Gary James George Noël (born 7 March 1990) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a forward for

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...

. Born in England, he represents

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

at international level.

Club career

Noel started his Millwall before playing in non-league football for

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. The ...

Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Essex, England. It lies on the north bank of the River ...

and

amongst others. He then moved to Austria to play for

Admira Wacker Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional Association football, football club based in Maria Enzersdorf, a town in the Mödling District of Lower Austria. The team competes in the 2. Liga (Austria), 2. Liga, the second tier of the Football in Au ...

but featured only for their second team in the

Austrian Regionalliga The Austrian Regionalliga ( or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 3 groups: East (), covering the states of Vienna, Lower A ...

. After a spell with SV Schwechat, Noel joined SKN St. Pölten in 2013 where he went on to score in the final of the 2013–14 Austrian Cup final. He then joined

First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Aust ...

before moving to Germany to join

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side

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

. After two seasons with Lübeck, Noël joined fellow

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

side SC Weiche Flensburg 08. On 22 June 2019,

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

announced the signing of Noël on a one-year contract. He left the club two months later to join TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz. However, he was released on 31 January 2020. Noël returned to

in February 2020.

International career

Noel is eligible to represent

through his parentage, his father was born on the African island. He made his international debut against

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on 26 March 2016.

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Gary Noël
– Lewes stats Living people 1990 births English people of Mauritian descent Mauritian men's footballers English men's footballers Footballers from London Mauritius men's international footballers Men's association football forwards National League (English football) players Regionalliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Millwall F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Harrow Borough F.C. players Croydon Athletic F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Lewes F.C. players Admira Wacker players SV Schwechat players SKN St. Pölten players First Vienna FC players VfB Lübeck players SC Weiche Flensburg 08 players Alemannia Aachen players FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz players Mauritian expatriate men's footballers Mauritian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Mauritian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1990s-stub