nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
3 8 1 15 15 october 1971 1988 1995 1995 -- 2001 2001 -- 2004 2004 -- 2005 -- 2005 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 2007 -- 2008 1989 2008 2008 1991 1992 -- 1993 1993 -- 1988 -- 1989 1 5 7 13 10 13 41 70 195 83 31 22 18 0 1 0 6 0 3 20 55 93 27 12 9 3 1991 1992 -- 1993 1994 1995 -- 2002 andy cole -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg andy cole cole in 2014 andrew alexander cole nottingham , england england u20 england u21 england b england 5 11 509 229 0 4 1 1 arsenal arsenal united manchester united blackburn rovers fulham manchester city portsmouth → → birmingham city -lrb- loan -rrb- sunderland → burnley -lrb- loan fulham -rrb- nottingham forest -lrb- loan -rrb- bristol city newcastle striker andy cole

andy cole

andrew alexander `` andy '' cole -lrb- born 15 october 1971 in nottingham , nottinghamshire -rrb- is an english former professional footballer .
as a player , he was a striker from 1988 to 2008 .
he is most notably remembered for his time in the premier league , with manchester united , where he spent six years of his career and winning numerous trophies in the process .
cole also played in the top division of english football for arsenal , newcastle united , blackburn rovers , fulham , manchester city , portsmouth and sunderland , as well as in the football league for bristol city , birmingham city , burnley and nottingham forest .
a former england international , cole is the second-highest goalscorer in premier league history ; in his career , cole has scored a total of 187 premier league goals , placing him behind alan shearer who has 260 goals .
cole has the distinction of being one of the few players in england to have swept all possible honours in the english game , including the pfa young player of the year award , as well as the coveted uefa champions league title .
cole was also capped fifteen times for england between 1995 and 2001 , scoring once against albania in a world cup qualifier .
