Ashley Cole

English association football player (born 1980)

AI overview

Ashley Cole is an English soccer player born in 1980 who is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his era. He matters because of his exceptional skill and influence on the sport during his professional career.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 5

Top works

Ruined
Dirty Truth, Secrets Revealed Book 2
Dirty Truth, Secret Obsessions Book 1
Hot Love
My defence

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Film & TV

Acting

Known for

England 2006: The Golden Generation — Self2026
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2012/13 — Self2013
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2011/12 — Self2012
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2010/11 — Self2011
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2009/10 — Self2010
A League of Their Own — Self2010
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2008/09 — Self2009
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2007/08 — Self2008
Chelsea FC - Season Review 2006/07 — Self2007
Arsenal - Arsène's Eleven2007

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1980

anthologychristmas musiceasy listeningjazzpopr&b

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 198
Total plays: 420

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
· 2009 · cited 19,939x
Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy
· 2007 · cited 17,954x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation
· 2010 · cited 13,974x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,921x

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: _Retired Soccer
Position: Left-Back
Nationality: England

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~23 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of Serie B club Cesena. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea. Cole is considered by many critics and fellow professional players one of the best defenders of his generation, one of the greatest English players of all time as well as one of the greatest left-backs in the history of the sport.

Born in Stepney, London, Cole began his youth career at Arsenal and made his full debut for the club in November 1999, going on to make 228 appearances and scoring nine goals for the North London club. With Arsenal he won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and was an integral member of the "Invincibles" team of the 2003–04 season, who went the entire league season undefeated. Cole also made an appearance in Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final in 2006; the club lost 2–1 to Barcelona.

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