Shannon Cole

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Shannon Cole
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Cole training with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013
Personal information
Full name Shannon Cole [1]
Date of birth (1984-08-04) 4 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
APIA Leichhardt
Dulwich Hill
Rockdale City Suns
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Parramatta Eagles 10 (5)
2006 Waitakere United 22 (3)
2007–2008 Sydney Olympic 28 (4)
2008–2012 Sydney FC 95 (8)
2012–2017 Western Sydney Wanderers 53 (2)
2017–2018 Sydney United 58 15 (0)
2019 FC Arizona 0 (0)
International career
2010 Australia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2021 FC Arizona (Under 23s)
2022–2023 Sydney United 58 (Under 18s)
2023– Central Coast United FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shannon Cole (born 4 August 1984) is a former professional footballer turned coach, who is currently the head coach of Central Coast United in NSW League Two. [2]

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Club career

Cole's early football career saw a series of stints with NSW state league clubs, in particular APIA Leichhardt, Dulwich Hill, Rockdale City Suns and Parramatta Eagles. He also left Australia for spells in US college football in the tiny Michigan town of Northville and semi-professional football with Waitakere United in New Zealand. Following this, Cole spent a month trialling with ambitious English Championship side Doncaster Rovers, before spending a stint with Israeli side Maccabi Netanya.

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in July 2008, Cole reflected on these early globetrotting stages of his career: "With the college football, I had a friend over there already, so I went over for the year when I was 19 and it was just something I wanted to try, living away from home and live as a footballer. I kind of saw it as a personal challenge. Going to Europe was also great, but I don't have an EU passport at the moment and it made it difficult to get a deal. Being full-time with Doncaster, even for a month, was a great experience. The standard in Israel was also really high and there were a lot of really good, strong African boys there, but Netanya were looking for a senior player to come in and run the midfield, and I was just 22, so it didn't work out." [3]

Cole signed with NSW Premier League club Sydney Olympic in 2007. During his time there, Cole was a member of the Sydney Olympic team that lifted the 2008 NSW Premier League Johnny Warren Cup, after a 2–1 extra time win in the final against the Sutherland Sharks. Cole provided the assist from a free kick for Olympic's first goal in this game, scored by Emmanuel Giannaros in the 52nd minute. [4]

Sydney FC

Cole playing for Sydney FC in 2008 Shannon Cole.jpg
Cole playing for Sydney FC in 2008

On 15 August 2008 he was signed by Sydney FC on a two-year contract from Sydney Olympic. [5] Chosen mainly because of his ability to play at left and right back or midfield. [3] On 23 August 2008, Cole scored a free kick against Central Coast Mariners that curled over the wall into the bottom corner to put Sydney in the lead 3–2. This proved to be the winning goal. Another goal the next week against Perth Glory cemented his position in the team.

In December he scored his third goal for Sydney in their 3–2 loss to Melbourne Victory. His goal was the first of the match, just less than 30 seconds into the game.

In 2010–11 A-League, Cole scored a spectacular free-kick goal against Melbourne Victory at Sydney Football Stadium in Round 1 of Grand Final Replay on 7 August 2010. He scored again in Round 8 Mid-Week Fixture with a spectacular goal outside from penalty box against North Queensland Fury. Cole scored again, this time he ran past the defenders of Perth Glory to slide the ball past Tando Velaphi in Round 15 then later did a spectacular acrobatic jump.

Western Sydney Wanderers FC

On 30 June 2012, it was officially announced he had joined the newly formed Western Sydney Wanderers club. [6]

After being at the club since it was formed, Cole announced that he would leave after 5 years. [7]

International career

On 1 October 2008 was called up from Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek for the Australia national football team for a training camp, [8] he was not promoted for the 22 squad against Qatar. His second call was on 19 January 2009 against Indonesia [9] and played 73 minutes in his debut. [10]

Honours

Sydney FC

Western Sydney Wanderers

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Costa, Dylan. "2024 League Two Men's Season Preview". Football NSW. Football NSW. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 Cole takes scenic route to the top flight
  4. ↑ Sydney Olympic lift the Johnny Warren Cup
  5. ↑ Olympic star completes Sydney FC squad Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Wanderers FC reveal latest signings - Football Australia 2013". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Transfer news: Foundation player departs Wanderers". 9 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Shannon Cole in Socceroos Squad
  9. ↑ Shannon Cole Delighted With Australia Call-Up
  10. ↑ Shannon makes Australian debut – Sydney Olympic FC Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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