Card #21 · Full-back · All-time great

Ashley Cole

English left-back for Arsenal's 'Invincibles' and Chelsea; among the best defensive full-backs, master of nullifying elite wingers.

Real football fact

On the card

Position: Full-back
Country: England
National team: England, 2001–2014

Strengths

Elite 1v1 defending
Recovery pace and timing
Positional discipline

Clubs

Arsenal, 1999–2006
Crystal Palace (loan), 2000
Chelsea, 2006–2014
Roma, 2014–2016
LA Galaxy, 2016–2018
Derby County, 2019

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