50 Top Soccer Player their trade today, based on a combination of current form, potential and overall ability. Ranking determined by a panel of contributors to ESPN's soccer.
Ashley Cole Rank Player 41
Birth name Ashley Cole
Nicknamed Cashley
Birth date December 20, 1980
Birth place Stepney, London, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight: 10st 6lbs (66.0kg)
Playing position Left-back/Defender
Current club Chelsea
Number 3
Biography
Ashley Cole is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left back and has been named one of the best in the world. Cole began his career with Arsenal in 1999, going on to make 228 appearances, scoring 9 goals for the club, and winning two Premier League titles, three FA Cups and a runners-up medal from the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final. In August 2006, after a protracted transfer saga, he completed the move to rival club Chelsea in exchange for £5 million plus defender William Gallas. Cole is a regular in the Chelsea first-team winning a second Champions League runners-up medal in 2008, three more FA Cups and his third Premier League title in 2010. On 15 May 2010, he became the first player to win six FA Cup winner's medals. Cole married singer Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy) in July 2006. They separated in February 2010; she divorced him in September 2010 after claims he had cheated on her with over five women.
Pacy, with great powers of recovery and when he is on his game is very difficult to beat. Very good at getting forward to supplement the attack. Aggressive, pacy left back who is sure in the tackle and also raids forward to support the offense whenever possible. No real holes in his game, although he has trouble at times with physical forwards. Despite all that, Cole has still established himself as one the best left-backs in the world.
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