List of Chelsea F.C. players (1–24 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 fewer than 25 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]
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
The nationality of a player is determined by the country which he has played for during their Chelsea career, 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 signed for and left Chelsea.
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 / UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Full Members' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Matches in friendlies and wartime competitions are excluded.

Players

  • Bold indicates players currently playing for the club.
  • Italic indicates players who are academy graduates.
As of 30 December 2024
List of Chelsea F.C. players with between 1 and 24 appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Frank Wolff  England DF 1905–1906 1 0 1 0
Walter Toomer  England HB 1905–1906 1 0 1 0
Francis O'Hara  Scotland FW 1905–1906 3 0 3 0
Charles Harris  England FB 1905–1906 2 0 2 0
Joe Goodwin  England FW 1905–1906 2 0 2 0
Bob McEwan  Scotland FB 1905–1906 20 0 20 0
Michael Byrne  England GK 1905–1907 5 0 5 0
Willie Porter  England FW 1905–1907 2 0 2 0
Charles Donaghy  Scotland FW 1905–1907 3 0 3 1
James Craigie  Scotland HB 1905–1907 2 0 2 0
James Watson  Scotland FW 1906 14 0 14 0
Dave McCartney  Scotland DF 1906–1907 3 0 3 0
Peter Proudfoot  Scotland HB 1906–1907 12 0 12 0
Robert Bush  England FW 1906–1907 4 0 4 0
James Frost  England FW 1906–1907 23 0 23 4
Ronald Brebner  England GK 1906–1907
1912–1913		 19 0 19 0
Ben Whitehouse  England FW 1906–1908 13 0 13 2
Augustus Harding  England FB 1906–1913 5 0 5 0
Frank Lyon  England FB 1907–1908 6 0 6 0
George Kennedy  Scotland HB 1908–1909 12 0 12 0
Edward Reilly  England FW 1908–1909 1 0 1 0
Thomas Mair  England FW 1908–1910 9 0 9 1
Nat Robinson  England GK 1908–1910 3 0 3 0
Arthur Holden  England HB 1909–1910 20 0 20 1
Ernest Williams  England HB 1909–1910 8 0 8 1
Joe Bradshaw  England FW 1909–1910 6 0 6 3
James Saunders  England GK 1909–1910 2 0 2 0
Evan Jones  Wales FW 1909–1910 21 0 21 4
Arthur Wileman  England FW 1909–1911 14 0 14 5
Hugh Dolby  England FW 1909–1912 2 0 2 0
George Horn  England HB 1909–1913 2 0 2 0
Philip Smith  England FW 1910 1 0 1 0
English McConnell  Ireland MF 1910–1911 21 0 21 0
William Young Brown  Scotland FW 1911–1913 10 0 10 2
William Read  England FW 1911–1913 4 0 4 0
Robert Buchanan  Scotland FB 1911–1913 3 0 3 0
Tom Hewitt  Wales FB 1912–1913 8 0 8 0
Jack Harwood  England FW 1912–1913 4 0 4 0
George Johnson  England FB 1912–1913 6 0 6 0
John Brown  Scotland FW 1912–1913 16 0 16 4
William Steer  England FW 1912–1915 4 0 4 1
Jimmy Turnbull  Scotland FW 1912–1918 22 0 22 8
Edward Tye  England FB 1913–1914 1 0 1 0
Sandy MacFarlane  Scotland FW 1913–1914 4 0 4 0
George Lake  England HB 1913–1914 1 0 1 0
Andy Walker  England DF 1913–1920 24 0 24 2
Harold Brittan  England FW 1913–1920 24 0 24 7
Max Woosnam  England FW 1914 3 0 3 0
Joe Spottiswood  England HB 1919–1920 1 0 1 0
John Browning  Scotland HB 1919–1920 6 0 6 2
