Joe Cole has has announced his retirement.The 37-year-old made 716 professional appearances, scoring 104 goals for seven clubs, including West Ham and Chelsea and finished his career with Tampa Bay Rowdies in the United Soccer League.
Joe Cole has announced his retirement from football! 3 Premier League titles 2 FA Cups 1 League Cup 56 England caps THAT goal vs. SwedenGood luck for the future, Joe! pic.twitter.com/jmQbyrUzUL— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) November 13, 2018He earned 56 England caps and appeared in three World Cup tournaments after making his debut aged 19 following an impressive start to his career at West Ham.Cole said in a statement: “After 20 years as a professional, the time has come for me to hang up my boots. It has been a dream come true. All of it.“Whatever is next, I hope the next two decades are as special as my last 20 years as a professional have been. A huge thanks to everyone who helped me along that path.”Cole joined West Ham at the age of eight and made 187 appearances, scoring 18 goals, in two spells, from 1998 to 2003 and 2013 to 2014.He made his debut as a 17-year-old in January 1999, graduating to become captain, leaving for Chelsea only after the Hammers’ relegation from the Premier League in 2003.Cole won every domestic honour during his time at Chelsea, contributing to the Blues’ first championship in 50 years in the 2004/05 under Jose Mourinho.
Happy birthday, Joe Cole! Was this the #ThreeLions best-ever #WorldCup goal?pic.twitter.com/9M0ZwBMhee— England (@England) November 8, 2018European success proved elusive as Cole was in the Chelsea side beaten by Manchester United on penalties in the 2008 Champions League final in Moscow.A two-and-a-half-year spell at Liverpool saw Cole make just 42 appearances, scoring five goals, and included a 2011/12 loan spell in Ligue 1 at Lille, where he played alongside Eden Hazard.A season-long return to West Ham was followed by spells at Aston Villa, Coventry and then the Rowdies.Cole was part of England’s so-called ‘Golden Generation’ and playing alongside David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard, plus Chelsea team-mates John Terry and Frank Lampard.
2
Want to see talkSPORT’s brilliant Breakfast duo Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist live on tour? Buy tickets for their London show here.
The deal sees Arsenal join the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Ajax and Juventus in the list of clubs who have adidas as their kit manufacturer. Leaked images of the new Juventus shirt - which was the first of the adidas range to be seen may have given Arsenal fans an idea of the sort of design to expect from the new partnership.
New Arsenal 2019/20 adidas kits: Leaked images of new home
8.00pm More transfer news from Maltese football as Tarxien 3.45pm Manolo Gabbiadini is set to leave Southampton and the Italian striker looks likely with a reported €50m price-tag on the
EXCLUSIVE Football News - vipsatelit.com
Manchester United fans expect Anthony Martial and David de
Notts County owner Alan Hardy says he has accepted an offer for the club "from a very credible party". They are currently undertaking due diligence to purchase the Sky Bet League Two strugglers
Alan Hardy has 'accepted an offer' to sell Notts County
Man United fans worry David de Gea is off to Madrid after
JURGEN KLOPP has beaten Pep Guardiola to be named the world's best manager in a poll of 250 Bundesliga players. The 51-year-old won his first trophy in charge of Liverpool earlier this month after
Liverpool 5 Huddersfield Town 0: Mane, Salah star as Reds run riot at Anfield Liverpool moved back above Manchester City in the Premier League table as they thrashed Huddersfield Town on Friday.
Reds run riot at Anfield to move above Manchester City at the
Tiemoue Bakayoko wants Chelsea stay and is determined to fight for his place after AC Milan loan Tiemoue Bakayoko is ready to return and fight for his place at Chelsea following a season-long loan at AC Milan. After a terrible debut season in the Premier talkSPORT 2 days ago Also reported by •Football.london
Tiemoue Bakayoko wants Chelsea stay and is determined to
Emiliano Sala: Police arrest man and woman over photo
Maurizio Sarri won't be Chelsea manager next season, claims
Previous Post Previous post: Transfer news and football gossip: Chelsea slap price tag on Hudson-Odoi, Manchester United eye FOUR England stars, Barcelona consider swapping Coutinho for Rashford Next Post Next post: Manchester United news: Juan Mata thanks Louis van Gaal for 2015 brace vs Liverpool - 'One of the happiest moments of my career'
Chelsea closing in on signing Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata
Marouane Fellaini got off to a flying start in China by netting the winning goal during his Shandong Luneng debut. The former Manchester United midfielder helped his new club secure a 1-0 victory
Marouane Fellaini Scores On His Shandong Luneng Taishan FC
As it happened: Arsenal youngsters impress as Gunners beat Qarabag 12/13/2018 11:44 AM Relive live text commentary of Arsenal's 1-0 win over Qarabag in their final Europa League group stage fixture.
Arsenal vs Qarabag: TV channel, live stream, squad news
Who is Devlin's Tottenham hero, what was his first match and what music should the club run out to? In association with Shoot Music, talkSPORT.com caught up with the Dagenham rapper to talk all
Who is Devlin's Tottenham hero, what was his first match and
Liverpool 'preparing to battle Barcelona' for Bundesliga top goalscorer Luka Jovic. The Reds could make a move in January with speculation surrounding the futures of current strikers Daniel
Liverpool transfer news: TWO players behind Jurgen Klopp
0 Comments