1981 - Today
Joseph John Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger in the Premier League, Ligue 1, League One and United Soccer League. Cole started his career with West Ham United, where, after breaking into the first team in January 1999, he played more than 120 Premier League games over five seasons. He was one of a number of players who left West Ham in the summer of 2003, after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division, with Cole signing for Chelsea. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Cole has received more than 2,893,851 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Joe Cole is the 2,637th most popular soccer player (up from 2,719th in 2019), the 3,510th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,444th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Joe Cole ranks 2,637 out of 16,923. Before him are Abdelmajid Dolmy, Ernie Brandts, Marc Bartra, Saeed Al-Owairan, Kozo Tashima, and Winston Bogarde. After him are Marquinhos, Klas Ingesson, Sergi Roberto, Niginho, Yuto Nagatomo, and Gordon Strachan.
1953 - 2017
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 2,631
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 2,632
1991 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 2,633
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 2,634
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 2,635
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 2,636
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 2,637
1994 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 2,638
1968 - 2014
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 2,639
1992 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 2,640
1912 - 1975
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 2,641
1986 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 2,642
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 2,643
Among people born in 1981, Joe Cole ranks 101. Before him are Cho Yeo-jeong, Engin Akyürek, Jesse Williams, Michiel Huisman, Luisão, and Clive Standen. After him are Lleyton Hewitt, Nicolás Burdisso, Andreas Isaksson, Jang Na-ra, Lucho González, and Volkan Demirel.
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 95
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 96
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 97
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 98
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 99
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 100
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 101
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 102
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 103
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 104
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 105
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 106
1981 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 107
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Cole ranks 3,510 out of 6,924. Before him are L. S. Lowry (1887), John Julius Norwich (1929), Clive Standen (1981), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Mick Hucknall (1960), and Izaak Walton (1593). After him are Ninian (360), Innes Ireland (1930), Gordon Strachan (1957), Alex Higgins (1949), Suze Randall (1946), and Bev Bevan (1944).
1887 - 1976
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 3,504
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 3,505
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 3,506
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 3,507
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 3,508
1593 - 1683
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 3,509
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 3,510
360 - 432
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 3,511
1930 - 1993
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 3,512
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 3,513
1949 - 2010
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 3,514
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 3,515
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 3,516
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Joe Cole ranks 103. Before him are Jimmy McGrory (1904), Harry Kane (1993), Ted Drake (1912), Joe Jordan (1951), Sam Allardyce (1954), and Ian Wright (1963). After him are Gordon Strachan (1957), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Vivian Campbell (1962), Walter Winterbottom (1913), Terry Venables (1943), and Robbie Fowler (1975).
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 97
1993 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 98
1912 - 1995
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 99
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 100
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 101
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 102
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 103
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 104
1945 - 2007
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 105
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 106
1913 - 2002
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 107
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 108
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 109