Cole Alexander
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cole Alexander | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Polokwane City | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leeds Lentegeur | |||
| Seven Stars | |||
| Santos | |||
| Hellenic | |||
| –2008 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Ajax Cape Town | 43 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Chippa United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Polokwane City | 52 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | SuperSport United | 9 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Bidvest Wits | 57 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Odisha | 15 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Kaizer Chiefs | 26 | (1) |
| 2023 | Helsingborg | 7 | (1) |
| 2024– | Polokwane City | 21 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2017 | South Africa | 6 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 February 2025 | |||
Cole Alexander (born 9 July 1989) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for South African club Polokwane City.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit | edit source]Alexander was born in Cape Town,[1][3] and grew up in the Lentegeur neighborhood of Mitchells Plain.[4] He attended Lantana Primary School and later Golden Groove Primary School before attending Wittebome High School in Wynberg.[5]
He is the son-in-law of Duncan Crowie, having married his daughter Jaime in March 2019.[6]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Cole started his junior career with local side Robert Bowman,[6] and went on to play junior football with Seven Stars, Santos, Hellenic and Ajax Cape Town Juniors.[4]
He started his senior career with Ajax Cape Town in 2008, and had loan spells with Vasco da Gama and Chippa United.[4][7] He made 43 league appearances for Ajax without scoring.[1]
On 23 June 2014, Cole joined Polokwane City on a two-year deal.[8] He made 52 appearances across two seasons at the club, scoring two goals.[1]
In February 2016, Cole signed for SuperSport United on a pre-contract agreement.[9] He made 8 appearances for SuperSport United during the 2016–17 season, and 1 appearance during the 2017–18 season. Subsequently, Cole signed for Bidvest Wits in February 2018,[10] where he made 57 league appearances across two-and-a-half seasons.[1]
On 10 October 2020, he joined Indian Super League club Odisha FC on a two-year deal.[11][12] Alexander scored his first goal for the club on 22 December in a 2–2 draw with NorthEast United FC.[13][14] On 23 July 2021, Cole mutually terminated his contract with Odisha FC after reaching agreement over an undisclosed fee.[15]
He returned to South Africa and Kaizer Chiefs in 2021.[16] In the latter half of 2023 he played for Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish Superettan, but then left.[17]
References
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- Cape Coloureds
- South African men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
- Vasco da Gama F.C. players
- Chippa United F.C. players
- Polokwane City F.C. players
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Odisha FC players
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Superettan players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in India
- South African expatriate sportspeople in India
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- 21st-century South African sportsmen