Mark Noble
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Noble with West Ham in January 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark James Noble | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Canning Town, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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West Ham United | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004– | West Ham United | 340 | (41) |
| 2006 | → Hull City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | England U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | England U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2004 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | England U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | England U21 | 20 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:03, 11 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:51, 21 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder and is captain of West Ham United. He has played almost all his youth and first team football for West Ham apart from two short loan spells, at Hull City and Ipswich Town. He has played for England at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels. He captained the U21 side, scoring three goals in 20 appearances. Noble is the longest serving player in West Ham's current squad, having been in the first team since 2004. He is West Ham's first-choice taker for penalty kicks and has won the club's Hammer of the Year trophy twice.
In 2014, he was ranked in the top five penalty takers in the top European leagues and was in the top 10 in the world based on the percentage of penalties successfully converted since 2009. Noble has played more Premier League games for West Ham than any other player.
Born in Canning Town, East London, Noble played for Barking Colts and moved to Arsenal's academy at age 11. His father, however, who would drive him to training, could not always arrange the time to get Noble to training sessions due to the distance from their home in Beckton. Local side West Ham United showed an interest and Noble signed as a youth player. He became the youngest player ever to appear in their reserve team, aged 15. He became a trainee in July 2003 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 United. He made his league debut in the Championship in January 2005, in a 4–2 defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 30 May 2005, Noble played in the 2005 Football League Championship play-off Final which saw West Ham beat Preston North End 1–0 to secure a return to the Premier League. He had entered the game as an 82nd-minute substitute for Shaun Newton.
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