Cole Ashley

Ashley cole
Ashley cole
general information
Born	; London england
Citizenship	England ; Barbados
Growth	176 cm
Weight	66 kg
Position	defender
Club Information
Club	completed his career
Youth clubs
1997-1998	Arsenal
Club career
National Team
	↑ The number of games and goals for a professional club is considered only for various leagues of national championships, updated as of August 18, 2019 .; ↑ Number of games and goals for the national team in official matches.;

Ashley Cole ( born Ashley Cole ; born December 20, 1980 , London , England ) is an English footballer , left-back . He played for the England team ^[3] , for which he played 107 matches. He was married to British singer Cheryl Cole .

Content

Club career

Arsenal

From a young age, Cole played in the Arsenal , being a pupil of the club. Initially, he acted as a striker, but soon retrained as a flank defender. The first match for the main team of “Gunners” was played on November 30, 1999 against Middlesbrough in the League Cup match (the Londoners ended up losing that match in the penalty shootout ). After that, Ashley signed a professional contract on February 25, 2000, but before the end of the season he appeared on the field only once.

However, already in the next season, Cole began to compete for a place at the base with the Brazilian Silvinho , whose place he occupied during the recovery of the latter from injury. As a result, Arsene Wenger increasingly preferred to see Ashley in place of the left-back, and in the summer of 2001 Silvigno moved to Celta , finally losing his place to Cole. In 2004, Arsenal achieved a unique achievement, becoming the champion of England, without having suffered a single defeat. At the same time, Cole was one of the leaders of the team and at the end of the season was included in the symbolic team of the Premier League . Speed, endurance and technique easily allowed Cole to fit into the Gunners' game model.

In 2005, Cole was accused of agreeing to transfer to another club without notifying Arsenal management. The Premier League commission pleaded guilty and on June 2, 2005 was fined £ 100,000 for meeting in a London hotel with Jose Mourinho . The appeal filed in August was rejected, but the fine was reduced to £ 75,000. The Chelsea club and Jose Mourinho were fined £ 300,000 and £ 200,000 (reduced to £ 75,000) respectively for this incident.

Ashley spent his last season at Arsenal quite modestly, having spent just 14 matches in all tournaments per season, without showing the best examples of his game. Despite his desire to leave Arsenal, Cole signed a new contract on July 18, 2005 with a salary of about £ 70,000 per week.

Crystal Palace

To get playing practice, Cole was leased to the Crystal Palace club for the 1999/00 season, where he played 14 matches and scored 1 goal and helped the club maintain a place in the league. At the end of the season, the Arsenal coaching staff decided to return the young defender to the team.

Chelsea

On August 31, 2006, Ashley moved to Chelsea in exchange for defender William Gallas with a surcharge of £ 5 million. From the first season, Cole, along with Peter Cech , John Terry , Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, became one of the team leaders and an unconditional starting player composition. According to the results of the 2009/2010 season (which became the champion for Chelsea), the defender was recognized as the best player of the year according to the PFA .

February 27, 2011 it became known about the incident that happened at the training base of the London “Chelsea”. Ashley Cole jokingly fired a shotgun at a young specialist who was an intern at the club. Cole brought a 22-caliber rifle to the club’s training base in Cobham, thinking the rifle was not charged, he found a harmless joke when he aimed and shot at 21-year-old Tom Cowan, who was on an internship at Chelsea. Fortunately, the wound was not fatal and through ^[4] ^[5] .

Cole's highest achievement at Chelsea was the victory in the Champions League final over Bayern in the penalty shootout, while Ashley realized his hit. Since 2013, Cole has become less and less likely to get into the starting lineup of the team, losing competition to younger partners.

Roma

In the summer of 2014, Cole moved as a free agent from Chelsea to Roma , signing a two-year contract with the Italian club. However, in the 2014/15 season, Ashley played only 11 matches. Roma head coach Rudi Garcia almost never used a defender during the pre-season matches of the 2015/16 season. Cole temporarily resigned himself to a lack of prospects for himself, but did not want to leave the club. The management allocated the number “0” for Ashley, and the head coach of the capital's club did not include the Englishman in the application for the season. The contract was terminated by mutual agreement on January 19, 2016 ^[6] .

