Mark Noble (footballer)

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Mark Noble
Personal information
Full name Mark James Noble
Date of birth May 8, 1987 (1987-05-08) (age 20)
Place of birth    Canning Town, London, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Ham United
Number 16
Youth clubs
West Ham United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-
2006
2006		 West Ham United
→ Hull City (loan)
→ Ipswich Town (loan)		 38 (3)
05 (0)
13 (1)   
National team2
2007- England U21 09 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 18:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Mark James Noble (born May 8, 1987 in Canning Town, London) is a professional football player who currently plays for West Ham United. His nickname is "Nobes".

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Noble joined West Ham United as a schoolboy and became the youngest player ever to appear in the reserve team, aged 15.[1] He began a trainee in July 2003[2] and made his debut in the senior team at the age of just seventeen in the League Cup in August 2004 in a 2-0 win against Southend.[2] He made his league debut in the Championship in January 2005, in a 4-2 defeat away at Wolves.[2]

Upon West Ham's return to the Premiership, he featured in games against Tottenham and Manchester United among others.[3] He was subsequently loaned to Hull City[4] where he made five appearances[3] but was sent back after suffering an injury to his lower back.[5]

Former Manager Alan Pardew had described Noble as possibly the best prospect at the club, but discovering his best position still remains both a quandary and a necessity if he is to make himself a feature at Upton Park. Mark has featured predominantly as a central midfielder so far in his first team career. He won the Hammer Young Player of the Year in the 2004–05 season.[1]

Noble signed a three month loan with Ipswich Town in August 2006[6] in the hope of gaining necessary first team experience. Whilst there he played 12(1) games in the Championship, and scored his first professional goal on September 12, 2006 in a 2-1 home win over Coventry City. After completing the successful spell at Ipswich, several Championship teams showed an interest in signing Mark on loan for another period, but chose instead to remain with West Ham with the hope of breaking into the West Ham first team and has featured occasionally since then.

Noble scored his first goal for West Ham, a 3-0 win at home against Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2007 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup[7] in which he was also awarded the Man of the Match award.

On March 4, 2007, he scored his first Premiership goal against Tottenham Hotspur at Upton Park in a game West Ham eventually lost 4-3 in the final seconds, prompting tears from the young player.

On May 5, 2007, Mark recorded his second goal of the season with a spectacular volley from a Carlos Tevez cross in their 3-1 win over Bolton Wanderers, putting them outside the relegation zone for the first time in five months.

In May 2007, Mark Noble won two Knees Up Mother Brown awards for the 2006–07 season voted by the fanzine website users. Mark Noble was their overwhelming choice for Young Player of the Year. Mark also won this award in the 2004–05 season. Noble won this with 99% of the votes. He also took the Goal of the Season award for his thunderous volley in the 3-1 win against Bolton in April 2007[8].

Mark Noble started the 2007–2008 season with a dreadful performance against Manchester City in a 2-0 defeat. However, he turned things around in the second game, playing brilliantly and scoring the only goal, a crucial penalty, in a 0-1 victory over Birmingham City. He continued his fine form throughout the opening games of the season and shone in the absence of fellow central midfielder Scott Parker.

Noble captained the England U-18 team.[1] He was a member of the England team that beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-1 in the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship semi-finals, although they subsequently lost the final to France.[9] Noble made his debut for the England U-21 team on June 11, 2007, coming on as substitute in the 82th minute for Tom Huddlestone in England's 0-0 draw with the Czech Republic during the European under-21 Championships in Holland.[10]

Noble also played a full game for the England U21's in the semi-finals in which they lost 13-12 to Holland on penalties.[11] He scored his first international goal, for the Under-21 team, against Bulgaria, in a 2-0 victory, on September 11, 2007 ,[12] followed by two more against the Republic of Ireland on 16 October.[13]

  1. ^ a b c Players Profiles: Mark Noble, West Ham United Official Site. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Soccerbase: Mark Noble, Racing Post. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  3. ^ a b Soccerbase: Mark Noble, Racing Post. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Noble joins Hull for three months", BBC Sport, 6 February 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Mark Noble: Claret and blue, through and through", The Independent on Sunday, 17 June 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  6. ^ "Noble and Walton sign for Ipswich", BBC Sport, 18 August 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  7. ^ "West Ham 3-0 Brighton", BBC Sport, 6 January 2007.Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  8. ^ "KUMB Awards 06/07 Season", KUMB.com, 9 May 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007
  9. ^ "Noble cause", The Sunday Times, 7 June 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  10. ^ "England held in Arnhem", TheFA.com match report, 11 June 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  11. ^ "Unlucky 13 for England", TheFA.com, 20 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
  12. ^ Bulgaria U21 0-2 England U21 , BBC.co.uk, 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  13. ^ Republic of Ireland U21 0-3 England U21 , sportinglife.com, 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.

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