Noé Elias Pamarot (born 14 April 1979) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. Before moving to Spain, Pamarot played for

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in the

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. He is a right-footed defender who is also known for his great strength. Pamarot has previously played for

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and also had a brief loan spell at Portsmouth in the 1999–2000 season.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

In the 2004–05 season he played 23 times for

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before seriously injuring his right knee at the start of April in a match against

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at St Andrew's. Before that he headed the winning goal away at Everton, one of his two goals for the club, the other coming in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest.

Portsmouth

Pamarot was transferred from Tottenham to Portsmouth in January 2006 in a £7.5 million deal that also took Sean Davis and Pedro Mendes to Portsmouth. He scored his first Portsmouth goal away against

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in December 2006. Matthew Taylor's free kick was headed on by David Thompson and rebounded off the post into the path of Pamarot. He scored again in the next game, with another header, in a 3–1 home win over

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. Pamarot subsequently scored a brace of goals against

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in the League Cup in 2007, as well as a 30-yard strike against

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in the Premier League. He was an unused substitute as Portsmouth won the

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. His only contribution to the victorious campaign was playing the full 90 minutes of their fourth round win over

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. Pamarot was released by Portsmouth following the expiration of his contract in the summer of 2009.

Hércules

On 28 August 2009, Pamarot signed for the Spanish team Hércules on an initial two-year contract. Pamarot was the undisputed first-choice center-back during his first season with the

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, who finished 19th and were immediately relegated back. In mid-July 2011, he signed with another top-division club,

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. Pamarot only played twice for Granada and returned to Hércules to play out the rest of his career in the Segunda División. Pamarot made another 50 appearances for the club before retiring.

Honours

Portsmouth *

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: 2007–08

References

External links

Granada official profile
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