Steve Guppy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Andrew Guppy | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990 | England under-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1993 | England semi-pro | ||
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | England | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Stephen Andrew "Steve" Guppy (born 29 March 1969) is an English former international football winger, who currently works as a coach with the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Starting 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.
Guppy was spotted playing for his local team, Colden Common and offered a chance with Southampton in March 1989. He made a handful of appearances in the Saints reserves at the end of the 1988–89 season (but failed to break into the first team) before moving to Jim Kelman's Wycombe Wanderers in September 1989. He turned professional with Wycombe in 1992, at the age of 23. Prior to turning pro he worked on building sites.
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