Profile Ashley cole

Personal information

Full name : Ashley Cole

Date of birth : 20 December 1980

Place of birth : Stepney, London, England

Height : 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Playing position : Left back

Current club : Chelsea

Number : 3

Youth career :

1997–1998 Arsenal

Senior career :

1998–2006 Arsenal

1999–2000 → Crystal Palace (loan)

2006– Chelsea

National team :

1999 England U20

2002 England U21

2001– England

Club career

Arsenal

Cole commenced his career by connecting his provincial club, Arsenal, whom he had encouraged as a child. On 25 February 2000, he signalled his first representative contract. At the age of 18, on 30 November 1999, he organised his first team debut in the Worthington Cup against Middlesbrough. His Premier League debut came on 14 May 2000 against Newcastle United. Before he fully cracked into the Arsenal side, he used component of the 1999–2000 season on hire at Crystal Palace, where he played 14 league fits and scored one objective, a long-range half-volley against Blackburn Rovers. Cole snatched a lucky contravene later an injury to Sylvinho, Arsenal's positioned left-back, in the autumn of the 2000–01 season gave Cole the area to install himself in the first team. He stayed first-choice in the placement even later Sylvinho's recovery.

With Arsenal, he won the FA Premier League two times (in 2002 and 2004), and the FA Cup three times (in 2002, 2003 and 2005, scoring in the chastisement 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 organised 228 first-team attainments for Arsenal, scoring 9 goals.

Cole had a outstanding season in 2004–05. He was a regular at left-back for both England and Arsenal in spite of Gaël Clichy's contend for a location in the first team squad. Cole scored his first objective of the season in the seventh game in a arduous excursion to Manchester City in which he scored the possibility and simply objective to give Arsenal an noteworthy win. He scored his second objective in a 3–1 away win to Aston Villa, scoring Arsenal's third in simply the 28th minute. Cole, however, was also fascinated in a transfer saga with Chelsea. He was found guilty of taking in contact with league rivals Chelsea through a possible transfer, without informing Arsenal. He was fined £100,000 by the Premier League on 2 June 2005 for a tapping-up assembly at a hotel in January 2005. Cole, his staff Jonathan Barnett, the Chelsea overseer José Mourinho and chief executive Peter Kenyon were prevailing at the meeting. An captivate in August 2005 did not abandon the guilty verdict, but his fine was diminished to £75,000. Chelsea were also fined £300,000 and Mourinho was fined £200,000, diminished on captivate in August 2005 to £75,000. Barnett's licence was suspended for 18 months and he was also fined £100,000.

On 18 July 2005, Cole signalled a one-year extension to his contract with Arsenal, but just a year resultant departed from the club in acrimonious circumstances. On 15 July 2006, Cole launched a verbal criticize on Arsenal; in his autobiography, quoted in The Sun, he contended that the Arsenal board had treated him as a "scapegoat" and that they had "fed him to the sharks" through the tapping-up affair where Arsenal, from their component, insisted that they were legally obliged to punish Cole for his unlawful contact with Chelsea. Cole was assuredly withdrew out of Arsenal's 2006–07 team image, 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" come seal the player. Chelsea insisted they would not elevate their £16million bid for Cole, but Arsenal held out for at a higher valuation of £25 million. Negotiations persisted as prolonged as August and stared to be heading for deadlock, but lastly Cole signalled for Chelsea on 31 August for a compensation of £5 million, with William Gallas being transferred from Chelsea to Arsenal as component of the same deal. The trade was sealed later the transfer window had officially ended, and was not confirmed until an hour and a half later the deadline had passed.

Chelsea

Cole was given the diagram three shirt at Chelsea, and organised his first attainment for the club as a substitute for Wayne Bridge in their 2–1 win through Charlton Athletic on 9 September. He liberated a public assertion concerning his transfer expression he "forgave" Arsenal for how he discerned he was treated during his time there. Some Arsenal fans waved fake £20 messages with the player's face on them after Chelsea subsequent greeted Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on 12 December. On 31 January 2007, Cole suffered a dangerous knee injury in the 3–0 victory through Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League game at Stamford Bridge, even so later a scan it was divulged to be not as evil-minded as first thought, with Chelsea optimistic that he would return in the past the end of the 2006–07 season. Cole did indeed generate a return at the end of the season, playing in the terminal twelve minutes of the 2007 FA Cup Final at the novel Wembley Stadium against Manchester United. Chelsea seemed victorious 1–0 later extra-time with a objective scored by Didier Drogba, to win the 2007 FA Cup.

Cole was reportedly one of the players upset after José Mourinho was relieved of his placement as Chelsea manager. He was fell in have a preference of Wayne Bridge for the 2008 League Cup final, which Chelsea hidden 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur. However, Cole scored his first Chelsea objective in Chelsea's very subsequent game, on 1 March 2008, the fourth objective in a 4–0 away victory against West Ham United. On 19 March 2008, Cole was fascinated in a controversial happening in a Premier League game against Tottenham at White Hart Lane where he implemented a high tackle on Tottenham's Alan Hutton. Referee Mike Riley gave Cole a yellow card, a judgement which was judged as too lenient by numerous analysts. Cole sopposedly also "turned his behind on the referee" and the episode revived debate in the media through the game's administers on dissent towards officials.

In Chelsea's final league fit of the 2008–09 season against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Cole scored his second Chelsea objective in the Blues' 3–2 win. The pursuing season, later commencing Chelsea's first six sporting activities in the league, Cole scored his third, fourth and fifth Chelsea objectives at home to Burnley, Tottenham and Sunderland respectively. On 2 September 2009, he signalled a novel four-year trade which will contract him to Chelsea until 2013. On 10 February 2010, he suffered a fractured withdrew ankle in the 2–1 defeat against Everton that saved him out of motion for three months. He lastly organised his return against Stoke City F.C., a game which Chelsea won 7–0.[18] Cole scored a objective against Wigan on the terminal day of the Premier League in an 8-0 win.

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 wrapped higher bottom of their assembly, suffering three defeats without scoring any goals. He also organised four attainments for England under-21s, scoring once. Cole organised his senior England début against Albania, on 28 March 2001. He played for England at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, and was called as one of four England players in the all-star squad for the latter tournament. Cole was also an ever-present for England in the 2006 World Cup; in their second throughout fit against Ecuador he organised a essential prevent, deflecting Carlos Tenorio's shot onto the crossbar. The fit ended with England winning 1–0, but England were knocked out on extra distributes by Portugal in the quarter-finals. By the end of 2008, Cole had achieved 68 caps for England, all of which were commencing appearances.He organised his 79th attainment for England on 12 June 2010 in the 1-1 draw against USA in the 2010 World Cup Group point match. He overcome the record of 79 caps by a black English worldwide (John Barnes, any person who arose for England from 1983 to 1995) after he played against Algeria resultant that month.