Joe Cole

**Joseph John Cole** (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Cole was born in Paddington. He was adopted. He was raised in Somers Town, London.

Joe Cole trained at West Ham United at the start of his career. He moved to Chelsea in 2003 for a prize of £6,600,00 and scored 10 goals for Chelsea in the 2004/05 season.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|West Ham United|1998–99|Premier League|8|0|1|0|0|0|—|9|0||
|1999–2000|Premier League|22|1|1|0|4|1|5|0|32|2|||
|2000–01|Premier League|30|5|4|0|2|0|—|36|5||||
|2001–02|Premier League|30|0|3|1|0|0|—|33|1||||
|2002–03|Premier League|36|4|2|1|2|0|—|40|5||||
|rowspan="8"|Chelsea|2003–04|Premier League|35|1|3|0|3|2|9|0|50|3|
|2004–05|Premier League|28|8|3|0|6|0|9|1|46|9|||
|2005–06|Premier League|34|7|6|2|1|0|7|1|48|10|||
|2006–07|Premier League|13|0|2|0|2|1|7|1|24|2|||
|2007–08|Premier League|33|7|3|0|5|1|14|2|55|10|||
|2008–09|Premier League|14|2|2|0|0|0|4|1|20|3|||
|2009–10|Premier League|26|2|5|0|3|0|5|0|39|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Liverpool|2010–11|Premier League|20|2|0|0|0|0|12|1|32|3|
|2012–13|Premier League|6|1|0|0|1|0|3|1|10|2|||
|Lille (loan)|2011–12|Ligue 1|32|4|3|3|2|2|6|0|43|9||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|2012–13|Premier League|11|2|1|0|0|0|—|12|2||
|2013–14|Premier League|20|3|0|0|5|0|—|25|3||||
|rowspan="3"|Aston Villa|2014–15|Premier League|12|1|2|0|1|0|—|15|1||
|2015–16|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0||||
|Coventry City (loan)|2015–16|League One|7|1|0|0|0|0|—|7|1|||
|rowspan="2"|Coventry City|2015–16|League One|15|1|0|0|0|0|—|15|1||
|rowspan="4"|Tampa Bay Rowdies|2016|NASL|24|9|2|0|—|—|26|9|||
|2017|USL|28|7|1|0|—|—|29|7|||||
|2018|USL|30|4|1|0|—|—|31|4|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|England|2001|1|0|
|2002|7|0|||
|2003|5|2|||
|2004|6|0|||
|2005|10|2|||
|2006|9|2|||
|2007|9|1|||
|2008|6|3|||
|2009|0|0|||
|2010|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cole goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|3 June 2003|Leicester, England|10||2–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||
|2|16 November 2003|Manchester, England|13||2–1|2–3|Friendly|||||||||
|3|26 March 2005|Manchester, England|20||1–0|4–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|4|3 September 2005|Cardiff, Wales|25||1–0|1–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|5|1 March 2006|Liverpool, England|30||2–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||
|6|20 June 2006|Cologne, Germany|35||1–0|2–2|2006 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|7|6 June 2007|Tallinn, Estonia|40||1–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|||||||||
|8|20 August 2008|London, England|51||2–2|2–2|Friendly|||||||||
|9|6 September 2008|Barcelona, Spain|52||1–0|2–0|2010 World Cup qualification|||||||||
|10|2–0|||||||||||||||

## Honours

**West Ham United**
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
- FA Cup: 2006–07, 2009–10
- Football League Cup: 2004–05
- FA Community Shield: 2005
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2007–08

**Individual**
- West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2002–03
- Premier League Player of the Month: March 2005
- PFA Team of the Year: 2005–06 Premier League
- Chelsea Player of the Year: 2008
- NASL Best XI: 2016

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joe Cole
- **image**: Joe Cole2023.jpeg
- **caption**: Cole in 2023
- **full name**: Joseph John Cole
- **birth place**: Paddington, London, England
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, winger (association football), winger
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1998
- **youthclubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **years1**: 1998–2003
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps1**: 126
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2003–2010
- **clubs2**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps2**: 183
- **goals2**: 27
- **years3**: 2010–2013
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 26
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2011–2012
- **clubs4**: → Lille OSC, Lille (loan)
- **caps4**: 32
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2014–2016
- **clubs6**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps6**: 12
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2015–2016
- **clubs7**: → Coventry City F.C., Coventry City (loan)
- **caps7**: 7
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs8**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps8**: 15
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2016–2018
- **clubs9**: Tampa Bay Rowdies
- **caps9**: 82
- **goals9**: 20
- **totalcaps**: 514
- **totalgoals**: 72
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1998
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1999
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2000–2003
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 8
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2001–2010
- **nationalteam4**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps4**: 56
- **nationalgoals4**: 10