Andy Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English
footballer. He was born in Nottingham. He currently plays for
Fulham. He previously played for Arsenal, Fulham (in an earlier
spell), Bristol City, Newcastle, Manchester United and Blackburn
Rovers. His £8 million move from Newcastle to Manchester United
in early 1995 made him the most expensive English footballer
ever at that time, although this has since been superseded by
several players.
During the 1992-93 season at Newcastle, his goals helped to earn
the team promotion back to the top flight of English football,
and in 1993-4 he was the top scorer in the Premier League. After
moving to Manchester United, he earned winner's medals in the
Premier League five times (1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000
and 2000-01), the FA Cup twice (1995-96 and 1998-99) and the
UEFA Champions League once (1999). In 2001-02 he won the League
Cup with his new team Blackburn, completing his collection of
winner's medals for every major domestic honour in the English
game.
In July 2004, he returned to Fulham on a free transfer, after
having had several disagreements with Blackburn manager Graeme
Souness.
Despite first being capped for England in 1995, he had earned
only 15 caps by the time he announced his retirement from
international football after failing to be selected for the
World Cup squad in 2002. He scored only 1 goal for England, in a
World Cup qualifying match against Albania in March 2001. |
