Portal:England/Selected biography/04 2008

Andrew ("Andy") Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971 in Nottingham) is an English footballer, who is one of the highest scoring players in English football's history. He currently plays for Burnley (on loan from Sunderland). He is most well known by the name Andy Cole (which he was universally known as in the 1990s) but in 2000 he asked to be known as Andrew Cole. He is ranked second in the all time scoring charts of the FA Premier League. In his career Cole has scored a total of 188 Premier League goals, 2nd behind Alan Shearer who has 260 goals. Cole has the distinction of being one of the few players in England to have swept all possible honours in the English game, including the PFA Young Player of the Year award, as well as the coveted UEFA Champions League title. Cole was also capped fifteen times for England between 1995 and 2001, scoring once. Archives • Read more