Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980 in Stepney, London) is an English professional footballer and currently playing as a left back for Chelsea and England.
Cole started his career as teenager by joining his local club, Arsenal, whom he had supported as a child. He signed as a professional on 25 February 2000. He had made his debut for the first team together with Jermaine Pennant as a striker on 30 November 1999 against Middlesbrough at the age of...
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Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980 in Stepney, London) is an English professional footballer and currently playing as a left back for Chelsea and England.
Cole started his career as teenager by joining his local club, Arsenal, whom he had supported as a child. He signed as a professional on 25 February 2000. He had made his debut for the first team together with Jermaine Pennant as a striker on 30 November 1999 against Middlesbrough at the age of 18, and his Premier League debut for Arsenal came on 14 May 2000 against Newcastle. Before he fully broke into the Arsenal side, he spent part of the 1999–2000 season on loan at Crystal Palace, where he played 14 league matches and scored one goal, a long-range half-volley against Blackburn Rovers. After an injury to Sylvinho, Arsenal's established Brazilian left-back, in autumn 2000, Cole came on as his replacement, and remained first-choice even after Sylvinho's recovery.
With Arsenal, he won the Premier League twice (in 2002 and 2004), and...
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