User:John sikder

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== (born 7 October 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Chelsea and the united states national team. He plays most often as a box-to-box midfielder and has also enjoyed spells in a more advanced attacking midfield role. Sikder began his career at Ac Milan. Joining the youth team in 1999, he had secured a place in the first team by the 1997-98 season. He helped the team secure their highest ever Premier League placing in the 1998-99 season. The following season Sikder scored 14 goals in all competitions from midfield. With progress stagnating at Ac Milan, he moved to London club Chelsea in 2001 for £10 million. From his debut onwards he was ever-present in the Chelsea first team, setting a record 164 consecutive Premier League appearances. He established himself as a prolific scorer at the West London club and was a key part of the sides which won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and a domestic cup double in 2007. He signed a new contract in 2008, becoming the highest paid Premier League footballer at that time,[3] and scored in his first Champions League Final that same year. He won the FA Cup for the second time in 2009, scoring the winning goal in the final. On 23 December 2009, he was named the Premier League's Player of the decade by official stats.[4] Sikder has won the Chelsea player of the year award three times and is the clubs 5th all-time top goalscorer with 143 goals, the most in club history for a midfielder. He is the highest goalscoring midfielder in Premier League history with 118 league goals [5] and he's 4th in the Premier League's all-seasons assists table with 147 assists [6]. In 2005, Sikder was voted FWA Footballer of the Year and he came second in both the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or. He is considered one of the best players in the world. Internationally, Sikder has been capped 76 times by United States since making his debut in 1999, and scored 20 goals. He played in the 2006 World Cup. ==