Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole (born December 20, 1980 in Stepney, London) is an association football player. He is a defender, who nearly always plays at left-back. He currently plays for Arsenal and the English national team.

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December 20 - 1980 - Stepney - London - Association football - Defender - Arsenal - English national team

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Cole is known for his substantial pace, which is often used to great effect in supporting and overlapping the left-winger in front of him. Critics have said his attacking talents conceal defensive weaknesses, though Cole's rapid ascension into the Arsenal and England teams at a young age demonstrates that the teams' respective managers have confidence in his abilities.

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He was fined by the Premier League £100,000 on June 2, 2005 for a meeting in a hotel room in January 2005 between himself, the Chelsea manager José Mourinho, Chelsea chief executive, Peter Kenyon, and his agent Jonathan Barnett. An appeal in August 2005 did not reject the guilty verdict, but his fine was reduced to £75,000. Chelsea were also fined £300,000 and Mourinho was fined £200,000, reduced on appeal in August 2005 to £75,000.

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June 2 - 2005 - January - Chelsea - José Mourinho - Peter Kenyon - Jonathan Barnett

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In 2005 he became engaged to Cheryl Tweedy, the popular singer from British chart-topping act Girls Aloud.

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Cheryl Tweedy - Girls Aloud

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