High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Joseph John "Joe" Cole (born 8 November 1981 in Paddington, London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League and plays for the England national team. He started his career with West Ham United where he played more than 100 games during five years, until he left for Chelsea in 2003. He has won a number of trophies with Chelsea, including two Premier League titles and the 2007 FA Cup.He was born in Paddington, London and lived there until he moved to Camden at the age of six. He was educated at St. Mary's Primary School Bryanston Square in Marylebone along with brother Nicky and sister Charly, Haverstock School voted the best school for education in England, (Now Haverstock Business & Enterprise College) in Chalk Farm, Camden and St. Aloysius RC College in North London. The family home in recent years was in Romford.