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.jpg) Walker in 2003 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Desmond Sinclair Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1984 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1992 | Nottingham Forest | 264 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Sampdoria | 30 | (0) |
| 1993–2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | 307 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Nottingham Forest | 57 | (0) |
| Total | 658 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985–1988 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1988–1993 | England | 59 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Desmond Sinclair Walker (born 26 November 1965) is an English football coach and former player who played as a defender.
At club level he played in seven cup finals for Nottingham Forest at Wembley, winning five of them. He was Forest's player of the year three times. On four straight occasions at Forest he was selected for the PFA Team of the Year. At Sheffield Wednesday he picked up another club player of the year accolade. He played in twenty seasons of senior football. All but the last three of those were in the top flight in either England or Italy.
He played 59 times for England, which included the nation's run to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.