Ashley Cole
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ashley Cole | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1998 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2006 | Arsenal | 156 | (8) |
1999–2000 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2006– | Chelsea | 182 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
1999 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
2002 | England U21 | 5 | (1) |
2001– | England | 98 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:22, 22 August 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:43, 24 June 2012 (UTC) |
Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. Primarily a left-back, Cole is considered by critics and fellow professional players as one of the best defenders of his generation.
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 a further 227 appearances, scoring nine goals. 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 FC 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. With seven winners' medals, Cole has won the FA Cup more times than any other player in history,[2] and is one of two players to have won the Double with two different clubs, along with Nicolas Anelka.[3]
Cole has been an England international since 2001 and played 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. As of 2012 has won 98 caps, making him England's most capped full back[4] and most capped black player.[5]
Cole married singer Cheryl Tweedy in July 2006. They separated in February 2010; she divorced him in September 2010.[6]
Early life
Cole's father, Ron Callender, is from Barbados. He left the family after seven years of marriage[7] and later moved to Australia.[8] Cole and his younger brother Matthew were brought up by their mother Sue Cole,[9] going to Bow School in Tower Hamlets.[10] Cole is a distant relative of American singer Mariah Carey.[11]
Club career
Arsenal: 1999–2006
Cole started his career by joining his local club, Arsenal, whom he had supported as a child. At the age of 18, on 30 November 1999, he made his first team debut in the League Cup against Middlesbrough; Arsenal lost 1–3 on penalties after the match ended 2–2 at the end of extra time.[12] On 25 February 2000,[citation needed] he signed his first professional contract. His Premier League debut came on 14 May 2000 against Newcastle United. Before he fully broke into the Arsenal side, he spent part of the 1999–2000 season on loan at Crystal Palace, where he played 14 league matches and scored one goal, a long-range half-volley against Blackburn Rovers. Cole caught a lucky break after an injury to Sylvinho, Arsenal's established left-back, in the autumn of the 2000–01 season gave Cole the opportunity to establish himself in the first team. He remained first-choice in the position even after Sylvinho's recovery.
With Arsenal, he won the FA Premier League twice (in 2002 and 2004), and the FA Cup three times (in 2002, 2003 and 2005, scoring in the penalty shootout in the final of the latter). Although injured for much of the 2005–06 season, he recovered in time to play in Arsenal's UEFA Champions League Final defeat to Barcelona at the end of the season. In total he made 228 first-team appearances for Arsenal, scoring 9 goals
Cole had a very good season in 2004–05. He was a regular at left-back for both England and Arsenal despite Gaël Clichy's claim for a place in the first team squad. Cole scored his first goal of the season in the seventh game in a tough trip to Manchester City in which he scored the opening and only goal to give Arsenal an important win. He scored his second goal in a 3–1 away win to Aston Villa, scoring Arsenal's third in only the 28th minute. Cole, however, was also involved in a transfer saga with Chelsea. He was found guilty of making contact with league rivals Chelsea over a possible move, without informing Arsenal. He was fined £100,000 by the Premier League on 2 June 2005 for a tapping-up meeting at a hotel in January 2005. Cole, his agent Jonathan Barnett, the Chelsea manager José Mourinho and chief executive Peter Kenyon were present at the meeting. An appeal in August 2005 did not reject the guilty verdict, but his fine was reduced to £75,000. Chelsea were also fined £300,000 and Mourinho was fined £200,000, reduced on appeal in August 2005 to £75,000. Barnett's licence was suspended for 18 months and he was also fined £100,000.[13]
On 18 July 2005, Cole signed a one-year extension to his contract with Arsenal, but just a year later departed from the club in acrimonious circumstances. On 15 July 2006, Cole launched a verbal attack on Arsenal; in his autobiography, quoted in The Sun, he claimed that the Arsenal board had treated him as a "scapegoat" and that they had "fed him to the sharks" over the tapping-up affair while Arsenal, from their part, insisted that they were legally obliged to punish Cole for his illegal contact with Chelsea.[14] Cole was deliberately left out of Arsenal's 2006–07 team photograph,[15] fuelling press speculation that he would leave.
