Ashley Cole
Cole in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Ashley Callender
Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 20 December, 1980
Ethnicity:
*African-Bajan (father)
*English (mother)
Ashley Cole is a British professional footballer and coach. He is the most capped English full-back ever, at 107 caps. A left-back, he played for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Roma, LA Galaxy, and Derby County, and the England national team. He is an assistant coach for England U21, and first-team coach for Birmingham City.
Ashley’s father, Ron Callender, is from Barbados. He left the family after seven years of marriage and later moved to Australia. Ashley and his younger brother Matthew were brought up by their mother, Sue Cole, who is English. A picture of Ashley’s father can be seen here. A picture of Ashley with his mother and brother can be seen here.
Ashley has two children with his partner, Italian model Sharon Canu.
He was previously married to singer and television personality Cheryl (born Cheryl Ann Tweedy).
He does not look half white at all. I would never have guessed it.
Many African-Americans look like biracials from Europe (no matter what kind of European is).
You see the difference between Ashley, a mulatto, and his father, a black man: https://madnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ashleydad.jpg
With his mother and brother: http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1483740.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Ashley%20Cole,%20Sue%20Cole,%20Matthew%20Cole
Mariah Carey: ‘I’m related to Ashley Cole’
http://metro.co.uk/2007/09/26/mariah-im-related-to-ashley-cole-174190/
England’s national team will soon be full of mixed-race guys. I always knew Cole was mixed but I wasn’t aware it was a direct mix i.e one black parent, one white parent.
It’s already full of non white players. The squad for Euro 2016 is possibly the whitest of the last 10-15 years though.
man you’re really into that soccer
not that I’m saying anything is wrong with that, just saying
except North America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Ireland football/soccer is the most popular sport. FIFA has more members than UN (211 v 193). Euro 2016 has started tonight, I am sure Espn will cover the tournament so you can watch some games. On the contrary North American professional sports (expect NBA) are not popular abroad.
I wasn’t really making a point of how “non-white” it is. The best players get picked to play, and they’re English to me regardless. I was just making a point that the more we all mix the more mixed players we’ll produce. So far we have: Kyle walker, Dele Ali, Chris Smalling, Walcott, Bertrand, Gibbs, Townsend and Chamberlin. In twenty years time we could have an entire 23 man squad full of mixed race players.
Looks ameridian
he looks African-American to me
well “African Americans” can be mixed so there are some that might look like him