Carlton Cole
Cole training with West Ham United in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carlton Michael George Cole | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Chelsea | 25 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2006–2013 | West Ham United | 207 | (47) |
| 2013–2015 | West Ham United | 49 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Celtic | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Sacramento Republic | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| England U19 | 5 | (0) | |
| 2002–2003 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | England U21 | 19 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | England | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:07, 20 October 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:02, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Carlton Michael George Cole (born 12 October 1983) is an English professional footballer plays as a striker most recently for United Soccer League club Sacramento Republic. He scored 51 goals in 289 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. In October of that year, he resumed his career at Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
He made 19 England under-21 appearances (scoring six goals), and made his debut for the England national team on 11 February 2009 in a friendly match against Spain.
Cole was born in Croydon, London to a Sierra Leonean mother. He began his career as a trainee with Chelsea, before signing his first professional contract with the club in October 2000. He made his first-team debut in April 2002 as a substitute for Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in a 3–0 victory against Everton. He made his first senior start three weeks later, scoring a goal as Chelsea beat Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. He made one more appearance for Chelsea in the 2001–02 season, in a 3–1 home defeat against Aston Villa in May 2002.
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