Chelsea skipper, John Terry, clocked 36 on Wednesday.
The former England captain is undoubtedly one of the Premier League’s best defenders of all time with 488 appearances, scoring 40 times since making his debut in 1998.
In his 18 years at Stamford Bridge, the charismatic leader has had a trophy-laden career which has seen him win among other accolades four league titles, the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues.
His birthday comes barely 48 hours after the iconic defender celebrated 15 years as captain of the club.
But the former Nottingham forest loanee has been confined to just four league starts this season due to an ankle injury.
In fact, Terry has only played six minutes since suffering a relapse of his injury in September.
However, this didn’t stop numerous soccer enthusiasts from wishing the Blues no 26 a happy birthday.
Here are some of the reactions on Twitter.
Happy birthday John Terry! ??? pic.twitter.com/AjqYPjVMyb
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 7, 2016
Happy 36th birthday to John Terry, @ChelseaFC hero and #UCL winner in 2012! pic.twitter.com/gComxDMbtN
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 7, 2016
Happy birthday to John Terry! ?
Here he is scoring the #ThreeLions‘ first goal at the new @wembleystadium: https://t.co/tdsWPmK3ti
— England (@England) December 7, 2016
Captain, Leader, Legend. Happy birthday to Mr Chelsea himself ? ⚪️ #TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/0NhkbkNCCP
— Mikel John Obi (@mikel_john_obi) December 7, 2016
?” Double Double Double,#JohnTerry has won the dble……. ” ? ⚽️? Happy #Bday my friend ? all the best, on&off the pitch #cfc @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/1Ei6NIQaQl
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) December 7, 2016
307 – John Terry has ended on the winning side on 307 occasions at Chelsea in the PL; more than any other player at the club. Leader. pic.twitter.com/muiOcHiJWj
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 7, 2016
Happy birthday to the best captain there has ever been, John Terry! ??
— Chelsea HQ (@Chelsea_HQ) December 7, 2016
Happy birthday to one of the greatest centre-backs ever to play the game, John Terry. pic.twitter.com/4Ek5xHT4pa
— CFC News (@cfcptb) December 7, 2016
Happy 36th birthday to John Terry!
Over 700 games
66⚽️
FA Cups ?????
Premier League ????
League Cups ???
Champions League ?
Europa League ? pic.twitter.com/9KdnXSrBGx— Read Chelsea (@ReadChelseaFC) December 7, 2016
Happpy birthday to the Captain,Leader & Legend John Terry we will not get a leader back again in our life as him #JT26 #Leader #Legend pic.twitter.com/3QTG3HDTCH
— Rehan (@imrehan10) December 7, 2016
Happy birthday skipper johnterry.26 have a great day mate! #CFC ? https://t.co/vGgHNLhN02
— Isaiah Brown (@izzyjaybrown) December 7, 2016
Happy birthday to one of the greatest centre-backs ever to play the game, John Terry. pic.twitter.com/4Ek5xHT4pa
— CFC News (@cfcptb) December 7, 2016
Captain. Leader. Legend.
Happy birthday #JohnTerry#CFC #Blues #KTBFFH #Chelsea pic.twitter.com/5Loel6Km3A
— Royden Gomes (@EkOldMonk) December 7, 2016
