What is Carlton Cole?
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Carlton Cole |image = Carlton Cole TV.jpeg |image_size = 200 |caption = Cole commentating for TV in 2023 |full_name = Carlton Michael George Cole<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlton Cole |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/carlton-cole-talentspotter#:Tc6DwJ-yVjKqTA |magazine=FourFourTwo |date=August 2002 |access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlton Cole |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/profile.career-history.html/carlton-cole |publisher=Premier League |access-date=22 April 2016 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316161617/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/profile.career-history.html/carlton-cole |url-status=dead }}</ref> |birth_place = [[Croydon]], England |height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}<ref name=Hugman1011>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |url=https://archive.org/details/pfafootballerswh0000unse_v9b9 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/pfafootballerswh0000unse_v9b9/page/88 88]}}</ref> |position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2001 |youthclubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] |years1 = 2001–2006 |clubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] |caps1 = 25 |goals1 = 4 |years2 = 2002–2003 |clubs2 = → [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] (loan) |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2003–2004 |clubs3 = → [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] (loan) |caps3 = 21 |goals3 = 4 |years4 = 2004–2005 |clubs4 = → [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] (loan)|caps4 = 27 |goals4 = 3 |years5 = 2006–2013 |clubs5 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] |caps5 = 207 |goals5 = 47 |years6 = 2013–2015 |clubs6 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]