_(cropped).jpg) Cahill training with England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary James Cahill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1985[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Dronfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | AFC Dronfield | ||
| 2000–2004 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Aston Villa | 28 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Burnley (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2008–2012 | Bolton Wanderers | 130 | (13) |
| 2012–2019 | Chelsea | 191 | (13) |
| 2019–2021 | Crystal Palace | 45 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 459 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2018 | England | 61 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Cahill began his career playing for the AFC Dronfield youth system in Derbyshire. In 2000, he joined the Aston Villa Academy and continued his development. In 2004, he joined Burnley on a season-long loan, where he performed well before returning to make his Aston Villa debut. Later, he signed for hometown club Sheffield United on a three-month loan deal. On 30 January 2008, he signed for Bolton Wanderers for around £5 million. Cahill performed well for Bolton through the years, cementing a place in the first team. He made 130 league appearances and scored 13 league goals for Bolton. In January 2012, Cahill signed for Chelsea for approximately £7 million. He won the UEFA Champions League in his debut season at Chelsea, and went on to win the UEFA Europa League twice, the Premier League twice, the FA Cup twice and the League Cup. Following his release in 2019, Cahill joined fellow London club Crystal Palace on a free transfer. He left the club after two seasons in 2021.
Cahill is a former England international with over 60 caps, and represented the nation in England tournament squads for the FIFA World Cups of 2014 and 2018, and the UEFA European Championship in 2012 and 2016, though he withdrew injured from the 2012 event. He was eligible to play for either England or the Republic of Ireland, but chose to play for England. In June 2009, Cahill was called up to the England squad for the match against Kazakhstan; however, he only made his debut on 3 September 2010, coming on as a substitute against Bulgaria. He made his first start for the national team on 29 March 2011, in the friendly against Ghana. He scored his first international goal against Bulgaria, in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Gary Cahill". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018.