Gary Cole (footballer)

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Personal information
Gary Cole
Full name	Gary Cole
Date of birth	February 5, 1956 (1956-02-05) (age 52)
Place of birth	London, England
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1975 1976-1983 1984-1986	Ringwood Wilhelmina Heidelberg Alexander Preston Makedonia	? (?) 177 (88) 69 (21)
National team²
1975-1984	Australia	40 (20)
Teams managed
1996-1997 1997-1998 2000-2001 2003 2003	Altona Magic Bulleen Zebras Bentleigh Greens Altona Magic Victoria
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gary Cole is an Australian football (soccer) player, who played for the Australia national football team 40 times and scored 20 goals between 1975 and 1984. He is currently Football Operations Manager for A-League club Melbourne Victory FC.^[1]

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Honours
4 External references

[edit] Playing career

Transferred from Ringwood Wilhelmina to Fitzroy Alexander (later called Heidelberg United) in 1976 for a transfer fee of 6,000 after 3 years at Ringwood. Cole became one of the early stars of the National Soccer League as a striker, scoring 88 goals in 6 seasons at Heidelberg. In 1984 Cole moved to rival NSL club Preston Makedonia after injuring his ankle badly in 1983, and went on to score 21 goals for the club before retiring in 1986.

[edit] Coaching career

Cole has coached at various Victorian Premier League clubs and coached the Victorian state representative team after previously working on a full time basis at the AIS in Canberra.