Gifton Noel-Williams
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gifton Ruben Elisha Noel-Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2003 | Watford | 169 | (33) |
| 2003–2005 | Stoke City | 88 | (23) |
| 2005–2007 | Burnley | 51 | (7) |
| 2006 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2007 | Real Murcia | 10 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Elche | 21 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Millwall | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | Austin Aztex | 16 | (3) |
| 2010 | DFW Tornados | 9 | (0) |
| 2015 | Daventry Town | ? | (?) |
| Total | 378 | (77) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Burnham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gifton Ruben Elisha Noel-Williams (born 21 January 1980) is an English former footballer. He is currently the manager of Burnham.
Born in Islington, Noel-Williams started his professional career at Watford where he spent a seven-year spell playing 127 games and scoring 43 goals. Aged 19, he was Watford's top goalscorer in the 1998–99 season, at the end of which they were promoted to the Premier League. However, his season ended in February 1999, when he seriously injured his knee after a challenge from Sunderland defender, Paul Butler.Arthritis in both of his knees restricted him to just three appearances during Watford's single season in the Premier League.
Noel-Williams joined Stoke City on a free transfer on 2 June 2003, playing 83 games and scoring 23 goals in two years. He was Stoke's top goalscorer in the 2004–05 season, scoring 11 goals.
On 14 June 2005 Noel-Williams joined Burnley on a free transfer. He spent the latter part of the 2005–06 season on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion before returning to Burnley at the end of the season. He remained a Burnley player, despite being made available for a transfer throughout the close season, and, after an improvement in form was taken off the transfer list on 22 September 2006.
On 12 September 2006 Noel-Williams scored his first ever professional hat-trick in Burnley's 4–2 victory over Barnsley. He played 56 times for the Clarets scoring 7 goals, the last against Leeds United in November 2006.
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