Paul Edward Terry (born 3 April 1979) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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, and is currently the assistant manager of

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...

. He made 206 appearances in

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for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

and

between 2003 and 2009.

Career

Terry began his career in 1999 with Dagenham & Redbridge for whom he made 130 appearances in all competitions in four years, helping the club to the

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title in June 2000. He was called up for the semi-professional England National Game XI in January 2003. Terry signed for

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in August 2003. He made 155 league and cup appearances for Yeovil in four years, helping the club to the championship of that division, renamed

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, in May 2005. He signed a new one-year extension to his contract in July 2006, but suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury that required surgery in early December 2006 and ruled him out of the rest of the 2006–07 season. In June 2007, after his contract with Yeovil expired, he joined

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on a one-year contract. Terry made 49 appearances for Orient in the 2007–08 season and signed a new one-year contract in June 2008, and scored his only league goal for Orient the following season in the 2–0 win at

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on 6 September 2008. He made 81 appearances in total for Orient before he was one of eight players released by manager Geraint Williams at the end of the 2008–09 season. Terry signed for Conference National club Grays Athletic on 10 August 2009. He made three appearances for Grays before joining fellow Conference side

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ke ...

on 31 August until the end of the 2009–10 season. He left Rushden & Diamonds at the end of the season. On 3 August 2010, he joined Darlington after a successful trial. He then joined

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for the start of the 2011–12 season. After retiring from football, Terry worked as an agent for six years before joining

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as the first-team coach in November 2017. After leaving in January 2018, Terry returned to Yeovil in the summer of 2018 to take up a role in manager Darren Way's coaching staff. Terry Joined

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

as the loan manager for the club in July 2019 to oversee the development of youth and first-team players leaving the club on loan. Terry was charged in November 2020 by the F.A. for breaching Rule E8 pertaining to betting, where it is alleged Terry placed 209 bets between 1 November 2017 and 25 October 2019.

Personal life

He is the older brother of former

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and

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defender

John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the a ...

. He has two children with his former wife Sarah Konchesky, sister of

Paul Konchesky Paul Martyn Konchesky (born 15 May 1981) is an English Association football, football coach and former professional player who currently manages West Ham United W.F.C., West Ham United Women of the FA WSL. During a 21-year playing career, Konch ...

, named Georgia Rose Terry and Frankie Edward Terry. He is alleged to have had an affair with the fiancée of teammate Dale Roberts during their time together at Rushden & Diamonds, which resulted in Roberts committing suicide.

Honours

Yeovil Town *

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: 2004–05 Darlington * FA Trophy:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Terry, Paul 1979 births Living people Footballers from Barking, London English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Yeovil Town F.C. non-playing staff Oldham Athletic A.F.C. non-playing staff West Bromwich Albion F.C. non-playing staff Leyton Orient F.C. non-playing staff Association football agents Association football coaches