Steve Guppy

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Personal information
Steve Guppy
Full name	Stephen Andrew Guppy
Date of birth	March 29, 1969 (age 38)
Place of birth	Winchester, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Nickname	Gupps
Playing position	Left Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Stevenage Borough
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Colden Common
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1989 1989-1994 1994 1994-1997 1997-2001 2001-2004 2004 2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Southampton Wycombe Wanders Newcastle United Port Vale Leicester City Celtic Leicester City Leeds United Stoke City Wycombe Wanderers D.C. United Stevenage Borough	000 0(0) 178 (25) 000 0(0) 105 (12) 146 0(9) 033 0(0) 015 0(0) 003 0(1) 004 0(0) 014 0(1) 020 0(1)
National team²
? 1999 ?	England U-21 England England B	001 0(0) 001 0(0) 001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Andrew Guppy (born March 29, 1969) is an English football (soccer) left midfielder, currently playing for Stevenage Borough.

Guppy was born in Winchester, Hampshire and was spotted playing for his local team, Colden Common and offered a contract by Southampton in March 1989. He made a handful of appearances in the Saints reserves at the end of the 1988-89 season (but failed to break into the first team) before moving to Wycombe Wanderers in September 1989.

At Wycombe, he first teamed up with Martin O'Neill and helped take them into the Football League as Conference champions in 1993 as well as completing the non-league double by winning the FA Trophy. He was a virtual ever-present in Wycombe's debut season in the Football League at the end of which they secured promotion to Division Two via the play-offs.

In August 1994, he was snapped up by Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United for a fee of £150,000. He failed to make a first team appearance for Newcastle before moving on to Port Vale in November 1994. After nearly 3 seasons with the Division One club, in February 1997 he was tracked down by his former boss, who paid £850,000 to take him to Premier League club Leicester City for the first time.

It was in his first spell with the Foxes that he was most successful, playing in over 140 matches under Martin O'Neill. During this time, he was placed in second on a list of the best crossers in Europe behind David Beckham. He gained League Cup honours with Leicester City in 2000, having also reached the final in the previous season. Also, it was whilst at Leicester he gained his only England cap, playing against Belgium on 10 October 1999.

In August 2001 re-joined Martin O'Neill at Celtic, where he spent 2 and half years as a bit part player. During his time at Celtic, they won the Scottish Premier League (2001-02), Scottish Cup (2001) and Scottish League Cup (again in 2001). After being released by Celtic in January 2004 he briefly re-joined Leicester City but was released by them in the summer of 2004. He then spent a brief spell at Leeds United in August 2004 before gaining a short term deal at Stoke City followed by a short spell back at Wycombe. His short stint in Major League Soccer with Washington based D.C. United was not memorable, as he was released by the club after playing in just five league games in which he was featured in a starting line-up alongside Freddy Adu in midfield.