James Gallon  England FW 1919–1921 2 0 2 0
Joseph Langton  England MF 1919–1922 3 0 3 0
Thomas Baxter  England HB 1920 1 0 1 0
Joe Ward  Ireland HB 1920–1922 16 0 16 0
Kenneth McKenzie  Scotland DF 1920–1923 22 0 22 0
John Lee  England FW 1920–1924 7 0 7 1
Ted Ferguson  England FB 1920–1924 2 0 2 0
Bill Finlayson  Scotland FW 1920–1924 5 0 5 1
James Ashford  England HB 1920–1925 8 0 8 0
Wilson Marsh  England GK 1921–1922 12 0 12 0
Stephen Smith  England HB 1921–1923 23 0 23 1
Billy Haywood  England FW 1922–1924 22 0 22 0
Walter Bennett  England FB 1922–1924 5 0 5 0
Alfred Bower  England FB 1923–1926 9 0 9 0
Bernard Duffy  Scotland HB 1923–1927 3 0 3 0
Richard Jenkins  England FW 1924–1925 4 0 4 0
William Morrison  Scotland FW 1924–1926 1 0 1 0
Arthur Sales  England HB 1924–1928 7 0 7 0
Billy Williams  England FW 1927–1928 2 0 2 0
George Anderson  England FW 1927–1929 9 0 9 0
Christopher Ferguson  Scotland FW 1927–1930 1 0 1 0
Jack Meredith  England MF 1928–1929 23 0 23 6
Frank Higgs  England GK 1928–1930 2 0 2 0
John Carr  England FB 1928–1931 1 0 1 0
Reg Weaver  England HB 1929–1932 20 0 20 8
Robert Carter  England HB 1929–1933 18 0 18 1
Alec Donald  England FB 1930–1932 24 0 24 0
James Hope  Scotland FW 1930–1932 1 0 1 0
Stan Macintosh  England GK 1930–1936 1 0 1 0
Stan Prout  England FW 1932–1934 17 0 17 3
Samuel Dudley  England FW 1932–1934 1 0 1 0
James Copeland  England FW 1932–1937 2 0 2 1
John Hutcheson  Scotland HB 1934–1937 22 0 22 1
Ernest Reid  Wales DF 1934–1939 1 0 1 0
Albert Tennant  England DF 1934–1953 8 0 8 0
Jack Mayes  England MF 1935–1939 13 0 13 0
David Alexander  Scotland HB 1935–1945 1 0 1 0
Jack Sherborne  England FW 1936–1945 5 0 5 0
Douglas Smale  England HB 1937–1946 9 0 9 0
Sid Bidewell  England FW 1937–1946 4 0 4 2
Alex White  Scotland FB 1937–1948 18 0 18 0
Bobby Russell  Scotland HB 1944–1948 4 0 4 0
Murdoch Dickie  Scotland HB 1946–1947 1 0 1 0
Jimmy Bain  Scotland HB 1946–1947 14 0 14 1
Willi Steffen  Switzerland FB 1946–1947 20 0 20 0
Johnny Paton  Scotland FW 1946–1947 23 0 23 3
Fred Richardson  England FW 1946–1947 2 0 2 0
Alex Davidson  Scotland FW 1946–1948 2 0 2 0
Ray Goddard  England FB 1946–1948 15 0 15 1
Johnny Galloway  Scotland FW 1946–1949 4 0 4 0
Joe Simner  England FW 1947–1949 1 0 1 0
Bob Warren  England DF 1948–1951 1 0 1 0
Thomas Jenkins  England FW 1949–1951 5 0 5 0
Jimmy Leadbetter  Scotland FW 1949–1952 3 0 3 0
Wally Hinshelwood  England FW 1951 14 0 14 1
Ernie Randall  England FW 1950–1953 3 0 3 1
Jack Allister  Scotland FW 1951–1952 4 0 4 1
Harry Hughes  England FW 1951–1952 1 0 1 0
Ralph Oelofse  South Africa DF 1951–1953 8 0 8 0
Peter Tuck  England FW 1951–1954 3 0 3 1
Andy Bowman  Scotland FW 1951–1955 1 0 1 0
Bob Edwards  England FW 1951–1955 13 0 13 2
Jimmy Smith  England FW 1951–1955 23 0 23 3
Mike Collins  England GK 1951–1957 1 0 1 0
Len Kell  England FW 1952–1954 3 0 3 0
Miles Spector  England FW 1952–1954 6 0 6 0
Paul Berry  England FB 1953–1960 3 0 3 0
Seamus O'Connell  England FW 1954–1956 17 0 17 12
Ray Kitchener  England FW 1954–1956 1 0 1 0
Colin Court  Wales HB 1954–1959 1 0 1 0
Cliff Huxford  England HB 1955–1959 7 0 7 0
