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Ashley Cole

Personal information
Full name	Ashley Patrick Cole
Date of birth	(1980-12-20) 20 December 1980
Place of birth	Stepney, London, England
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Chelsea (academy coach)
Youth career
1997–1999	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2006	Arsenal	156	(8)
2000	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	14	(1)
2006–2014	Chelsea	229	(7)
2014–2016	Roma	11	(0)
2016–2018	LA Galaxy	89	(3)
2019	Derby County	9	(0)
National team
2001-2014	England
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football player. He is notable for playing for England 77 times. He now plays for LA Galaxy as a defender in the left back position.

Cole married Cheryl Tweedy in July 2006. She divorced him in September 2010.

Club career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Season	Club	Division	League		National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	1999–2000	Premier League	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		2	0
Crystal Palace (loan)	1999–2000	First Division	14	1	—		—		—		—		14	1
Arsenal	2000–01	Premier League	17	3	6	0	1	0	9	0	—		33	3
	2001–02	Premier League	29	2	4	0	0	0	7	0	—		40	2
	2002–03	Premier League	31	1	3	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	44	1
	2003–04	Premier League	32	0	4	0	1	0	9	1	1	0	47	1
	2004–05	Premier League	35	2	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	47	2
	2005–06	Premier League	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	15	0
	Total		156	8	20	0	3	0	45	1	4	0	228	9
Chelsea	2006–07	Premier League	23	0	5	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	40	0
	2007–08	Premier League	27	1	1	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	41	1
	2008–09	Premier League	34	1	7	0	0	0	8	0	—		49	1
	2009–10	Premier League	27	4	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	35	4
	2010–11	Premier League	38	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	48	0
	2011–12	Premier League	32	0	4	0	0	0	12	0	—		48	0
	2012–13	Premier League	31	1	5	0	3	0	8	0	4	0	51	1
	2013–14	Premier League	17	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	0
	Total		229	7	28	0	10	0	63	0	8	0	338	7
Roma	2014–15	Serie A	11	0	2	0	—		3	0	—		16	0
	2015–16	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	Total		11	0	2	0	—		3	0	—		16	0
LA Galaxy	2016	Major League Soccer	29	1	2	0	—		1	0	—		32	1
	2017	Major League Soccer	29	1	1	0	—		—		—		30	1
	2018	Major League Soccer	31	1	1	0	—		—		—		32	1
	Total		89	3	4	0	—		1	0	—		94	3
Derby County	2018–19	Championship	9	0	1	1	—		—		2	0	12	1
Career total			508	19	55	1	13	0	112	1	14	0	702	21

International

Cole playing for England against Slovenia, 2009

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2001	7	0
	2002	9	0
	2003	7	0
	2004	13	0
	2005	8	0
	2006	13	0
	2007	4	0
	2008	7	0
	2009	9	0
	2010	9	0
	2011	7	0
	2012	6	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	1	0
Total		107	0

Images for kids

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  Cole lining up for a Champions League game at Spartak Moscow in October 2010

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  Cole playing for Chelsea during the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final.

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  Cole playing for England at UEFA Euro 2012.

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  Cole defending for Roma against Liverpool in 2014