COLE





Full name: Ashley Cole
Date of birth: December 20, 1980
Birthplace: London, England
Nationality: English
EU passport: Yes
Height: 170 cms
Weight: 57 kgs

Club: Chelsea
Position: Defender/Defensive Midfielder [L]
Squad Number: 3
Contract expires: Juni 2013
Previous clubs: Arsenal > Crystal Palace (loan) > Arsenal > (€7m+William Gallas) Chelsea

International debut: March 2001, v Albania
International Caps: 76
International Goals: 0
World Cups: Korea/Japan 2002, Germany 2006

English FA Premier League (2002, 2004)
English FA Cup (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
English League Cup (2007)



SeasonClubCountryLevelGPGS
2008-09 Chelsea ENG A 34 1
2007-08 Chelsea ENG A 27 1
2006-07 Chelsea ENG A 23 0
2005-06 Arsenal ENG A 11 0
2004-05 Arsenal ENG A 35 2
2003-04 Arsenal ENG A 32 0
2002-03 Arsenal ENG A 31 1
2001-02 Arsenal ENG A 29 2
2000-01 Arsenal ENG A 17 3
1999-00 Crystal Palace ENG B 14 1
1999-00 Arsenal ENG A 1 0
Career Totals:25411


UEFA Champions League 2006-07

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
01/05 Anfield, Liverpool Liverpool 1:0 Chelsea
aet (4:1 PSO)
120 0 0 2 6 1 0
25/04 Stamford Bridge, London Chelsea 1:0 Liverpool 90 0 0 0 2 0 0
10/04 Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Valencia 1:2 Chelsea 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
04/04 Stamford Bridge, London Chelsea 1:1 Valencia 90 0 1 0 4 0 0
06/03 Stamford Bridge, London Chelsea 2:1 Porto 90 0 0 2 1 0 0
22/11 Weserstadion, Bremen Bremen 1:0 Chelsea 90 0 0 1 4 0 0
31/10 Camp Nou, Barcelona Barcelona 2:2 Chelsea 90 0 0 5 1 1 0
18/10 Stamford Bridge, London Chelsea 1:0 Barcelona 90 0 1 1 1 0 0
12/09 Stamford Bridge, London Chelsea 2:0 Bremen 90 0 0 3 3 0 0
Competition Totals:84002152320
Competition Average:93.3300.221.672.560.220

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


FIFA World Cup Germany 2006

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
01/07 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen ENG 0:0 POR
aet (1:3 PSO)
120 0 0 0 2 0 0
25/06 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart ENG 1:0 ECU 90 0 0 0 1 0 0
20/06 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne SWE 2:2 ENG 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
15/06 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg ENG 2:0 TRI 90 0 0 2 3 0 0
10/06 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt ENG 1:0 PAR 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
Competition Totals:480004700
Competition Average:96000.81.400

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA Champions League 2005-06

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
17/05 Stade de France, Paris Barcelona 2:1 Arsenal 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
27/09 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Ajax 1:2 Arsenal 90 0 0 0 2 0 0
14/09 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 2:1 Thun 90 0 0 0 1 0 0
Competition Totals:270001400
Competition Average:90000.331.3300

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA Champions League 2004-05

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
09/03 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 1:0 Bayern 90 0 1 0 1 0 0
22/02 Olympiastadion, Munich Bayern 3:1 Arsenal 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/12 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 5:1 Rosenborg 75 0 0 1 2 0 0
24/11 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:1 Arsenal 90 0 0 1 2 0 0
02/11 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 1:1 Panathinaikos 90 0 0 2 1 0 0
20/10 Stadio Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Panathinaikos 2:2 Arsenal 90 0 1 3 0 0 0
29/09 Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Rosenborg 1:1 Arsenal 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/09 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 1:0 PSV 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competition Totals:622027600
Competition Average:77.7500.250.880.7500

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA European Championship Portugal 2004

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
24/06 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon POR 2:2 ENG
aet (6:5 PSO)
120 0 0 3 3 0 0
21/06 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon CRO 2:4 ENG 90 0 0 1 2 0 0
17/06 Estadio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra ENG 3:0 SUI 90 0 0 2 2 0 0
13/06 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon FRA 2:1 ENG 90 0 0 0 1 0 0
Competition Totals:390006800
Competition Average:97.5001.5200

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
21/06 Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka ENG 1:2 BRA 79 0 0 1 4 0 0
15/06 Stadium Big Swan, Niigata DEN 0:3 ENG 90 0 0 0 2 0 0
12/06 Nagai Stadium, Osaka NGA 0:0 ENG 84 0 0 1 1 0 0
07/06 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo ARG 0:1 ENG 90 0 0 2 4 1 0
02/06 Saitama Stadium, Saitama ENG 1:1 SWE 90 0 0 3 2 0 0
Competition Totals:4330071310
Competition Average:86.6001.42.60.20

