Reuben Noble-Lazarus
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reuben Courtney Noble-Lazarus | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Scunthorpe United (on loan from Barnsley) | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Barnsley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008– | Barnsley | 38 | (2) |
| 2013– | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:48, 29 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Reuben Courtney Noble-Lazarus (born 16 August 1993) is an English footballer who currently plays for Scunthorpe United on loan from Barnsley as a striker or winger.[1]
Career
At 15 years and 45 days old, he became the youngest player ever to feature in a Football League match when he came on as a substitute during Barnsley's 3–0 Championship defeat by Ipswich Town on 30 September 2008.[1]
The previous weekend, Noble-Lazarus had scored a hat-trick for the Barnsley under-18 team,[2] for whom he had played since he was 12 years old,[3] and was selected as a substitute for the senior team's visit to Portman Road. Coming on in the 84th minute of the match to replace Martin Devaney, Noble-Lazarus surpassed the record set by Bradford Park Avenue's Albert Geldard in September 1929, and equalled by Welshman Ken Roberts for Wrexham F.C. in 1951, by 113 days.[1] He was too young to be paid for his appearance – Barnsley manager Simon Davey joked he would be given pizza and a ham sandwich for his efforts – [4] and was due to return to Newsome High School[5] in Huddersfield the following day.[6][7]
Davey had wanted to play Noble-Lazarus in the League Cup earlier in the season but was prevented from doing so by the competition's rules, which prohibit the selection of players under the age of 15.[7] The club has made an agreement with Noble-Lazarus' school to allow him to train with the club for two days each week.[1] Davey has said that the club will "nurture" Noble-Lazarus by ensuring that he is "...dipped in and dipped back out..." of the team.[8] Noble-Lazarus was included in Barnsley's squad to face Doncaster Rovers the weekend after his debut, making another substitute appearance when he came on for Iain Hume in the 87th minute.[9]
Under new boss Mark Robins, Noble-Lazarus was used twice as a substitute towards the end of the 2009/10 season.[10] He made his first senior start against Doncaster in a 2–2 draw on 25 April 2011, and scored his first senior goal as a substitute against Millwall on the last day of the 2010/11 season.
On 12 November 2013, Reuben signed on loan at League Two side Scunthorpe United until 1 January 2014.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 4 May 2013.[12]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Play-Offs | Total | Discipline | ||||||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |  | ||||
| 2013–14 | Barnsley | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Championship | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Barnsley schoolboy makes history". BBC Sport. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Full time from The Oakwell Academy". Barnsley F.C. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Starlet poised for first-team spot". Eurosport (Yahoo!). 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Back to school for the 15-year-old who has become the Football League's youngest ever player". Daily Mail (London). 1 October 2008.
- ↑ Peal, Janet (2010-04-27). "Newsome High School".
- ↑ Bulstrode, Mark (2008-09-30). "Davey won't rush Noble-Lazarus". Sporting Life. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Henderson, Mel (2008-10-01). "Ipswich 3 Barnsley 0". The Sun (London: News Group Newspapers). Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Ipswich 3–0 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Barnsley 4–1 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ↑ "Ipswich Town vs Barnsley". Barnsley FC. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ↑ "Noble-Lazarus Joins On Loan". www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 12 November 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
External links
- Profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
- Reuben Noble-Lazarus career stats at Soccerbase
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