Gifton Noel-Williams
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Gifton Noel-Williams | ||
| 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 | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Elche | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2006 2007 2007– |
Watford Stoke City Burnley → Brighton (loan) Real Murcia Elche |
169 (33) 88 (23) 51 (7) 7 (2) 10 (4) 21 (3) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Gifton Noel-Williams (born 21 January 1980 in Islington, London) is an English professional footballer. He plays as a striker and currently plays for Elche CF in Spain's Segunda División.
[edit] Playing career
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, as they were promoted to the Premiership. However, his season ended in February 1999, when he was seriously injured by a challenge from Sunderland defender, Paul Butler and as a result of the injury he now has arthritis in both his knees, which has hindered his career.
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 the 14 June 2005 Noel-Williams joined Burnley on a free transfer, but struggled to score goals. 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.
On 31 January 2007 Noel-Williams joined Real Murcia for a fee of around £50,000, signing an 18-month deal and becoming only the second English player to represent the Spanish side, after Tom Thompson, who was player-coach in the 1920s. Upon Real Murcia's promotion to La Liga Noel-Williams was transferred to Elche CF who finished 18 points behind Murcia in the Segunda División.
[edit] External links
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gifton Noel-Williams |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 21 January 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Islington, London, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
