Stuart Noble

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Personal information
Stuart Noble
Full name	Stuart Noble
Date of birth	October 14, 1983 (1983-10-14) (age 24)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6' 0" / 1.83 m
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Airdrie United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Fulham St. Johnstone (loan) Woking (loan) Torquay United (loan) Northampton Town (loan) East Fife Gala Fairydean Airdrie	0 (0) 12 (5) 5 (1) 3 (0) 4 (0) 11 (2) 23 (20)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2005. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Stuart Noble (born October 10, 1983 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Second Division side Airdrie United.

[edit] Career Overview

Noble began his career as a trainee with Fulham, turning professional in January 2002. He spent 3 and a half years as a professional with Fulham, but failed to make a single first team appearance. He had loan spells with St. Johnstone (January-May 2003), Woking (May-April 2004), Torquay United (August-September 2004) and Northampton Town (February 2005) before being released by Fulham at the end of the 2004-05 season.

He had a trial with Partick Thistle and joined East Fife at the end of August 2005. He played 12 times for the club, his last game coming in the 3-0 Scottish Cupdefeat at home to Peterhead in December 2005 and he left the club in January 2006. He remained without a club for the remainder of the 2005-06 season as he recovered from a back injury.

In May 2006, the Border Telegraph reported that he was to sign for Scottish non-league side Gala Fairydean and his first and only season at the club he was top scorer with 20 goals in 23 games.

He signed for Scottish Second Division side Airdrie United in the summer of 2007 following a trial.

v • d • e Airdrie United F.C. – current squad

GK Hollis • GK Robertson • DF Lovering • DF McKenna • DF Smyth • MF Andreoni • MF Donnelly • MF Gillies • MF Jenkins • MF McDonald • MF McDougall • MF Smith • FW Noble • FW Watt • Manager: Black