On 28 July 2006, Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein confirmed that Arsenal and Chelsea had been in "civil talks" about the player.[16] Chelsea insisted they would not raise their £16million bid for Cole, but Arsenal held out for at a higher valuation of £25 million.[17] Negotiations continued throughout August and looked to be heading for deadlock, but eventually Cole signed for Chelsea on 31 August for a fee of £5 million, with William Gallas being transferred from Chelsea to Arsenal as part of the same deal. The deal was closed after the transfer window had officially ended, and was not confirmed until an hour and a half after the deadline had passed.[18]
Arsenal had offered Cole a longer contract to stay at the club, but he had been left "trembling with anger" when they offered him wages of £55,000 per week,[19] whereas Chelsea were offering him £90,000 a week.[20] His wage increased to £120,000 a week when he signed a new contract in September 2009.[21]
Chelsea: 2006–
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Cole was given the number three shirt at Chelsea, and made his first appearance for the club as a substitute for Wayne Bridge in their 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic on 9 September. He issued a public statement concerning his transfer saying he "forgave" Arsenal for how he felt he was treated during his time there.[22][23] Some Arsenal fans waved fake £20 notes with the player's face on them when Chelsea next met Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on 12 December.[24]
On 31 January 2007, Cole suffered a serious knee injury in the 3–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League game at Stamford Bridge, although after a scan it was revealed to be not as bad as first thought, with Chelsea optimistic that he would return before the end of the 2006–07 season.[25] Cole did indeed make a return at the end of the season, playing in the last twelve minutes of the 2007 FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium against Manchester United. Chelsea emerged victorious 1–0 after extra-time with a goal scored by Didier Drogba, to win the 2007 FA Cup.[26]
Cole was reportedly one of the players upset when José Mourinho was relieved of his position as Chelsea manager. He was dropped in favour of Wayne Bridge for the 2008 League Cup final, which Chelsea lost 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur. However, Cole scored his first Chelsea goal in Chelsea's very next game, on 1 March 2008, the fourth goal in a 4–0 away victory against West Ham United. On 19 March 2008, Cole was involved in a controversial incident in a Premier League game against Tottenham at White Hart Lane where he performed a high tackle on Tottenham's Alan Hutton. Referee Mike Riley gave Cole a yellow card, a decision which was judged as too lenient by some analysts.[27] Cole allegedly also "turned his back on the referee" and the episode renewed debate in the media over the game's rules on dissent towards officials.
In Chelsea's final league match of the 2008–09 season against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Cole scored his second Chelsea goal in the Blues' 3–2 win.[28] The following season, after starting Chelsea's first six games in the league, Cole scored his third, fourth and fifth Chelsea goals at home to Burnley, Tottenham and Sunderland respectively.[29] On 2 September 2009, he signed a new four-year deal which will contract him to Chelsea until 2013.[30]
On 10 February 2010, he suffered a fractured left ankle in the 2–1 defeat against Everton that kept him out of action for three months.[31] He eventually made his return against Stoke City, a game which Chelsea won 7–0.[32] Cole scored a goal against Wigan on the last day of the Premier League in an 8–0 win as Chelsea claimed the title.[33]
He started all 38 league games for Chelsea in the 2010–11 season. He was awarded the Chelsea F.C. Player's Player of the Year award for the second time.
In the 2011–12 season, during the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against FC Barcelona, Cole was pivotal in Chelsea's 1–0 victory which included a goalline clearance that denied Barca an away goal.[34] Cole also received praise for his role in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, both for his defending, and for scoring in the decisive penalty shootout.[35]
International career
Cole has played for England at youth and senior levels. He was capped for the England U-20 team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Peter Crouch, Andrew Johnson and Matthew Etherington. However, the team finished bottom of their group, suffering three defeats without scoring any goals. He also made four appearances for England under-21s, scoring once.
After just four appearances for the Under-21s, Ashley was fast-tracked into the England senior team and Sven-Goran Eriksson handed Cole his senior England début against Albania, on 28 March 2001. He played for England at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, where he was named as one of four England players in the all-star squad for the tournament and UEFA Euro 2012.
