Nesta Guinness-Walker

Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker (born 14 September 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Reading.

Nesta Guinness-Walker
Personal information
Full name Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker[1]
Date of birth (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 18
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– Reading 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2019–20[11] League One 231101020271
2020–21[12] League One 311101020351
2021–22[13] League One 281302020351
Total 823504060973
Reading 2022–23[14] Championship 280101000300
Career total 11036050601273

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Wimbledon" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. "Nesta Guinness-Walker – Defender – First team – AFC Wimbledon". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  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. "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. "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  12. "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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