Chelsea's most iconic shirt numbers
In the superstitious sphere of professional Football , squad number s are an easy gateway to omens good and bad. At the start of the 2022/23 season, Thomas Tuchel revealed that "nobody wants to touch" the number nine shirt for fear of inheriting the goal drought that its previous owners have suffered. Other numbers on Chelsea's roster have been avoided out of respect rather than reticence. Here are some of the most iconic digits in the club's history for all the right reasons. Chelsea's number 26 John Terry tried to honour his shirt number in his appearance for Chelsea / Matthew Ashton - AMA/GettyImages Player Years in the shirt John Terry 1998 - 2017 Kalidou Koulibaly 2022 - 2023 There had been a compromise with Antonio Conte and David Moyes had been convinced. In his final Chelsea appearance, on the last day of the 2016/17 Premier League season against Sunderland, John Terry would be subbed off in the 26th minute as a nod to the shirt number which he had wor...