Bill Livingstone  Scotland DF 1955–1959 22 0 22 0
John Compton  England FB 1955–1960 12 0 12 0
Bobby Laverick  England FW 1956–1958 7 0 7 0
Peter Corthine  England FW 1957–1960 2 0 2 0
David Cliss  England FW 1957–1962 24 0 24 1
Eric McMillan  England MF 1958–1960 5 0 5 0
Pat Holton  England DF 1959–1960 1 0 1 0
Gordon Bolland  England FW 1960–1962 2 0 2 0
Mike Pinner  England GK 1961–1962 1 0 1 0
Tommy Docherty  Scotland MF 1961–1962 4 0 4 0
Dennis Butler  England MF 1961–1963 18 0 18 0
Errol McNally  Northern Ireland GK 1961–1963 9 0 9 0
Colin Shaw  England FW 1961–1963 1 0 1 0
John O'Rourke  England FW 1962–1963 1 0 1 0
Tommy Harmer  England FW 1962–1963 9 0 9 1
Dennis Sorrell  England MF 1962–1964 4 0 4 1
Jimmy Mulholland  Scotland FW 1962–1964 12 0 12 3
Ian Watson  England FB 1962–1965 9 0 9 1
Thomas Knox  Scotland FW 1962–1965 21 0 21 0
John Dunn  England GK 1962–1966 16 0 16 0
Derek Kevan  England FW 1963 7 0 7 2
Dennis Brown  England FW 1963–1964 13 0 13 2
Jim McCalliog  Scotland MF 1963–1965 12 0 12 3
Billy Sinclair  Scotland MF 1964–1966 1 0 1 0
Jimmy Smart  Scotland FW 1965–1966 1 0 1 0
Jim Barron  England GK 1965–1966 1 0 1 0
Tommy Robson  England FW 1966 6 1 7 0
Alex Stepney  England GK 1966 1 0 1 0
Roger Wosahlo  England MF 1966–1967 1 0 1 0
Kingsley Whiffen  Wales GK 1966–1967 1 0 1 0
Ian Hamilton  England FW 1966–1968 3 2 5 2
Barry Lloyd  England MF 1966–1968 8 2 10 0
Tommy Hughes  Scotland GK 1966–1971 11 0 11 0
Colin Waldron  England DF 1967 10 0 10 0
Geoff Butler  England DF 1967 8 1 9 0
Paul McMillan  Scotland FW 1967–1968 1 0 1 0
George Luke  England MF 1967–1968 1 0 1 0
Stewart Houston  Scotland DF 1967–1972 10 4 14 0
Derek Smethurst  South Africa FW 1968–1971 18 1 19 5
Peter Feely  England FW 1970–1973 4 1 5 2
Mike Brolly  England FW 1971–1974 8 1 9 1
Steve Sherwood  England GK 1971–1976 17 0 17 0
Tony Potrac  England FW 1972–1973 1 0 1 0
Tommy Ord  England FW 1972–1973 3 0 3 1
Brian Bason  England FW 1972–1977 20 2 22 1
John Sissons  England FW 1974–1975 12 1 13 0
John Sitton  England DF 1977–1980 12 2 14 0
Gary Johnson  England FW 1977–1980 18 4 22 9
Duncan McKenzie  England FW 1978–1979 16 0 16 4
Lee Frost  England FW 1978–1980 12 3 15 5
Bob Iles  England GK 1978–1983 14 0 14 0
Jim Docherty  Scotland FW 1979 2 1 3 0
Jimmy Clare  England FW 1980–1981 0 1 1 0
Tim Elmes  England FW 1980–1982 2 2 4 0
Colin Viljoen  England MF 1980–1982 22 1 23 0
Mark Falco  England FW 1982 3 0 3 0
Paul Williams  England DF 1982–1983 1 0 1 0
Pop Robson  England FW 1982–1983 12 5 17 5
Tony McAndrew  Scotland DF 1982–1984 23 0 23 4
Dale Jasper  England MF 1982–1986 13 2 15 0
Derek Johnstone  Scotland FW 1983–1985 1 3 4 0
Duncan Shearer  Scotland FW 1983–1986 2 0 2 1
Gordon Davies  Wales FW 1984–1985 13 2 15 6
Terry Howard  England DF 1984–1986 6 0 6 0
Robert Isaac  England FW 1985–1987 13 0 13 0
Les Fridge  Scotland GK 1985–1987 1 0 1 0
Mick Bodley  England FW 1985–1989 8 0 8 0
Colin West  England FW 1985–1990 8 8 16 0
John Millar  Scotland MF 1986–1987 11 0 11 0
John McNaught  Scotland MF 1986–1987 12 1 13 2
John Coady  Republic of Ireland DF 1986–1988 10 9 19 3
Perry Digweed  England GK 1987–1988 3 0 3 0
