Noble Okello
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2000 (24 years old)
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Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPosition
Defensive Midfield
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Active
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White
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45
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1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
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Noble Okello Ayo (born July 20, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
Club career
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Okello first began playing with the North York Hearts SC. He was part of the Toronto FC youth system since the age of 12. On August 20, 2017, he was part of the U17 side that beat Juventus U17 to capture the inaugural International Youth Soccer Cup in dramatic fashion. He played 16 games for TFC Academy during the 2016 season and 13 games during the 2017 season, scoring once against ProStars FC. On September 15, 2017, Okello signed his first professional contract. On October 6, 2017, he made his professional debut against Bethlehem Steel FC in the USL replacing Brian James in the 71st minute.
Following the conclusion of USL season Okello was invited to train with VfL Wolfsburg. On January 10, 2018, he played a full 90 minutes for their U19 side in a 2–1 victory over Hallescher FC where he scored the equalising goal in the 88th minute On January 13, 2018, he played in a 4–1 win over BFC Dynamo at the Porschestadion and Thomas Reis described his performance as enthusiastic and satisfying. He was recalled by his club to take part in first team pre season with 2017 Major League Soccer champions Toronto FC in Los Angeles starting on January 22, 2018.
Okello made his first team debut on January 31, 2018 in a preseason friendly against Tijuana, coming on in the 61st minute to replace Michael Bradley in central midfield as the team was winning 3–2. The game finished in a 3–2 victory for Toronto. On February 2, 2018, Okello started against Los Angeles FC in their first ever preseason game at Drake Stadium (UCLA), which finished 2–2. On February 6, 2018, he travelled with the first team to Mexico for the second leg of their 2018 preseason with games scheduled against Liga MX clubs Pachuca, América and Cruz Azul.
On April 6, 2018, it was reported that VfL Wolfsburg had made three separate transfer bids to sign Okello, which would see his club receive a six figure transfer fee in addition to appearance fees and sell on percentage fee. Toronto FC confirmed that an offer was received yet did not clarify why the bid was rejected.
On April 18, 2018, Okello made his first start of the 2018 USL season, playing the full 90 minutes and helping his team pick up its first points of the season and clean sheet in a 0–0 draw at BMO Field. He finished the game with an 87.3% pass success rate.
On September 16, 2018, Okello started and played the full 90 minutes in front of 27,275 fans at Nippert Stadium against FC Cincinnati in a thrilling game that finished 4–3.
Okello was promoted to the Toronto FC first team on January 22, 2019. He made his first-team debut for Toronto on August 14 against Ottawa Fury FC in the second leg of their 2019 Canadian Championship semi-final series. On September 25, 2020, Okello was sent out on loan to Danish 1st Division club HB Køge, the same club that his teammate Rocco Romeo was also loaned out to. On September 30, he made his debut for Køge, coming on as a second-half substitute and scored a goal from 35 metres out.
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5 appearances in the current 2024 Season
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