United's Andy Cole is coming to town

United's Andy Cole is coming to town

JAKARTA (JP): Manchester United striker Andy Cole will be at
the Senayan stadium on July 5 for a one-hour soccer clinic with
young Indonesian players.

Ruby Sjabana, sales and marketing manager of Reebok's
Indonesian distributor, PT RSH Marketing, said yesterday the 26-
year-old striker was promoting Reebok International Ltd.'s
products in Asia.

Before coming to Indonesia, Cole will visit Japan and
Singapore. He will go to Malaysia on July 6 for the final leg of
his promotional tour.

After the soccer clinic, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Cole
will go to the Reebok counter in Plaza Senayan to meet his fans
at 6 p.m.

Born in Nottingham on Oct. 15, 1971, Cole made his national
football debut at 19. His first game was for Arsenal against
Sheffield United in December 1990. But he was never included in
Arsenal's first line-up. Arsenal defender Tony Adams later
remarked, "At that time we had a lot of (better) strikers."

Cole moved to Fulham before being transferred to Bristol City
as a substitute player. His annual wage was 500,000 pounds
sterling (US$760,000).

For Bristol, Cole proved his worth by scoring 25 goals in 49
matches. He was then transferred to Newcastle United for 1.75
million pounds sterling ($2,660,000). For Newcastle, he scored 68
goals in 83 matches.

He arrived at Old Trafford two years ago. His transfer cost a
record $11 million.

Blackburn defender Colin Hendry once said Cole's moves were
very difficult to anticipate: "He is very quick and versatile
when situated near his enemy's goal post."

Despite his impressive performance, Cole was not selected for
the English national team for the European Championships. Team
manager Terry Venables preferred Alan Shearer from the Blackburn
Rovers. (arf)