Although the English top flight has been packed with overseas stars over the past two decades, it may come as a surprise to Chelsea supporters to learn that only five German internationals have pulled on the famous blue shirt.That said, what we've lacked in quantity has more than been made up by quality, with three players playing a part in title triumphs – and only one of our Premier League successes, in 2016/17, occurred without the help of a player from Germany.Antonio Rudiger, while not yet adding his name to that list, has helped us to glory in cup competitions in each of his two seasons at the Bridge, and give yourself a pat on the back if you remembered Marko Marin's brief spell in our first-team squad in 2012/13, which completes the list of Chelsea's German internationals.Our focus today, however, is on those who lifted the Premier League trophy and here is a reminder of how they wrote their name in Blues folklore.The first of our Premier League-winning Germans was Robert Huth, who won a hat-trick of Young Player of the Year awards at the club from 2003 onwards after coming up through the ranks under the tutelage of legendary Chelsea defender Steve Clarke during his time working with our youngsters.His no-nonsense style of defending and penchant for a blockbuster strike made him something of a cult hero at the Bridge and he was even occasionally deployed as a makeshift centre-forward when the situation called for added physicality.Unfortunately for Huth, he found his path to regular first-team football blocked by some of the greatest centre-halves in our history: Marcel Desailly, William Gallas, Ricardo Carvalho and, of course, John Terry.Though he had his moments, and was a popular member of the squad throughout his time here, his contribution to our back-to-back title wins in 2005 and 2006 was a mere 10 and 13 appearances respectively.After the first of those triumphs, on a balmy May afternoon at Stamford Bridge as we lifted the trophy for the first time following our win over Charlton Athletic, he left his mark on the jubilant supporters in our west-London home by commandeering a groundsman’s buggy to tear around the pitch with several million pounds worth of team-mates in tow!Following our second Premier League title, he left the club in search of regular football, and a decade later he added a third winners’ medal to his collection a decade on after forming one half of Leicester's rock-solid centre-back pairing in their miraculous 2015/16 season under Claudio Ranieri, the manager who gave him his debut at Chelsea.Huth announced he had retired in January this year at the age of 34, amid talk he was set to join his old team-mate Frank Lampard at Derby County, and his 322 Premier League appearances are more than any other German player, having also featured for Middlesbrough and Stoke City in the top flight.In the same summer that we said goodbye to Huth, Stamford Bridge welcomed another German international – and arguably the greatest of his generation, as he accrued a fantastic tally of 42 goals from 98 international appearances.Although unable to match his pre-Chelsea record of netting a goal roughly every two games – which had helped Bayern Munich to numerous major honours in his time there – the Germany skipper's professionalism and desire to win made him a popular figure with fans and team-mates alike.Having won the Carling Cup in his first season in west London – but missing out on FA Cup glory after injury ruled him out of a final reached thanks to his semi-final winner against Blackburn – it was in 2007/08 that Ballack really showed what he was made of.After injury delayed his start to the campaign, the No13 came into the side and was one of the driving forces behind our bid to win the Treble, scoring several vital goals – including a brace against Manchester United that helped take the title race to the last day.Alas, we would end that campaign empty-handed, but Bally helped rectify that a year later as we defeated Everton to win the FA Cup.
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