Billy Dodds  Scotland FW 1986–1989 0 5 5 0
Dave Mitchell  Australia FW 1988–1991 8 0 8 0
Clive Allen  England FW 1991–1992 22 2 24 9
Joe Allon  England FW 1991–1992 4 14 18 3
Ian Pearce  England DF 1991–1993 0 5 5 0
Michael Gilkes  England MF 1992 0 2 2 0
Anthony Barness  England DF 1992–1996 16 3 19 0
Nick Colgan  England GK 1992–1998 1 0 1 0
Gerry Peyton  England GK 1993 0 1 1 0
Steve Livingstone  England FW 1993 0 1 1 0
Andy Dow  Scotland FW 1993–1996 17 1 18 0
Graham Rix  England DF 1994–1995 1 3 4 0
Paul Hughes  England MF 1994–2000 15 8 23 2
Terry Phelan  Republic of Ireland DF 1995–1997 21 3 24 0
Neil Clement  England DF 1996–2000 1 3 4 0
Joe Sheerin  England FW 1996–2000 0 1 1 0
Craig Forrest  Canada GK 1997 2 1 3 0
Paul Parker  England DF 1997 1 3 4 0
Steven Hampshire  Scotland FW 1997–1998 0 1 1 0
Nick Crittenden  England MF 1997–2000 1 2 3 0
Laurent Charvet  France DF 1998 7 6 13 2
Brian Laudrup  Denmark FW 1998 8 3 11 1
Pierluigi Casiraghi  Italy FW 1998–2000 13 2 15 1
Luca Percassi  Italy DF 1998–2000 0 2 2 0
Robert Wolleaston  England MF 1998–2003 0 2 2 0
Emerson Thome  Brazil DF 1999–2000 20 2 22 0
Jes Høgh  Denmark DF 1999–2001 11 6 17 0
Rati Aleksidze  Georgia FW 1999–2001 0 3 3 0
Gabriele Ambrosetti  Italy FW 1999–2003 11 12 23 1
Leon Knight  England FW 1999–2003 0 1 1 0
George Weah  Liberia FW 2000 13 2 15 5
Christian Panucci  Italy DF 2000–2001 9 1 10 1
Winston Bogarde  Netherlands DF 2000–2004 4 8 12 0
Mark Bosnich  Australia GK 2001–2003 7 0 7 0
Joel Kitamirike  England DF 2001–2004 1 0 1 0
Joe Keenan  England MF 2002–2006 0 3 3 0
Filipe Oliveira  Portugal MF 2002–2006 0 8 8 0
Neil Sullivan  Scotland GK 2003–2004 7 1 8 0
Marco Ambrosio  Italy GK 2003–2004 12 0 12 0
Juan Sebastian Veron  Argentina MF 2003–2006 11 3 14 1
Lenny Pidgeley  England GK 2003–2006 1 1 2 0
Alexis Nicolas  Cyprus MF 2004 2 1 3 0
Nuno Morais  Portugal MF 2004–2007 1 8 9 0
Anthony Grant  England MF 2004–2008 0 1 1 0
Steven Watt  Scotland DF 2005–2006 1 1 2 0
Jiří Jarošík  Czech Republic MF 2005–2006 6 14 20 0
Jimmy Smith  England MF 2005–2009 0 1 1 0
Scott Sinclair  England FW 2005–2010 6 8 14 1
Maniche  Portugal MF 2006 5 6 11 0
Khalid Boulahrouz  Netherlands DF 2006–2008 19 4 23 0
Michael Mancienne  England DF 2006–2011 3 3 6 0
Tal Ben Haim  Israel DF 2007–2008 17 6 23 0
Ben Sahar  Israel FW 2007–2009 0 5 5 0
Michael Woods  England MF 2007–2011 0 2 2 0
Sam Hutchinson  England DF 2007–2012 2 4 6 0
Jacob Mellis  England MF 2007–2012 0 1 1 0
Miroslav Stoch  Slovakia FW 2008–2009 0 5 5 0
Franco Di Santo  Argentina FW 2008–2009 0 16 16 0
Mineiro  Brazil DF 2008–2009 1 1 2 0
Ricardo Quaresma  Portugal MF 2008–2009 1 4 5 0
Fabio Borini  Italy FW 2009–2010 1 7 8 0
Ross Turnbull  England GK 2009–2013 16 3 19 0
Jeffrey Bruma  Netherlands DF 2009–2013 3 7 10 0
Patrick van Aanholt  Netherlands FW 2009–2014 3 5 8 1
Gaël Kakuta  France FW 2009–2015 5 11 16 0
Yossi Benayoun  Israel MF 2010–2013 7 17 24 1
Josh McEachran  England MF 2010–2015 7 15 22 0
Tomáš Kalas  Czech Republic DF 2010–2019 2 2 4 0
Kevin De Bruyne  Belgium MF 2012–2014 5 4 9 0
Marko Marin  Germany MF 2012–2016 5 11 16 1
