
Cole Palmer
Footballer
Cole Palmer is an English attacking midfielder who joined Chelsea from Manchester City in September 2023. A City academy graduate, he became a senior England international during his first season at Stamford Bridge.

Relationship profiles
- Country
- England
- Club
- Chelsea
- Born
- 6 May 2002
Biography sources
Cole Palmer photos
Photo credits
- Cole Palmer in 2025 · Timmy96 · Wikimedia Commons ↗ · Licence
- Cole Palmer and Olivia Holder on holiday · Instagram · @oliviajewellholder ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer · Instagram · @colepalmer10 ↗
- Cole Palmer and Kobbie Mainoo for British GQ. · Dan Martensen · British GQ ↗
- Cole Palmer and Olivia Holder in Dubai · Instagram · @oliviajewellholder ↗
Career and background
Raised in Wythenshawe, Palmer came through England’s youth teams before his senior breakthrough. He was part of the under-21 side that won the 2023 European Championship, with his free-kick providing the assist for Curtis Jones’s winning goal against Spain in the final.Source: The Football Association ↗
His first Chelsea season finished with 22 Premier League goals and 11 assists, more combined goal involvements than anyone else in the division in 2023–24. He won Chelsea’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year awards, then scored for England in the EURO 2024 final.Source: Chelsea FC ↗
Relationship history
Cole Palmer is in a relationship with model
Olivia Holder. They were first seen together publicly at London’s Winter Wonderland in December 2025 and have since appeared together on holiday and at Chelsea matches.
Before Holder, Palmer dated
Connie Grace. Their relationship became public in 2024 and ended in the summer of 2025.
Relationship sources
- Olivia Holder abola.pt ↗
- Connie Grace The Standard ↗









