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 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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

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 14 November 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
2023–24[15] Championship 80001020110
Total 360102020410
Career total 11836060701383

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. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Nesta Guinness-Walker in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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