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards



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1980
Born December 20 in Whitechapel, London.
1999
April: Member of the English team that was eliminated in the first round of the FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.
November 30: Made his Arsenal first-team debut as a striker against Middlesbrough at the age of 18.
2006
July: Married to the Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy.
August 09: Chelsea said their attempts to sign Ashley Cole from Arsenal had reached deadlock with the clubs unable to agree a fee for the England left back. Media reports say Arsenal value Cole at 25 million pounds but the English champions, who are reported to have offered 16.5 million, released a statement making it clear they would not raise their latest offer imminently.
August 18: Omitted from Arsenal squad for the 2006-07 Premiership opener against Aston Villa despite saying he is able to play.
August 31: Ashley Cole moved from Arsenal to Chelsea with French defender William Gallas going in the opposite direction, ending one of English soccer's most protracted transfer sagas.
September 09: Ashley Cole made his Chelsea debut entering as a sub in the 62nd minute for Wayne Bridge, as the champions beat Charlton 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
2007
February 1: Ashley Cole is set to miss the rest of the season after a diagnosis revealed he had sustained posterior cruciate ligament damage.
May 1: Lost the Champions League semi-final with Chelsea against Liverpool on penalties 4-1 after drawing 1-1 on aggregate on a dramatic night at Anfield.
May 19: Won the English FA Cup with Chelsea over Man United following a 1-0 extra time victory at the New Wembley.
August 5: Member of the Chelsea team that lost the English FA Community Shield against Man Utd 3-0 on penalties at Wembley.
2008
May 21: Lost the UEFA Champions League final with Chelsea 6-5 on penalties against Man Utd at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. Cole found it hard to escape Owen Hargreaves' attentions and joined attacks only occasionally.
Ashley Cole · England

UEFA Champions League 2005-06 player's profile

Blessed with blistering pace, the ability to make forceful overlapping runs and provide telling crosses, left-sided defender Ashley Cole is one of England's finest talents.

National team
A permanent fixture in the national team, he underlined his first-choice status at the 2002 FIFA World Cup with a series of superb performances. By UEFA EURO 2004™ he was a crucial part of England's lineup, and even converted a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out defeat by hosts Portugal as he was named in the All-Star Squad. He is fast closing in on 50 international caps.

Club
Londoner Cole enjoyed a meteoric rise from the obscurity of Arsenal FC's reserve side to the world stage via the UEFA Champions League. Cole forced his way into the Arsenal side in autumn 2000 after a loan spell at Crystal Palace FC, and quickly relegated the skilful Brazilian Silvinho to the sidelines. A domestic double winner in 2001/02, he made 31 Premiership appearances as Arsenal relinquished their crown to Manchester United FC the following term. However, his season ended on a high when he helped the Gunners lift the FA Cup for the second season running.

2003: Played a key part in Arsenal's historic season, where they went through the entire Premiership campaign without losing a match. Also scored tavital goal against FC Dynamo Kyiv to keep his side in the Champions League.

2004/05: Cole appeared in 35 Premiership games, and even though Chelsea FC won the title, he converted Arsenal's penultimate kick in the FA Cup final penalty shoout-out success against Manchester United FC. Seemed set to leave the club after an illegal approach from Chelsea, but the left-back instead extended his Arsenal contract by 12 months until 2008.

Did you know?
When Cole made his international bow in a World Cup qualifier against Albania in June 2001 he had made just 19 Premiership appearances.

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FIFA World Cup™ Germany 2006 player's profile

Attacking left-back whose England career began in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s first competitive match as England coach, against Albania.
The Londoner was selected for England in that match in March 2001 despite having made only 11 appearances in the FA Premiership. Since then, Cole has established himself on England’s left, impressing in all five of England’s matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup™.

The Arsenal defender had previously played for England at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and has won two league championships and three FA Cups with his club.

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UEFA EURO 2004™ player's profile

Born five days before Christmas in 1980, Ashley Cole, a left-sided defender, is regarded as one of England's finest young talents.

National team
A permanent fixture in the national team, he underlined his status as the country's premier performer in his role at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Any doubts about Cole's defensive abilities were allayed by his superb performances in Korea/Japan, particularly when he shackled Argentina's Ariel Ortega in England's 1-0 victory in Sapporo.

UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying
An automatic selection when fit, Cole appeared in five of England's qualifiers. Hernia surgery in February 2003 prevented him from adding two more caps to his tally.

Club
Londoner Cole has seemingly not been affected by his meteoric rise from the obscurity of Arsenal FC's reserve side to the world stage via the UEFA Champions League. A product of the Highbury youth system, Cole forced his way into the Arsenal side for the first time in autumn 2000, having spent time on loan with Crystal Palace FC earlier in the year, and quickly relegated the skilful Brazilian Silvinho to the sidelines. Blessed with blistering pace, the ability to make forceful overlapping runs and provide telling crosses, he was a domestic double winner in 2001/02.

2002/03: Cole made 31 Premiership appearances as Arsenal relinquished their crown to Manchester United FC. However, his season ended on a high when he helped the Gunners lift the FA Cup for the second season running at the expense of Southampton FC.

2003/04: Played a key part in Arsenal's historic season, where they went through the entire Premiership campaign without losing a match. Crucial in the Gunners' forays down the left flank and scored the vital goal against FC Dynamo Kyiv to keep his side in the Champions League.

Did you know?
Cole made his international bow in a World Cup qualifier against Albania in June 2001 - a debut coming on the back of a mere 19 Premiership appearances.

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BBC's UEFA EURO 2004 player's profile

Has established himself as the number one choice at left-back although is likely to face increasing pressure for his spot from Chelsea's Wayne Bridge.


Cole's ability to get forward has helped England cope with their lack of a left winger, although there are still question marks over the defensive side of his game.

The Arsenal defender needs to curb a hot-headed streak but is vastly experienced despite his relatively tender years having made the breakthrough at a young age.

Cole enjoyed a fine season for record-breaking Arsenal, who remained unbeaten as they clinched the Premiership title.

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England squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006

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