Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 14 September 1999||
Place of birth | Hounslow, England [3] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Northampton Town | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Chelsea | ||
2009–2010 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
2016–2018 | Metropolitan Police | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Metropolitan Police | ||
2019–2022 | AFC Wimbledon | 82 | (3) |
2022–2024 | Reading | 36 | (0) |
2024 | → Stevenage (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2024– | Northampton Town | 31 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:09, 31 August 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.
He is the grandson of actor Matthew Guinness and the great-grandson of actor Sir Alec Guinness. [5] He grew up in Twickenham and is of part-Barbadian descent. [5]
Guinness-Walker played youth football for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, [6] spending two years with Chelsea and one year with Tottenham, before leaving at the age of 11, [5] 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. [6] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in a 2–1 defeat to Ipswich Town on 20 August 2019. [7] He was offered a new contract by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season, [8] but he left the club on 5 July 2022. [9]
On 29 July 2022, Reading announced the signing of Guinness-Walker on a one-year contract following a successful trial. [10] [11] On 17 May 2023, Reading activated a clause in Guinness-Walker's contract to keep him at the club for the 2023–24 season. [12]
On 24 January 2024, Guinness-Walker joined League One club Stevenage on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. [13]
He was released by Reading at the end of the 2023–24 season. [14]
On 27 September 2024, Guinness-Walker joined League One side Northampton Town on a short-term contract. [15] [16] The contract was extended in December 2024 until summer 2026. [17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Wimbledon | 2019–20 [18] | League One | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
2020–21 [19] | League One | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2021–22 [20] | League One | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
Total | 82 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 3 | ||
Reading | 2022–23 [21] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
2023–24 [22] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Stevenage (loan) | 2023–24 [22] | League One | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Northampton Town | 2024–25 [23] | League One | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
2025–26 [24] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
Career total | 159 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 181 | 4 |