Carlton Cole

**Carlton Michael George Cole** (born 12 October 1983) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 52 goals in 288 Premier League games for four clubs.

He played seven games for the England national team.

### 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=5|Chelsea|2001–02|Premier League|3|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|1|
|2002–03|Premier League|13|3|2|1|1|2|0|0|16|6|||
|2003–04|Premier League|0|0|—|—|0|0|0|0|||||
|2005–06|Premier League|9|0|2|1|0|0|1|0|12|1|||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)|2002–03|First Division|7|1|—|—|—|7|1|||||
|Charlton Athletic (loan)|2003–04|Premier League|21|4|1|1|—|—|22|5||||
|Aston Villa (loan)|2004–05|Premier League|27|3|1|0|2|0|—|30|3|||
|rowspan=10|West Ham United|2006–07|Premier League|17|2|2|1|0|0|2|0|21|3|
|2007–08|Premier League|31|4|2|0|4|2|—|37|6||||
|2008–09|Premier League|27|10|4|1|1|1|—|32|12||||
|2009–10|Premier League|30|10|0|0|2|0|—|32|10||||
|2010–11|Premier League|35|5|2|2|6|4|—|43|11||||
|2011–12|Championship|40|14|0|0|0|0|3|1|43|15|||
|2012–13|Premier League|27|2|2|0|0|0|—|29|2||||
|2013–14|Premier League|26|6|0|0|4|0|—|30|6||||
|2014–15|Premier League|23|2|3|1|0|0|—|26|3||||
|Celtic|2015–16|Scottish Premiership|4|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|5|1||
|Sacramento Republic|2016|United Soccer League|3|0|—|—|1|0|4|0||||
|Persib Bandung|2017|Liga 1|5|0|—|—|—|5|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|England|2009|6|0|
|2010|1|0|||

## Honours

**West Ham United**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2011–12

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Carlton Cole
- **image**: Carlton Cole TV.jpeg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Cole commentating for TV in 2023
- **full name**: Carlton Michael George Cole
- **birth place**: Croydon, England
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: –2001
- **youthclubs1**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **years1**: 2001–2006
- **clubs1**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps1**: 25
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2002–2003
- **clubs2**: → Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- **caps2**: 7
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2003–2004
- **clubs3**: → Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic (loan)
- **caps3**: 21
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2004–2005
- **clubs4**: → Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa (loan)
- **caps4**: 27
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2006–2013
- **clubs5**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps5**: 207
- **goals5**: 47
- **years6**: 2013–2015
- **clubs6**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps6**: 49
- **goals6**: 8
- **years7**: 2015–2016
- **clubs7**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs8**: Sacramento Republic FC, Sacramento Republic
- **caps8**: 4
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2017
- **clubs9**: Persib Bandung
- **caps9**: 5
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 349
- **totalgoals**: 67
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2003–2005
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 19
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **nationalyears4**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam4**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 0