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| Full name | Mark James Noble[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1987[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Canning Town, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barking Colts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Arsenal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | West Ham United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2022 | West Ham United | 472 | (55) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Hull City (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 490 | (56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as sporting director of Premier League club West Ham United. A boyhood fan of the club, Noble spent eighteen years with West Ham as a central midfielder, serving as club captain for seven seasons. Aside from two brief loan spells at Hull City and Ipswich Town in 2006, Noble played all of his first team football for the club, earning him the nickname "Mr West Ham".[4][5]
Noble has the most Premier League appearances for West Ham, in addition to being the longest serving player in the squad at the time of his retirement, having been in the first team since 2004. He won the club's Hammer of the Year trophy twice, as well as being voted Hammer of the Decade at the end of the 2010s.[6]
Noble represented England at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels, captaining the U21 side, scoring three goals in 20 games.
Known for his proficiency in scoring penalty kicks, in 2020, Noble was rated as the player with the second highest conversion rate for penalties in the world over the last 20 years. His 90.5% conversion rate was only beaten by Robert Lewandowski's rate of 91.1%.[7]
Following his retirement from the professional game, Noble returned to West Ham as sporting director in January 2023.[8]
- ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ^ "Mark Noble: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Mark Noble - Mr West Ham". West Ham United F.C. 22 December 2015.
- ^ "West Ham United Captain Mark Noble signs contract extension". Sporting Life.
- ^ "Mark Noble voted Hammer of the Decade". West Ham United F.C. 31 December 2019.
- ^ "West Ham captain Mark Noble officially second best penalty taker in world football of the last 20 years but will regret Michail Antonio gift". Hammers.news. 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Mark Noble to take up Sporting Director role in January | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.