Random Chelsea players from the last 20 years

[Rnd898]

Hilario was a weird one because he essentially accepted being a 3rd choice keeper until he retired. I have no idea what level he could have played at if he had tried being first choice somewhere else, but whatever the level, it gotta be more fulfilling than being the backup to the backup. He spent 12 years at Chelsea, less than 40 games.

Hilario came straight back to the club as a coach when he retired and is still in place as one of the goalkeeping coaches at Chelsea. Hell, at this point he's probably the longest serving member of the first team coaching staff.

I have a feeling he was already heavily leaning towards a coaching career while he was still employed as a player so maybe it's better to learn that at Chelsea than some lower level club, even if the latter meant he could still play more? And would he even have a job at Chelsea's goalkeeping department now if he hadn't been at the club as a player for all those years? Probably not. Man played the long game and is now reaping the rewards.

 

[WeePat]

Hilario came straight back to the club as a coach when he retired and is still in place as one of the goalkeeping coaches at Chelsea. Hell, at this point he's probably the longest serving member of the first team coaching staff.

I have a feeling he was already heavily leaning towards a coaching career while he was still employed as a player so maybe it's better to learn that at Chelsea than some lower level club, even if the latter meant he could still play more? And would he even have a job at Chelsea's goalkeeping department now if he hadn't been at the club as a player for all those years? Probably not.

Yeah that's true, and also he's 48 now, so he would have been around 30 when he joined Chelsea. That's a lot older than I thought he was.

 

[Oranges038]

It was actually 8 years, apologies. I went and checked.

Surprisingly, he managed to earn 1 Portugal cap while he was at Chelsea.

He was probably happy enough just knocking about at a top club with no pressure on him.

 

[Spark]

 

[Spark]

 

[Karel Podolsky]

Could have been Deco.

I thought Hilario was only there for a year or two at most.

Surely you meant Oscar

 

[JJ12]

Alex

 

[Karel Podolsky]

I remember Falcao and Higuain being there but completely forgot about Pato.

Edit: And after googling his illustrious Chelsea career (2 appearances, 1 goal) I found another one for the Chelsea strikers graveyard.

Loïc Remy
Mitchy Batshuayi

 

[Snow]

 

[thisisnottaken1]

Samuel Umtiti