Allan Cole (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 October 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968 | Atlanta Chiefs | 1 | (0) |
1972 | Náutico | ? | (3) |
National team | |||
Jamaica | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Allan Cole (born 14 October 1950), often called "Skill" for short, is a Jamaican former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as striker.
Career[]
Cole played in the NASL with the Atlanta Chiefs,[1] and in Brazil with Náutico.[2]
He also represented the Jamaica national team at international level.[2] appearing in three FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[3] During his career, he was Jamaica's "most celebrated player".[4]
Music[]
In addition to his football career, Cole was also the tour manager of the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and his band The Wailers during the 1970s.[4] He was credited as co-writing the 1976 song "War".
References[]
- ^ NASL career stats
- ^ Jump up to: a b Allan Cole at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Allan Cole – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Taherzadeh, Bahhaj (25 September 2014). "Bob Marley and the Beautiful Game". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1950 births
- Jamaican footballers
- Jamaican expatriate footballers
- Jamaica international footballers
- Atlanta Chiefs players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- Santos F.C. (Jamaica) players
- Association football forwards
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Jamaican football biography stubs