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Carlton Cole, born Carlton Michael George Cole in Croydon on 12 October 1983, is an English association football player and coach. A forward who wore squad number 24, he began his Premier League career in 2001 and played for Chelsea F.C., Aston Villa F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and West Ham United F.C. Cole represented England for sport and speaks English as his native language.
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Key facts
- 2002
- England U19
- 2016
- Sacramento Republic
- 2017
- Persib Bandung
- Full name
- Carlton Michael George Cole
- Date of birth
- ( 1983-10-12 ) 12 October 1983 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Croydon , London, England
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Position
- Striker
- 0000 2001
- Chelsea
- Years
- Team
- 2001 2006
- Chelsea
- 2002 2003
- → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- 2003 2004
- → Charlton Athletic (loan)
- 2004 2005
- → Aston Villa (loan)
- 2006 2013
- West Ham United
- 2013 2015
- West Ham United
- 2015 2016
- Celtic
- 2003 2005
- England U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Cole
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Croydon
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Persib Bandung
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- CarltonCole0410.jpg
- Height
- 191
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- Commons category
- Carlton Cole
- date of birth
- 1983-10-12
- sport number
- 24
- birth name
- Carlton Michael George Cole
- name in native language
- Carlton Cole
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 appearances for four clubs.
Cole began his career at Chelsea in 2001, spending spells out on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa before being transferred to West Ham United in 2006. He was released by West Ham in 2013 only to be re-signed several months later, and the club released him for a second time in May 2015. He later had brief spells at Celtic in Scotland, Sacramento Republic in the United States and Persib Bandung in Indonesia.
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