Cole Dasilva

Cole Perry Dasilva (born 11 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a full back for National League South club Oxford City.

Cole Dasilva
Personal information
Full name Cole Perry Dasilva[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999
Place of birth Luton, England
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Oxford City
Youth career
0000–2012 Luton Town
2012–2018 Chelsea
2018–2020 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 HNK Šibenik 4 (0)
2022– Oxford City 5 (0)
National team
0000–2014 Wales U15
2014 Wales U16
2014 England U16 1 (0)
2015–2016 Wales U17 6 (0)
2016 Wales U19 3 (0)
2017 Wales U20 1 (0)
2017–2019 Wales U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:52, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Dasilva is a product of the Chelsea and Luton Town academies and began his professional career with Brentford in 2018. Following his release in 2020 and spell with Leicester City U23, Dasilva transferred to Croatian club HNK Šibenik in 2021. He returned to England to join Oxford City in 2022. Born in England, Dasilva was capped by England and Wales at youth international level.

Club career

Chelsea

Initially a left winger,[3] Dasilva began his career in the youth system at hometown club Luton Town and he transferred to the Chelsea academy with his brothers Rio and Jay in January 2012.[4] He began a scholarship in 2015 and progressed to sign a professional contract in June 2016,[5] signing a one-year extension a year later.[3] Dasilva had a successful youth career with the club, developing into a full back and winning the 2015–16 U18 Premier League and the 2015–16 FA Youth Cup.[3][6] He also made three appearances in Chelsea's 2017–18 UEFA Youth League-winning campaign and made two EFL Trophy appearances for the U23 team.[7] Dasilva was released at the end of the 2017–18 season.[1]

Brentford

On 7 August 2018, Dasilva joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the option of a further year.[6] He made 41 appearances and scored seven goals during the 2018–19 season and was a part of the team which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.[8][9] During the 2019–20 pre-season, Dasilva was included in the first team squad for its training camp in Austria, but was largely frozen out of the B team during the regular season and was released when his contract expired in June 2020.[10][11][12]

HNK Šibenik

After playing the final three months of the 2020–21 season with Leicester City U23 as a free agent,[13][14] Dasilva signed a contract with Croatian First League club HNK Šibenik on 27 June 2021.[15] On 6 September, it was reported that Dasilva had finally been registered to play for the club and made the first senior appearance of his career late in the month,[16][17] with a start in a 1–0 Croatian Cup first round win over NK Međimurje.[13] After the winter break, Dasilva failed to win a call into a matchday squad and departed the club in March 2022.[13][18] He ended his spell with six appearances.[13]

Oxford City

On 8 March 2022, Dasilva signed an undisclosed-length contract with National League South club Oxford City.[18]

International career

Dasilva was capped by Wales at U15, U16, U17, U19, U20 and U21 level and England at U16 level.[13][19][20] He was a part of Wales' 2014–15 Victory Shield-winning team,[21] but was not included in the squad for the deciding match versus Northern Ireland.[22] Dasilva made a single appearance during the U20 team's 2017 Toulon Tournament campaign.[13]

Personal life

Dasilva is one of three footballing brothers – he is twin to Rio and younger brother to Jay.[4] He is of Welsh and Brazilian descent.[23]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U21 2017–18[7] — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 2 0
HNK Šibenik 2021–22[13] Croatian First League 4 0 2 0 — 6 0
Oxford City 2021–22[13] National League South 5 0 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 7 0
Career total 9020 4 0150
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in Oxfordshire Senior Cup

Honours

Brentford B

Oxford City

Wales U16

References
  1. "2017/18 Premier League clubs' released lists". Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. "Cole Dasilva – Defender – Brentford B". Brentford FC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. "Cole Dasilva". Official Site | Chelsea Football Club. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. "Chelsea sign three Luton Town brothers". BBC Sport. 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. Newson, Adam (23 January 2021). "Contrasting fortunes of the Dasilva brothers who joined Chelsea from Luton". Football.London. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. "Cole Dasilva signs for Brentford B". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. "Games played by Cole Dasilva in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. "B Team 18/19 Review: End of the campaign". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  9. "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. B Team Post-Match: Neil MacFarlane on Braintree (Interview). brentfordfc.com. 17 July 2019. Event occurs at 0:45. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. "🗣 Sam Saunders: "The mindset of the football club is to go and attack"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  12. "Nine players depart Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  13. Cole Dasilva at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  14. "Šibenik se pojačava: Mladi bek iz Leicestera na pragu Šubićevca". www.24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  15. "Sportske novosti – Šibenik dovodi pojačanje iz Premiershipa! Poslije igrača Reala i Atalante stiže i bivši junior Chelseaja". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  16. "Rosas: 'Radili smo na ispravljanju grešaka, kao i na poboljšanju realizacije'". www.sibenik.in (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  17. Patafta, Patrik. "Šibenik napokon registrirao polivalentnog beka, Rosas još čeka svoju licencu, njegov bliski rođak pojačao juniorsku momčad Šibenika". Šibenski portal (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  18. "Oxford City sign Cole Dasilva". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. "Boys U15 beat Switzerland in mini-tournament". FAW. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  20. Palmer, Jon (8 January 2018). "Cheltenham Town lining up loan deal for Chelsea left-back". gloucestershirelive. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  21. "A win for Wales in the Victory Shield". FAW. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  22. "Victory Shield – Northern Ireland v Wales". FAW. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  23. Mitchelmore, Ian (13 November 2016). "Meet the Welsh teenage sensations who've just stunned England". walesonline. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  24. "Oxfordshire Senior Cup Match Report: Oxford City 2–1 Oxford United". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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