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For the politician from Ohio, see Mark M. Noble.
Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987 in Canning Town, London) is an English professional football player who currently plays for West Ham United. He has played all his youth and first team football for West Ham and made 20 appearances, scoring 3 goals, for the England under-21 team which he captained. Despite his relatively young age, Noble is the longest serving player in the Hammers' current squad, having been in the first team since 2004. As of 26 July 2009, he has played 108 times competitively for West Ham, scoring 11 goals. [1]
[edit] Club careerNoble joined the West Ham United youth academy as a schoolboy after a short spell at Arsenal and became the youngest player ever to appear in the reserve team, aged 15.[2] He became a trainee in July 2003[3] and made his debut in the senior team at the age of just 17 in the League Cup in August 2004 in a 2-0 win against Southend.[3] He made his league debut in the Championship in January 2005, in a 4-2 defeat away at Wolves.[3] Upon West Ham's return to the Premiership, he featured in games against Tottenham and Manchester United among others but found regular playing time harder to come by.[4] He was subsequently loaned to Hull City[5] where he made five appearances[4] but was sent back after suffering an injury to his lower back.[6]  Former Manager Alan Pardew had described Noble as possibly the best prospect at the club. Noble 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.[2] Noble signed a three month loan with Ipswich Town in August 2006[7] in the hope of gaining necessary first team experience. Whilst there he played 13 games in the Championship, and scored his first professional goal on 12 September in a 2-1 home win over Coventry City. 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[8] in which he was also awarded the Man of the Match award. On 4 March, 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. In May 2007, Noble won two Knees Up Mother Brown awards for the 2006–07 season voted by the fanzine website users. Noble was their overwhelming choice for Young Player of the Year. He 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[9]. He established his place in Alan Curbishley's side during the 2007/08 season, starting nearly all games when fit. Noble scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Liverpool from the penalty spot, after Reds defender Jamie Carragher had brought down Fredrik Ljungberg in the last few seconds of 2nd half stopppage time. He was sent off at the beginning of the 2008/09 season, for two yellow cards against Manchester City. However, despite this set back, Noble came back to score in a 3-2 defeat to West Brom. After Curbishley left, Noble remained first choice under new coach Gianfranco Zola. He celebrated his 100th appearance for the Hammers by scoring against Blackburn Rovers on 21 March 2009 to secure a 1-1 draw.[10] In April, he signed a contract extension tying him to the club until 2013.[11] Noble began the 2009-10 season well. In the first game of the season on 15 August, he scored the opening goal, a 16-yard strike, in a 2-0 win over Premier League newcomers Wolverhampton Wanderers.[12] He is currently the first-choice free kick taker for penalties and corners.[13] Under Zola, Noble has made the central midfield slot his own in a midfield diamond that included Scott Parker as his partner and Jack Collison and Valon Behrami on the wings.[14] [edit] International careerNoble captained the England U-18 team.[2] 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.[15] Noble made his debut for the England U-21 team on June 11, 2007, coming on as substitute in the 82nd minute for Tom Huddlestone in England's 0-0 draw with the Czech Republic during the European under-21 Championships in Holland.[16] 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, with Noble scoring two penalties in the shootout.[17] He scored his first international goal, for the Under-21 team, against Bulgaria, in a 2-0 victory, on September 11, 2007 ,[18] followed by two more against the Republic of Ireland on 16 October.[19] Noble captained the U-21s at the 2009 European U21 Championship in Sweden where England reached the final only to lose to Germany. After the tournament he would be ineligible for the U21 and is looking to make his debut for the senior squad. [edit] Statistics
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