Steve Guppy

Steve Guppy
Personal information
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; wing-back
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

Stephen Andrew Guppy (born 29 March 1969) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who now coaches at Nashville SC.

A winger, he started his senior career with Wycombe Wanderers in 1989; over five years, 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 with Leicester City in 1997. After four years 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 retired in 2008 following a spell in the States with Rochester Rhinos.

In addition to a successful nineteen-year club career, he earned England caps at under-21, semi-pro, 'B', and finally at full senior level.

  1. ^ "Steve Guppy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Steve Guppy". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ Steve Guppy at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata