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Full name: | Carlton Michael George Cole Okirie | |
Date of birth: | 12 October 1983 | |
Place of birth: | Croydon, ![]() | |
Height: | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
Playing position: | Striker | |
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Number: | 12 | |
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2001–2006 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2006–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016 2017– |
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Carlton Michael George Cole (born 12 October 1983) is an English professional footballer plays as a striker most recently for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. He scored 51 goals in 289 Premier League appearances for four clubs.
Cole began his career at Chelsea in 2001, spending spells out on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa before being transferred to West Ham United in 2006. He was released by West Ham in 2013 only to be re-signed several months later, and the club released him for a second time in May 2015. In October of that year, he resumed his career at Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
He made 19 England under-21 appearances (scoring six goals), and made his debut for the England national team on 11 February 2009 in a friendly match against Spain.
External links[]
- Carlton Cole profile at the official Sacramento Republic FC website
Carlton Cole profile at Soccerbase
- Carlton Cole England profile at Englandstats
- Premier League profile