Steve Guppy
English footballer (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stephen Andrew Guppy (born 29 March 1969) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who now coaches at Nashville SC.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Andrew Guppy[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1969-03-29) 29 March 1969 (age 55)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Winchester, Hampshire, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1989 | Colden Common | ||
1989 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1994 | Wycombe Wanderers | 178 | (26) |
1994 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
1994–1997 | Port Vale | 105 | (12) |
1997–2001 | Leicester City | 146 | (9) |
2001–2004 | Celtic | 33 | (0) |
2004 | Leicester City | 15 | (0) |
2004 | Leeds United | 3 | (1) |
2004 | Stoke City | 4 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | (1) |
2005–2006 | D.C. United | 5 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Stevenage Borough | 27 | (1) |
2008 | Rochester Rhinos | 22 | (0) |
Total | 552 | (50) | |
International career | |||
1990 | England under-21 | 1 | (0) |
1993 | England semi-pro | 1 | (0) |
1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
1999 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A winger, he started his senior career with Wycombe Wanderers in 1989, over a five-year period he made around 200 appearances for the club, helping Wycombe win promotion to the Football League. Earning a move to Newcastle United in 1994, later in the year he transferred to Port Vale. After three successful years at Vale he signed to Leicester City in 1997. After a four-year spell with the "Foxes" he moved to Scotland to play for Celtic. In 2004, he returned to Leicester, before brief spells with Leeds United, Stoke City, and another return to Wycombe. In 2005, he joined American club D.C. United, and after another year returned to the English non-League scene with Stevenage Borough. He then retired in 2008 following a spell back in the States with Rochester Rhinos.
As well as a successful nineteen-year club career, he earned England caps at under-21, semi-pro, 'B', and finally at full senior level.