Joe Cole

Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Joe Cole

Cole in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Joseph John Cole[1]
Date of birth	(1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 44)[2]
Place of birth	Paddington, London, England[3]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2][4]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
1990–1998	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	West Ham United	126	(10)
2003–2010	Chelsea	183	(27)
2010–2013	Liverpool	26	(3)
2011–2012	→ Lille (loan)	32	(4)
2013–2014	West Ham United	31	(5)
2014–2016	Aston Villa	12	(1)
2015–2016	→ Coventry City (loan)	7	(1)
2016	Coventry City	15	(1)
2016–2018	Tampa Bay Rowdies	82	(20)
Total		514	(72)
International career
1997–1998	England U16	4	(0)
1999	England U18	5	(0)
2000–2003	England U21	8	(2)
2001–2010	England	56	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cole was born in Paddington. He was adopted. He was raised in Somers Town, London.

Joe Cole trained at West Ham United at the start of his career. He moved to Chelsea in 2003 for a prize of £6,600,00 and scored 10 goals for Chelsea in the 2004/05 season.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Ham United	1998–99[5]	Premier League	8	0	1	0	0	0	—		9	0
	1999–2000[6]	Premier League	22	1	1	0	4	1	5[a][b]	0	32	2
	2000–01[7]	Premier League	30	5	4	0	2	0	—		36	5
	2001–02[8]	Premier League	30	0	3	1	0	0	—		33	1
	2002–03[9]	Premier League	36	4	2	1	2	0	—		40	5
	Total		126	10	11	2	8	1	5	0	150	13
Chelsea	2003–04[10]	Premier League	35	1	3	0	3	2	9[c]	0	50	3
	2004–05[11]	Premier League	28	8	3	0	6	0	9[c]	1	46	9
	2005–06[12]	Premier League	34	7	6	2	1	0	7[d][c]	1	48	10
	2006–07[13]	Premier League	13	0	2	0	2	1	7[c]	1	24	2
	2007–08[14]	Premier League	33	7	3	0	5	1	14[d][c]	2	55	10
	2008–09[15]	Premier League	14	2	2	0	0	0	4[c]	1	20	3
	2009–10[16]	Premier League	26	2	5	0	3	0	5[c]	0	39	2
	Total		183	27	24	2	20	4	55	6	282	39
Liverpool	2010–11[17]	Premier League	20	2	0	0	0	0	12[b]	1	32	3
	2012–13[18]	Premier League	6	1	0	0	1	0	3[b]	1	10	2
	Total		26	3	0	0	1	0	15	2	42	5
Lille (loan)	2011–12[19]	Ligue 1	32	4	3	3	2	2	6[c]	0	43	9
West Ham United	2012–13[18]	Premier League	11	2	1	0	0	0	—		12	2
	2013–14[20]	Premier League	20	3	0	0	5	0	—		25	3
	Total		31	5	1	0	5	0	—		37	5
Aston Villa	2014–15[21]	Premier League	12	1	2	0	1	0	—		15	1
	2015–16[22]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Total		12	1	2	0	2	0	—		16	1
Coventry City (loan)	2015–16[22]	League One	7	1	0	0	0	0	—		7	1
Coventry City	2015–16[22]	League One	15	1	0	0	0	0	—		15	1
	Total		22	2	0	0	0	0	—		22	2
Tampa Bay Rowdies	2016[23]	NASL	24	9	2	0	—		—		26	9
	2017[24]	USL	28	7	1	0	—		—		29	7
	2018[24]	USL	30	4	1	0	—		—		31	4
	Total		82	20	4	0	—		—		86	20
Career total			514	72	45	7	38	7	81	8	678	94

1. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England[25]	2001	1	0
	2002	7	0
	2003	5	2
	2004	6	0
	2005	10	2
	2006	9	2
	2007	9	1
	2008	6	3
	2009	0	0
	2010	3	0
Total		56	10

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cole goal.^[26]

List of international goals scored by Joe Cole

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 June 2003	Leicester, England	10	Serbia and Montenegro	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2	16 November 2003	Manchester, England	13	Denmark	2–1	2–3	Friendly
3	26 March 2005	Manchester, England	20	Northern Ireland	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	3 September 2005	Cardiff, Wales	25	Wales	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	1 March 2006	Liverpool, England	30	Uruguay	2–1	2–1	Friendly
6	20 June 2006	Cologne, Germany	35	Sweden	1–0	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup
7	6 June 2007	Tallinn, Estonia	40	Estonia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
8	20 August 2008	London, England	51	Czech Republic	2–2	2–2	Friendly
9	6 September 2008	Barcelona, Spain	52	Andorra	1–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualification
10					2–0

Honours

West Ham United

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999^[27]

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10^[4]
• FA Cup: 2006–07, 2009–10^[28]
• Football League Cup: 2004–05^[28]
• FA Community Shield: 2005^[28]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2007–08^[28]

Individual

• West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 2002–03^[29]
• Premier League Player of the Month: March 2005^[4]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2005–06 Premier League^[30]
• Chelsea Player of the Year: 2008^[31]
• NASL Best XI: 2016^[32]