Nationality: British
Date of Birth:December 20,1980
Place Of Birth: Stepney, London
Playing Position: Defender
Current Club: Chelsea
Club Career: 1999–2006 Arsenel
2000 → Crystal Palace (loan)
2006 → Chelsea
International Career: England
Chelsea
2003–04
In 2003, Cole moved to Chelsea as part of Roman Abramovich’s ‘Russian Revolution’ for £6,600,000 with a view to establishing himself in the England national team. However, due to the stiff competition for places at the club, he initially struggled to hold down a place in the team for both England and Chelsea under Claudio Ranieri.
According to Cole, Ranieri had wanted to send him to Russia on loan to CSKA Moscow just days after finalizing his transfer. Cole refused to move and stayed in Chelsea, but figured irregularly throughout the first half of season 2003–04 and was reduced to a peripheral figure after Ranieri signed Scott Parker in January 2004.
2004–05
JOE Cole had long been praised for his technical skills and creativity but criticised for his lack of all-round contribution to the team. After the arrival of new Chelsea manager José Mourinho in 2004, Cole initially continued to struggle, though he soon found himself making more appearances than he did during Ranieri’s stewardship.
In January 2005, Cole was publicly criticised by Mourinho after scoring the winner against Liverpool for neglecting his defensive duties. Mourinho famously described Cole as a player ‘with two faces’, with one ‘face’ that he liked (Cole’s vision and technical ability) and another ‘face’ that he did not (Cole’s lack of appetite for defensive duties). Mourinho also substituted Cole with Portuguese midfielder Tiago Cardoso Mendes shortly after Cole’s goal, and explained later that it was because "after Cole scored, the game ended for him. We were playing with ten men afterwards because Cole stopped running, stopped playing."
Cole responded positively to this and took advantage of injuries to other players (most notably Arjen Robben) to become one of the stars of Chelsea’s Premiership title winning team in 2004–05. He also won a starting place in the England team on the left side of midfield, which England had struggled to fill adequately for several years. Cole’s form saw him hit a run of goals towards the end of the season, and his goal against Norwich (blasted in from 22 yards off his weaker left foot) was voted in the top ten goals of the season in the Premier League for 2004–05. Cole scored 10 goals for Chelsea in 2004–05, and ended the season with the first of his two FA Premier League champions’ medals.
2005–06
At Chelsea, the strong competition for places meant that he struggled to hold a first team role, with Arjen Robben and new arrival Shaun Wright-Phillips providing stiff competition. In the first half of the 2005–06 season Cole enhanced his reputation considerably, moved up the Chelsea pecking order ahead of Wright-Phillips and Duff, and was named in the PFA’s team of the season. His status was such that by March 2006, he was considered Chelsea’s most creative player by many pundits, and his omission from the starting lineup by Mourinho, who was testing a narrower ‘midfield diamond’ approach, was held up as the principal cause of Chelsea’s 2–1 defeat to Liverpool in the semi-finals of the 2006 FA Cup competition. Joe Cole scored important goals, against Liverpool at Anfield, Arsenal at Highbury and against Manchester United at home by evading Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. During the 2005–06 season, Cole extended his contract with Chelsea for another four seasons. He ended his season by scoring a solo goal against Manchester United, which sealed the premiership.
2006–07
Cole missed the first three months of Chelsea’s season and England’s first four Euro 2008 qualifiers after sustaining an injury to his right knee in Chelsea’s pre-season tour of America, but made his return to first-team action on 14 October 2006, coming on as a second-half substitute in Chelsea’s 1–0 victory at Reading. Cole scored his first goal of the 2006–07 season against Blackburn Rovers in a 2 goal win in the third round of the Carling Cup.
However, in January 2007, Cole underwent surgery for a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his foot he suffered in late 2006. Although he stated in a January 30th interview on the Chelsea FC website that he didn’t want to give a timetable for his return, club doctor Bryan English stated on February 24, 2007 that Cole would return to play at the end of March or beginning of April.
Although not fully fit, Cole made his return for Chelsea in the first leg of Chelsea’s 1–1 draw in a 2006–07 UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie against Valencia at Stamford Bridge. Cole contributed hugely to Chelsea’s 2–1 victory in the second leg and 3–2 victory on aggregate. Cole started Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final against Blackburn, which Chelsea won 2–1 after extra-time, and made substitute appearances against Tottenham and West Ham. In April 2007, Cole scored the only goal in Chelsea’s defeat of Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, at Stamford Bridge, giving Chelsea an advantage going into the away leg, which they lost 1–0 and crashed out of the Champions League on penalties.
2007–08
Joe Cole has scored 5 goals so far this season. He scored the only goal in a 1-0 over former club West Ham with a crisp sidefoot finish into the top right corner and a stunning finish playing against Blackburn Rovers. His performances were consistent thereafter and he scored another brilliant goal in the Carling Cup semi finals against Everton on January 23, 2008 which sent Chelsea to another Wembley final.Information From http://www.wikipedia.org
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