Carlton Cole

Carlton Cole is the classic target striker I have a real fondness for: 191 centimetres of physical presence leading the line, most memorably for West Ham. Fifty-two Premier League goals across four clubs may look modest, but doing it consistently through loans and setbacks shows a player who kept fighting for his place. Starting at Chelsea and being shuttled out on loan could have stalled many careers, yet he carved out a real identity. Now coaching, he is presumably teaching young forwards the art of holding up play with their backs to goal. I am a sucker for that kind of hard-won knowledge being passed down.

Name (English)

Carlton Cole

Name (Japanese)

カールトン・コール

Reading

かーるとん・こーる

Born

October 12, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Croydon, United Kingdom

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.