Mark Noble

Mark Noble is a midfielder of West Ham United. He was born on 8 May 1987 in Canning Town, England.

In 2000 Mark joined the academy of London side West Ham United and became a trainee of the youth system for four following years. During that time, Noble managed to reveal his potential, which drew the attention of the coaching staff at the moment he came on a trial. The footballer performed for various youth teams and took part in junior competitions. In 2004 the midfielder earned the right to play at the professional level, when he was offered a move to the main team of ‘The Hammers’.

After penning a long-term contract, Mark officially became a player of West Ham United, but at first his appearances for the club were rather occasional. In January 2006, the footballer left the club for the first time and completed a move on loan to Hull City, where he made five appearances during a half of the season. In the summer 2006, Mark was sent on loan to Ipswich Town and became one of the key players of the temporary team, who took part in 13 games and netted one goal during the first half of the season.

Those loan spells made Noble a confident and experienced midfielder. The head coach of ‘The Hammers’ started to give the footballer more opportunities to come on the pitch in the starting line-up, which soon became a common practice. Thereby, from 2007, Mark has been the pivot of the club and amassed 22 goals in 192 matches.

From 2002 till 2009 Noble was capped 47 times and contributed three goals for the England national U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 squads.