Cole was also an ever-present for England in the 2006 World Cup; in their second round match against Ecuador he made a crucial block, deflecting Carlos Tenorio's shot onto the crossbar. The match ended with England winning 1–0, but England were knocked out on penalties by Portugal in the quarter-finals. By the end of 2008, Cole had achieved 68 caps for England, all of which were starting appearances.[36]
He made his 79th appearance for England on 12 June 2010 in the 1–1 draw against USA in the 2010 World Cup Group stage match. He beat the record of 79 caps by a black English international (John Barnes, who appeared for England from 1983 to 1995)[5] when he played against Algeria later that month. He has played more internationals without scoring than any other outfield player in England history. He won his 86th cap against Montenegro in October 2010, and alongside Kenny Sansom, Cole is now England's most-capped full-back in history, an achievement which helped him pick up the England Player of the Year award for 2010, as voted for by fans.[37] He is now closing in on 100 caps.
Personal life
He began a relationship with Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy in September 2004, when they were living in the same block of flats in London.[38] They married on 15 July 2006 in Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire.[39] In January 2008, the couple almost separated after allegations were made that Cole had affairs with three other women. He, however, disputed the allegations and the couple stayed together.[40][41][42] It was announced on 23 February 2010 that the couple would separate following four[43] new allegations of adultery.[44] Three months later, it was announced that Cheryl was filing for divorce. They officially divorced on 3 September 2010.[45]
In 2006, Cole sued the News of the World and The Sun newspapers for libel after they printed allegations that he was involved in a "homosexual orgy".[46] Both papers retracted the allegations. That same year, Cole released an autobiography titled, My Defence, which sold 4,000 copies in the first six weeks of release.[47] Cole's former teammate, Jens Lehmann, criticised Cole for writing an autobiography when he was 25.[48]
Cole has had a couple of minor brushes with the police. On 4 March 2009 he was held after swearing in front of a police officer outside a South Kensington nightclub. He was taken to a police station and issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice before being released.[49] On 4 January 2010, Cole was convicted of a speeding offence committed on 17 November 2009. He was recorded exceeding the speed limit by doing 104 mph in a 50 mph zone on the A3 road in Kingston upon Thames, a residential stretch. His defence at Kingston Magistrates Court, opposing the charge in his absence, argued unsuccessfully that the police speed gun was faulty. Cole also claimed that his actions were excuseable because he was trying to evade the paparazzi.[50] On 29 January he was fined £1000 and disqualified from driving for four months.[51]
On 27 February 2011, Cole accidentally shot a 21-year-old student on work experience with a .22 calibre air rifle, at Chelsea's Cobham training ground. He fired at Tom Cowan, a sports science student, from only five feet away, apparently unaware that the rifle was loaded. Cole has formally apologised to Cowan, and has discussed the incident with Chelsea officials.[52]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 March 2012.[53]
Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Champions League | Europa League | Total | Discipline | ||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
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1999–2000 | Arsenal | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999–2000 | Crystal Palace (loan) | First Division | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2000–01 | Arsenal | Premier League | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
2001–02 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
2002–03 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 44 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 47 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
2004–05 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 47 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Arsenal total | 156 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 10 | 47 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | Chelsea | Premier League | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
2007–08 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
2008–09 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chelsea total | 181 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 6 | 46 | 2 | ||
Career total | 347 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 478 | 16 | 93 | 4 |
International
- As of 19 June 2012.[54]
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Honours
Club
- Premier League (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup (3): 2002, 2003, 2005
- FA Community Shield (2): 2002, 2004
- Premier League (1): 2009–10
- FA Cup (4): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
- League Cup (1): 2007
- FA Community Shield (1): 2009
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2012
International
- FA Summer Tournament (1): 2004
Individual
- PFA Team of the Year (4): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011
- 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
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External links
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- Chelsea profile
- FA website profile
- Ashley Cole – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ashley Cole at Soccerbase
- Profile on Transfermarkt
- ESPN Soccernet Profile
- Profile at SoccerSurfer.com
- BBC Sport profile
- 1980 births
- Living people
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football fullbacks
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Black English sportspeople
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- England international footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- England youth international footballers
- English footballers
- English people of Barbadian descent
- People from Stepney
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- UEFA Euro 2012 players