Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker (born 14 September 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Reading.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nesta Pierre Guinness-Walker[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 23)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club 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 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:39, 4 November 2022 (UTC) |
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]
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]
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[10] | League One | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
2020–21[11] | League One | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2021–22[12] | 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[13] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Career total | 92 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 3 |
Reading F.C. – current squad | |
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