne, Germany | ||
| Ross Turnbull |
|
22 | G | 6-4 | 187 | Jan 4, 1985 | Bishop Auckland, England | |
| Michael Woods |
|
42 | M | 6-0 | 176 | Apr 6, 1990 | York, England | |
| Yuri Zhirkov |
|
18 | M | 5-10 | 154 | Aug 20, 1983 | Tambov, Russia |
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