Nathan Aké  Netherlands DF 2012–2017 9 8 17 0
Nathaniel Chalobah  England MF 2012–2017 5 10 15 0
Lucas Piazon  Brazil FW 2012–2021 2 1 3 0
Mark Schwarzer  Australia GK 2013–2015 11 1 12 0
Marco van Ginkel  Netherlands MF 2013–2021 2 2 4 0
Izzy Brown  England FW 2013–2021 0 1 1 0
John Swift  England MF 2014–2016 0 1 1 0
Mohamed Salah  Egypt FW 2014–2016 10 9 19 2
Bertrand Traoré  Burkina Faso FW 2014–2017 4 12 16 4
Dominic Solanke  England FW 2014–2017 0 1 1 0
Lewis Baker  England MF 2014–2022 0 2 2 0
Radamel Falcao  Colombia FW 2015–2016 2 10 12 1
Papy Djilobodji  Senegal DF 2015–2016 0 1 1 0
Juan Cuadrado  Colombia MF 2015–2017 4 11 15 0
Jérémie Boga  Ivory Coast MF 2015–2018 1 0 1 0
Ola Aina  Nigeria DF 2015–2019 2 4 6 0
Baba Rahman  Ghana DF 2015–2023 19 4 23 0
Alexandre Pato  Brazil FW 2016 1 1 2 1
Charly Musonda Jr.  Belgium FW 2016–2022 2 5 7 1
Jake Clarke-Salter  England DF 2016–2022 0 2 2 0
Matt Miazga  United States DF 2016–2022 2 0 2 0
Danny Drinkwater  England MF 2017–2022 12 11 23 1
Dujon Sterling  England DF 2017–2023 0 2 2 0
Ethan Ampadu  Wales DF 2017–2023 7 5 12 0
Kyle Scott  United States MF 2018–2019 0 1 1 0
Gonzalo Higuaín  Argentina FW 2019 15 3 18 5
Tariq Lamptey  England DF 2019–2020 0 3 3 0
Marc Guéhi  England DF 2019–2021 2 0 2 0
Billy Gilmour  Scotland MF 2019–2022 14 8 22 0
Ian Maatsen  Netherlands DF 2019–2024 3 13 16 0
Tino Anjorin  England MF 2019–2024 1 4 5 0
Saúl Ñíguez  Spain MF 2021–2022 12 11 23 1
Jude Soonsup-Bell  England FW 2021–2023 1 0 1 0
Xavier Simons  England MF 2021–2023 1 0 1 0
Malang Sarr  France DF 2021–2024 16 5 21 0
Marcus Bettinelli  England GK 2021– 1 0 1 0
Harvey Vale  England MF 2021– 1 6 7 0
Denis Zakaria  Switzerland MF 2022–2023 7 4 11 1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  Gabon FW 2022–2023 11 10 21 3
Lewis Hall  England MF 2022–2024 11 1 12 0
Mason Burstow  England FW 2022–2024 1 2 3 0
Omari Hutchinson  Jamaica MF 2023–2024 0 2 2 0
Diego Moreira  Portugal FW 2023–2024 1 0 1 0
Bashir Humphreys  England DF 2023– 2 0 2 0
David Datro Fofana  Ivory Coast FW 2023– 1 3 4 0
Lesley Ugochukwu  France MF 2023– 6 9 15 0
Alex Matos  England FW 2023– 0 2 2 0
Deivid Washington  Brazil FW 2023– 0 3 3 0
Roméo Lavia  Belgium MF 2023– 7 4 11 0
Alfie Gilchrist  England DF 2023– 5 12 17 1
Cesare Casadei  Italy MF 2023– 4 13 17 0
Michael Golding  England MF 2024 0 1 1 0
Leo Castledine  England MF 2024– 0 1 1 0
Jimi Tauriainen  Finland MF 2024– 0 2 2 0
Josh Acheampong  England DF 2024– 2 2 4 0
Pedro Neto  Portugal FW 2024– 14 7 21 3
Marc Guiu  Spain FW 2024– 6 4 10 6
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall  England MF 2024– 9 6 15 2
Renato Veiga  Portugal DF 2024– 11 6 17 2
Filip Jörgensen  Denmark GK 2024– 12 0 12 0
Tosin Adarabioyo  England DF 2024– 14 2 16 1
Tyrique George  England FW 2024– 3 5 8 0
Jadon Sancho  England FW 2024– 10 4 14 2
Samuel Rak-Sakyi  England MF 2024– 1 3 4 0
Ato Ampah  England FW 2024– 0 1 1 0
Shumaira Mheuka  England FW 2024– 0 1 1 0
Kiano Dyer  England MF 2024– 0 1 1 0
Harrison Murray-Campbell  England DF 2024– 0 1 1 0

Notes

  1. ^ 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.