Carly Noble: Mark Noble's Wife, Family and Private Life

Carly Noble is the wife of Mark Noble, the former West Ham United captain. English Wikipedia describes them as childhood sweethearts and lists the marriage as dating from 2012. Carly has kept a very low public profile, so there is far less verified information about her than about her husband. As of November 2026, Mark Noble is still connected to West Ham as a club executive, and the club is in the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League at the end of 2025/26.

This page sticks to what reliable sources and the family themselves have made public. Where something is not published, we say so rather than guess: Carly's birth date, her job, her height and weight, and her family background are all unpublished, and we have not used fan-site figures for any of them.

Who is Carly Noble?

Carly Noble is Mark Noble's wife. English Wikipedia says that they have been married since 2012 and that Carly is his childhood sweetheart. We could not find a wedding date or venue in a reliable source, so we do not give one. West Ham's own site has also carried the story, told by Mark's father, of the young Mark walking his future wife home after a game.

Mark Noble in a West Ham shirt with the captain's armband talking to a woman on the pitch at a match

Carly rarely does interviews, and we could not find one she has given. When Mark received the Freedom of the City of London in November 2022, he told the Evening Standard that it was "a fantastic experience to visit the Guildhall with my wife Carly and our children for the ceremony". That is one of the few moments where she is named in public by the family.

Quick facts about Carly Noble

Name: Carly Noble.
Husband: Mark Noble, born in Canning Town, London.
Relationship: childhood sweethearts, married since 2012 according to English Wikipedia.
Children: two, a son and a daughter (more below).
Age and birthday: not published by a reliable outlet.
Job and net worth: not published. Any figure you see on fan sites is a guess.
Instagram: we could not confirm an official public profile, so we do not link one.

Mark Noble and Carly: how long have they been together?

The couple are described as childhood sweethearts, which places their relationship before Mark's professional career took off. Mark came through the West Ham academy, made his first-team debut in August 2004 and went on to spend almost two decades at the club. English Wikipedia lists the marriage as 2012, and Mark's father told West Ham's website that the wedding came the weekend after his stag do, which followed the play-off final that year, the same year West Ham won promotion back to the Premier League through the play-offs, beating Blackpool 2-1 at Wembley. As far as is publicly known, they are still together, and nothing to the contrary has been reported by a reputable outlet.

Mark and Carly Noble's children

Mark and Carly Noble have two children, a son and a daughter. The family have not made a point of sharing their children's details, so we do not publish their dates of birth or other personal information.

According to West Ham, the children were at the London Stadium in May 2022 for their father's last home game, when he led West Ham out for a final time against Manchester City.

Who is Mark Noble?

Mark Noble was born on 8 May 1987 in Canning Town, east London, according to English Wikipedia. He is almost a one-club man, a rarity in modern football: a central midfielder who played 550 games and scored 62 goals for West Ham, including 414 Premier League appearances. Here is the career in order.

Mark Noble career timeline

2003: becomes a West Ham trainee after coming through the club's youth set-up.
24 August 2004: first-team debut at 17, in a League Cup tie against Southend United.
30 May 2005: comes on as a substitute in the Championship play-off final, a 1-0 win over Preston North End that returns West Ham to the Premier League.
2005 to 2007: loan spells at Hull City and Ipswich Town. His first professional goal came at Ipswich, on 12 September 2006.
2007: scores his first West Ham goal in an FA Cup win over Brighton, then his first Premier League goal against Tottenham on 4 March 2007 in a 4-3 defeat.
2011-12: named Hammer of the Year and wins promotion again through the play-offs, beating Blackpool 2-1 at Wembley.
2013-14: named Hammer of the Year for a second time and wins the Players' Player award.
14 September 2015: named club captain.
28 March 2016: testimonial match, won 6-5 by the West Ham XI.
10 May 2016: leads the team out for the last match at Upton Park.
16 December 2017: scores a penalty in his 300th Premier League appearance.
5 May 2018: scores in a 2-0 win at Leicester that secures survival.
17 July 2020: plays his 500th game for the club.
9 March 2021: signs a one-year deal and announces that 2021-22 will be his last season.
15 May 2022: plays his last home game, a 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
22 May 2022: final appearance, as a late substitute in a 3-1 defeat at Brighton.
September 2022: West Ham announce that he will return as sporting director from January 2023.
2023: is part of the club's Europa Conference League celebrations after the final win over Fiorentina.

For England, he played at every youth level from under-16 to under-21 and captained the under-21s at the 2009 European Championship, where England finished runners-up. He was in the squad that won bronze at the 2007 under-21 tournament.

Honours and recognition

Young Hammer of the Year 2004-05 (the award was renamed the Mark Noble Award in May 2022).
Hammer of the Year 2011-12 and 2013-14, and Hammer of the Decade for the 2010s.
Freedom of the Borough of Newham (May 2016) and Freedom of the City of London (November 2022).
The pitch at West Ham's Chadwell Heath academy was named the Mark Noble Arena in May 2022.

Mark Noble in 2026

After retiring as a player in 2022, Noble moved straight into the boardroom as sporting director. West Ham were relegated from the Premier League in 2025/26, and in November 2026 the club sacked head coach Nuno Espírito Santo, with the team eighth in the Championship. ITV and the Irish Examiner reported on 3 November that Noble, Steve Potts and Gerard Prenderville had taken temporary charge, overseeing preparations for the next match at Cardiff City. Scott Parker, a former West Ham captain and Noble's former midfield partner, was appointed head coach on 4 November on a two-and-a-half-year contract, according to several outlets. TEAMtalk had reported in May that Noble was keen on reuniting with Parker. English Wikipedia says that Noble has moved into a new role working more closely with the first team; we could not find the club's own wording for that, so treat the exact job title as unconfirmed.

Noble is also an author. His autobiography, Boleyn Boy, was published on 10 November 2022, and in 2016 he co-founded the Legacy Foundation with Rio Ferdinand and Bobby Zamora.

The video above is "One Of Our Own", a documentary from West Ham United's official channel that tells Noble's career story through the people who know him best.

Mark Noble's net worth and salary

We have not given a net worth figure. Estimates for footballers circulate widely online, but they are not based on published accounts, and the figures in our earlier version of this page were not sourced. Neither West Ham nor Noble has published his earnings in the role he holds now, so there is no reliable number to quote.

Other West Ham couples

If you want to read about other people connected to the club, we have profiles of Naomi Veltman, wife of West Ham defender Joël Veltman and of Natálie Dobrovodská, wife of Tomáš Souček.

FAQ about Carly Noble and Mark Noble

Who is Mark Noble's wife?

Mark Noble's wife is Carly Noble. English Wikipedia describes her as his childhood sweetheart and lists the marriage as 2012.

How old is Carly Noble?

Her age and birthday have not been published by a reliable outlet, so we do not state them. Mark Noble was born on 8 May 1987.

Does Mark Noble have children?

Yes, he and Carly have two children, a son and a daughter. We do not publish their personal details.

What does Carly Noble do for a living?

We could not find a reliable source on her work, so we do not say.

What is Mark Noble's net worth?

No reliable figure has been published. We prefer to say that than to repeat a guess.

What does Mark Noble do now?

He retired as a player in May 2022 and has been part of West Ham's football leadership since January 2023, first as sporting director. In November 2026 he was part of the temporary arrangement after Nuno Espírito Santo's sacking, before Scott Parker was appointed head coach.