Joe Cole

Biography

Joe Cole (born November 8, 1981) is an English (English: An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) international footballer (footballer: An athlete who plays American football) who plays for Chelsea (Chelsea: more facts about this subject) of the Premiership (Premiership: The office of premier) .

A product of the famed West Ham United (West Ham United: more facts about this subject) youth system, Cole was long touted as the hottest prospect in English football (a position now generally regarded as being held by Manchester United (Manchester United: more facts about this subject) forward Wayne Rooney (Wayne Rooney: wayne rooney (born 24 october 1985) is a footballer who currently plays for manchester...
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In 2003, Cole move to Chelsea as part of Roman Abramovich (Roman Abramovich: more facts about this subject) 's revolution for a rumoured seven million, with a view to establishing himself in the England national team (England national team: more facts about this subject) . However, due to the stiff competition for places at the club, he initially struggled to hold down a place in the team for both Chelsea and England under Claudio Ranieri (Claudio Ranieri: claudio ranieri is a former italian football (soccer)|football player and football manager...
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As of March 26, 2005, Cole has played 20 times for England, mostly as a substitute. He was a squad member at Euro 2004 (Euro 2004: the 2004 uefa european football championship, commonly called euro 2004, was held in...