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.

Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWest Ham United1998–99Premier League801000—901999–2000Premier League2211041503222000–01Premier League3054020—3652001–02Premier League3003100—3312002–03Premier League3642120—405Total12610112815015013Chelsea2003–04Premier League3513032905032004–05Premier League2883060914692005–06Premier League34762107148102006–07Premier League1302021712422007–08Premier League337305114255102008–09Premier League1422000412032009–10Premier League262503050392Total1832724220455628239Liverpool2010–11Premier League20200001213232012–13Premier League61001031102Total2630010152425Lille (loan)2011–12Ligue 1324332260439West Ham United2012–13Premier League1121000—1222013–14Premier League2030050—253Total3151050—375Aston Villa2014–15Premier League1212010—1512015–16Premier League000010—10Total1212020—161Coventry City (loan)2015–16League One710000—71Coventry City2015–16League One1510000—151Total2220000—222Tampa Bay Rowdies2016NASL24920——2692017USL28710——2972018USL30410——314Total822040——8620Career total5147245738781867894

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsEngland2001102002702003522004602005102200692200791200863200900201030Total5610

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

+ List of international goals scored by Joe ColeNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  3 June 2003  Leicester, England 10   2–1 2–1  Friendly2  16 November 2003  Manchester, England 13   2–1 2–3  Friendly3  26 March 2005  Manchester, England 20   1–0 4–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification4  3 September 2005  Cardiff, Wales 25   1–0 1–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification5  1 March 2006  Liverpool, England 30   2–1 2–1  Friendly6  20 June 2006  Cologne, Germany 35   1–0 2–2  2006 FIFA World Cup7  6 June 2007  Tallinn, Estonia 40   1–0 3–0  UEFA Euro 2008 qualification8  20 August 2008  London, England 51   2–2 2–2  Friendly9 6 September 2008 Barcelona, Spain 52  1–0 2–0 2010 World Cup qualification10 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

References

Category:1981 births
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Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Aston Villa F.C. players
Category:British adoptees
Category:Chelsea F.C. players
Category:Footballers from London
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:People from the London Borough of Camden
Category:People from Paddington
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Premier League players