Nesta Guinness-Walker

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Nesta Guinness-Walker
Personal information
Full name Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker [1]
Date of birth (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 25) [2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Northampton Town
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2008 Chelsea
2009–2010 Tottenham Hotspur
2016–2018 Metropolitan Police
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Metropolitan Police
2019–2022 AFC Wimbledon 82 (3)
2022–2024 Reading 36 (0)
2024 → Stevenage (loan) 14 (0)
2024– Northampton Town 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:13, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker (born 14 September 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League One club Northampton Town.

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Personal life

He is the grandson of actor Matthew Guinness and the great-grandson of actor Sir Alec Guinness. [3] He grew up in Twickenham and is of part-Barbadian descent. [3]

Career

Guinness-Walker played youth football for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, [4] spending two years with Chelsea and one year with Tottenham, before leaving at the age of 11, [3] before playing Sunday League football as a teenager. [2] He joined non-league Metropolitan Police at the age of 17. [2] Following a successful trial period he signed for AFC Wimbledon in May 2019. [4] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in a 2–1 defeat to Ipswich Town on 20 August 2019. [5] He was offered a new contract by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season, [6] but he left the club on 5 July 2022. [7]

On 29 July 2022, Reading announced the signing of Guinness-Walker on a one-year contract following a successful trial. [8] [9] On 17 May 2023, Reading activated a clause in Guinness-Walker's contract to keep him at the club for the 2023–24 season. [10]

On 24 January 2024, Guinness-Walker joined League One club Stevenage on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. [11]

He was released by Reading at the end of the 2023–24 season. [12]

On 27 September 2024, Guinness-Walker joined League One side Northampton Town on a short-term contract. [13] [14] The contract was extended in December 2024 until summer 2026. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2019–20 [16] League One 231101020271
2020–21 [17] League One311101020351
2021–22 [18] League One281302020351
Total823504060973
Reading 2022–23 [19] Championship 280101000300
2023–24 [20] League One80001020110
Total360102020410
Stevenage (loan) 2023–24 [20] League One140000000140
Northampton Town 2024–25 [21] League One181100010201
Career total15047060801724

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Wimbledon" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nesta Guinness-Walker – Defender – First team – AFC Wimbledon". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Exclusive interview with AFC Wimbledon prospect Nesta Guiness-Walker on looking to perform on a football pitch – not a stage or the big screen". 30 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Nesta Guinness-Walker: AFC Wimbledon sign left-back from Metropolitan Police". BBC Sport. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ipswich 2–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Retained List Announced". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Squad Update". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "GUINNESS-WALKER SIGNS ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH ROYALS". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Reading sign left-back Guinness-Walker" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "NEW DEALS OFFERED AS CONTRACTS COME TO THEIR CONCLUSION". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nesta Guinness-Walker joins on loan from Reading". www.stevenagefc.com. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Clinton Mola and Sam Hutchinson among four released by Reading". BBC Sport. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "NESTA GUINNESS-WALKER SIGNS FOR NORTHAMPTON TOWN". www.ntfc.co.uk. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Nesta Guinness-Walker: Ex-Reading full-back joins Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 27 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Cobblers defenders sign extended contracts". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 19 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.


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