Nouble warming-up for West Ham, August 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Herman Nouble | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Southend United | ||
Number | TBC | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2009 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | West Ham United | 13 | (1) |
2010 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2010 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2010 | → Swansea City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2011 | → Barnsley (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2011 | → Gillingham (loan) | 13 | (5) |
2012 | → Barnsley (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Ipswich Town | 56 | (4) |
2014–2015 | → Coventry City (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2015 | Coventry City | 19 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Tianjin Quanjian | 15 | (3) |
2016 | → Nei Mongol Zhongyou (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Gillingham | 12 | (1) |
2017 | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2010 | England U19 | 9 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:48 10 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:50, 27 July 2010 (UTC) |
Frank Herman Nouble (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. He started his career with the youth team at Chelsea before signing for West Ham United. While at West Ham, he was loaned to various clubs including Swansea City and Gillingham. Nouble made two appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers before signing for Ipswich in 2013. After 18 months at Ipswich he was loaned to Coventry and in January 2015 signed for the club on a free transfer. In June 2015 he moved to China to play for Tianjin Quanjian, returning to the UK in October 2016 to sign for Gillingham. Nouble has played international football for England at both under-17 and under-19 levels.
Born in Lewisham, London, to Ivorian parents, Nouble started with Chelsea in youth team football at under-12 level and was a regular in their youth team for the 2007–08 season. He made his Chelsea reserve team debut in November 2007.
In July 2009 he rejected the offer of a professional contract with Chelsea and on 21 July signed a five-year contract with West Ham United for an undisclosed fee. Nouble made his Premier League and West Ham debut in their 2–0 away win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 15 August 2009, coming on as a substitute for Carlton Cole. His first league start for West Ham came on 17 January 2010 in a 0–0 draw, away against Aston Villa.