Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Andrew Guppy[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 29 March 1969||
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.