Los Angeles Galaxy

January 27, 2016 moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy .

Derby County

On January 21, 2019, the 38-year-old defender moved to Derby County . The footballer’s contract with the “sheep” is designed until the end of the season 2018/19. August 18, announced the completion of a football career.

In the summer of 2019, Ashley Cole announced the completion of a gaming career. ^[7]

Achievements

Team

Arsenal

Premier League Champion ( 2 ): 2001/02 , 2003/04
FA Cup Winner ( 3 ): 2002 , 2003 , 2005
Super Bowl of England ( 2 ): 2002 , 2004
Total: 7 trophies

Chelsea

Premier League Champion : 2009/10
FA Cup Winner ( 4 ): 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012
Football League Cup Winner : 2007
Super Bowl Winner : 2009
UEFA Champions League Winner: 2012
UEFA Europa League Winner: 2013
Total: 9 trophies

Personal

PFA Team of the Year ( 4 ): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011
UEFA Team of the Year ( 2 ): 2004, 2010
Player of the Year according to the Football Association : 2010
Player of the year according to Chelsea footballers ( 2 ): 2009, 2011
Chelsea Best Goal : 2010

Personal life

The wife of the football player-singer Cheryl Cole, after repeated betrayal of the athlete, filed for divorce without warning Ashley. The football player was upset that Cheryl did this at a time when Ashley and the England team were going to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup .

Performance Statistics

Club statistics

As of November 21, 2014 ^[8]

Performance			League		Country cup		League Cup		Eurocups		Others ^[9]		Total
Club	League	Season	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Crystal Palace	First division	1999/00	14	one	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	one
Arsenal	Premier League	1999/00	one	0	0	0	one	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		2000/01	17	3	6	0	one	0	9	0	0	0	33	3
		2001/02	29th	2	four	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	40	2
		2002/03	31	one	3	0	0	0	9	0	one	0	44	one
		2003/04	32	0	four	0	one	0	9	one	one	0	47	one
		2004/05	35	2	3	0	0	0	eight	0	one	0	47	2
		2005/06	eleven	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	Total		156	eight	20	0	3	0	45	one	3	0	227	9
Chelsea	Premier League	2006/07	23	0	five	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	40	0
		2007/08	27	one	one	0	2	0	ten	0	one	0	41	one
		2008/09	34	one	7	0	0	0	eight	0	0	0	49	one
		2009/10	27	four	2	0	one	0	four	0	one	0	35	four
		2010/11	38	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	one	0	48	0
		2011/12	32	0	four	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	48	0
		2012/13	31	one	five	0	3	0	eight	0	four	0	51	one
		2013/14	17	0	2	0	one	0	five	0	one	0	26	0
	Total		229	7	28	0	ten	0	63	0	eight	0	338	7
Roma	A series	2014/15	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	ten	0
Roma	Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	ten	0
Total career			407	sixteen	48	0	13	0	111	one	eleven	0	590	17

International Statistics

As of completion of career ^[10]

National team	Season	Freindly		Tournaments		Total
National team	Season	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
England	2001	2	0	five	0	7	0
	2002	2	0	7	0	9	0
	2003	four	0	3	0	7	0
	2004	five	0	eight	0	13	0
	2005	four	0	four	0	eight	0
	2006	four	0	9	0	13	0
	2007	0	0	four	0	four	0
	2008	four	0	3	0	7	0
	2009	four	0	five	0	9	0
	2010	2	0	7	0	9	0
	2011	2	0	five	0	7	0
	2012	one	0	five	0	6	0
	2013	four	0	3	0	7	0
	2014	one	0	0	0	one	0
Total career		39	0	68	0	107	0

Matches and Goals for the Team