Ashley Cole

**Ashley Cole** (born 20 December 1980) is a retired English football player who is currently the first-team coach for Birmingham City. He played for England 77 times.

Cole married Cheryl Tweedy in July 2006. They divorced in September 2010.

## Club career statistics

|Season|Club|Division|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||
|rowspan=7|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|||
|rowspan=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|||
|rowspan=3|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|||||
|rowspan=4|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||||||
|Derby County|2018–19|Championship|9|0|1|1|—|—|2|0|12|1||||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|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||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ashley Cole
- **image**: ACole.JPG
- **image size**: 200px
- **caption**: Ashley Cole
- **fullname**: Ashley Cole
- **birth place**: Stepney, England
- **height**: 1,76 5'9 cm
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Left-back
- **youthyears1**: 1997–1999
- **youthclubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **years1**: 1999–2006
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 156
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2000
- **clubs2**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps2**: 14
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2006–2014
- **clubs3**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps3**: 229
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2014–2016
- **clubs4**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **caps4**: 11
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2016–2018
- **clubs5**: LA Galaxy
- **caps5**: 89
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2019
- **clubs6**: Derby County F.C., Derby County
- **caps6**: 9
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 508
- **totalgoals**: 19
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2014
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 107
- **nationalgoals3**: 0