Ashley Cole

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Ashley Cole
Personal information
Full name:	Ashley Cole
Date of birth:	20 December 1980 (1980-12-20)
Place of birth:	Stepney, England
Height:	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position:	Left-back
Club information
Current club	England U21 (assistant coach) Birmingham City (first-team coach)
Youth clubs
1997–1998	Arsenal
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1998–2006 1999–2000 2006–2014 2014–2016 2016–2018 2019 Total	Arsenal → Crystal Palace (loan) Chelsea Roma LA Galaxy Derby County	156 00(8) 014 00(1) 229 00(7) 011 00(0) 089 00(3) 009 00(0) 508 0(19)
National team
1999 2002 2001–2014	England U20 England U21 England	002 00(0) 005 00(1) 107 00(0)
Teams managed
2019– 2021– 2022–2023 2023–	Derby County (academy coach) England U21 (assistant coach) Everton (first-team coach) Birmingham City (first-team coach)

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Left-back for Championship club Derby County. Cole is considered by many critics and fellow professional players as one of the best defenders of his generation, and by some, for the better part of his career, as the best left back in the world.

Born in Stepney, London, Cole began his youth career at Arsenal and made his full debut for the club in November 1999, going on to make 228 appearances and scoring nine goals for the North London club. With Arsenal he won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and was an integral member of "The Invincibles" team of the 2003–04 season, who went the entire league season undefeated. Cole also made an appearance in Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final in 2006; the club lost 2–1 to Barcelona.

In August 2006, after a protracted transfer saga, Cole completed a move to rival club Chelsea, with whom he won further honours, including the Premier League in the 2009–10 season, four FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one UEFA Champions League. He was released by Chelsea at the end of the 2013–14 season. With seven winners' medals, Cole has won the FA Cup more times than any other player in history, and is one of two players to have won the Double with two different clubs, along with Nicolas Anelka.

Cole was an England international between 2001 and 2014, playing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, as well as Euro 2004 and Euro 2012. He was voted England Player of the Year in 2010. When he retired from international football in 2014, he had won 107 caps, making him England's most capped full back.

Honours

Club

Arsenal

• Premier League (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
• FA Cup (3): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
• FA Community Shield (2): 2002, 2004

Chelsea

• Premier League (1): 2009–10
• FA Cup (4): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
• League Cup (1): 2006–07
• FA Community Shield (1): 2009
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2011–12
• UEFA Europa League (1): 2012–13

International

England

• FA Summer Tournament (1): 2004

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year (4): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011
• UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament
• UEFA Team of the Year (2): 2004, 2010
• Chelsea Goal of the Season (1): 2009–10 vs Sunderland
• Chelsea Players' Player of the Year (2): 2008–09, 2010–11
• England Player of the Year (1): 2010

External links

• FA website profile
• Ashley Cole FIFA competition record
• Ashley Cole profile at Soccerbase
• ESPN Soccernet Profile
• Profile at SoccerSurfer.com
• BBC Sport profile

England – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1. Seaman 2. Mills 3. A. Cole 4. Sinclair 5. Ferdinand 6. Campbell 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Fowler 10. Owen 11. Heskey 12. Brown 13. Martyn 14. Bridge 15. Keown 16. Southgate 17. Sheringham 18. Hargreaves 19. J. Cole 20. Vassell 21. Butt 22. James 23. Dyer Manager:   Sven-Göran Eriksson

England – UEFA Euro 2004

1. James 2. G. Neville 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Terry 6. Campbell 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Rooney 10. Owen 11. Lampard 12. Bridge 13. Robinson 14. P. Neville 15. King 16. Carragher 17. Butt 18. Hargreaves 19. J. Cole 20. Dyer 21. Heskey 22. Walker 23. Vassell Manager:   Sven-Göran Eriksson

England – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals

1. Robinson 2. Neville 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Ferdinand 6. Terry 7. Beckham 8. Lampard 9. Rooney 10. Owen 11. J. Cole 12. Campbell 13. James 14. Bridge 15. Carragher 16. Hargreaves 17. Jenas 18. Carrick 19. Lennon 20. Downing 21. Crouch 22. Carson 23. Walcott Manager:   Sven-Göran Eriksson

England – 2010 FIFA World Cup – Knockout stage

1. James 2. Johnson 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Dawson 6. Terry 7. Lennon 8. Lampard 9. Crouch 10. Rooney 11. J. Cole 12. Green 13. Warnock 14. Barry 15. Upson 16. Milner 17. Wright-Phillips 18. Carragher 19. Defoe 20. King 21. Heskey 22. Carrick 23. Hart Manager:   Fabio Capello

England – UEFA Euro 2012 – Quarter-finals

1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Cole 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Kelly 6. Terry 7. Walcott 8. Henderson 9. Carroll 10. Rooney 11. Young 12. Baines 13. Green 14. Jones 15. Lescott 16. Milner 17. Parker 18. Jagielka 19. Downing 20. Chamberlain 21. Defoe 22. Welbeck 23. Butland Manager:   Roy Hodgson