The England International Database

Full Name:: Desmond Sinclair Walker
Born:: 26th November 1965, Hackney, London
England Career:: 1988 - 1993
Positions:: Centre Back and Sweeper
Clubs (and caps):: Nottingham Forest (47), Sampdoria (11) & Sheffield Wednesday (1)
FA Legacy Number:: 1005
Career Summary:: Des Walker (Born: 26th November 1965) was an international footballer who represented England 59 times scoring 0 goals. His first cap was against Denmark on 14th September 1988 at 22 years old, and his last was vs San Marino on 17th November 1993 aged 27. Walker, born on 26th November 1965, in Hackney, London, has a FA Legacy Number of 1005 and played as a Centre Back and Sweeper for his country.

England Career Statistics

Debut:: v Denmark (FR) on 14th September 1988 aged 22 years, 9 months, 18 days
Last Cap:: v San Marino (WCQ) on 17th November 1993 aged 27 years, 11 month, 21 day
Career Length:: 5 years, 64 days
Starts:: 56
Substitute:: 3
Withdrawn:: 2
Full Games:: 54

England Match Statistics

FriendlyFR 23 0 0 0 0
World Cup QualifierWCQ 14 0 0 0 1
Rous CupRC 2 0 0 0 0
World Cup FinalsWCF 7 0 0 0 0
European Championship QualifierECQ 6 0 0 0 0
England Challenge CupECC 1 0 0 0 0
European Championship FinalsECF 3 0 0 0 0
United States CupUSC 3 0 0 0 0
Competitive 36 0 0 0 1

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Home 23 0 0 0 1
Away 26 0 0 0 0
Neutral 10 0 0 0 0

Match Results
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Won 29 0 0 0 1
Drawn 23 0 0 0 0
Lost 7 0 0 0 0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Centre Back 58 0 0 0 1
Sweeper 1 0 0 0 0

Managers
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Graham Taylor 34 0 0 0 0
Bobby Robson 25 0 0 0 1

Totals
59
0
0
0
1

England Team Mates (Top 10)

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48 Matches

Gary Lineker
43 Matches

David Platt
41 Matches

John Barnes
30 Matches

Chris Woods
28 Matches

Paul Gascoigne
26 Matches

Chris Waddle
25 Matches

Peter Shilton
25 Matches

Terry Butcher
23 Matches

Peter Beardsley
21 Matches

Sources

England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
268 sources from 59 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SMR, 7 - 1, 17th Nov 1993 (WCQ) Sheffield Wednesday, Cap: 59.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 21 day.
GER, 1 - 2, 19th Jun 1993 (USC) Sampdoria, Cap: 58.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 23 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 13th Jun 1993 (USC) Sampdoria, Cap: 57.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 17 days.
USA, 0 - 2, 9th Jun 1993 (USC) Sampdoria, Cap: 56.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 13 days.
NOR, 0 - 2, 2nd Jun 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 55.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 6 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 29th May 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 54.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 3 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 28th Apr 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 53.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 2 days.
TUR, 2 - 0, 31st Mar 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 52.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 5 days.
SMR, 6 - 0, 17th Feb 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 51.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 21 day.
TUR, 4 - 0, 18th Nov 1992 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 50.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 22 days.
NOR, 1 - 1, 14th Oct 1992 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 49.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 18 days.
ESP, 0 - 1, 9th Sep 1992 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 48.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 13 days.
SWE, 1 - 2, 17th Jun 1992 (ECF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 47.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 21 day.
FRA, 0 - 0, 14th Jun 1992 (ECF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 46.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 18 days.
DEN, 0 - 0, 11th Jun 1992 (ECF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 45.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 15 days.
FIN, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 44.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 7 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 17th May 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 43.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 21 day.
HUN, 1 - 0, 12th May 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 42.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 16 days.
CIS, 2 - 2, 29th Apr 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 41.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 3 days.
TCH, 2 - 2, 25th Mar 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 40.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 29 days.
FRA, 2 - 0, 19th Feb 1992 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 39.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 23 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 13th Nov 1991 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 38.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 17 days.
TUR, 1 - 0, 16th Oct 1991 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 37.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 20 days.
MAS, 4 - 2, 12th Jun 1991 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 36.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 16 days.
NZL, 2 - 0, 8th Jun 1991 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 35.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 12 days.
NZL, 1 - 0, 3rd Jun 1991 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 34.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 7 days.
AUS, 1 - 0, 1st Jun 1991 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 33.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 6 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 25th May 1991 (ECC) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 32.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 29 days.
TUR, 1 - 0, 1st May 1991 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 31.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 5 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1991 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 30.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 1 day.
CMR, 2 - 0, 6th Feb 1991 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 29.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 10 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 14th Nov 1990 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 28.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 18 days.
POL, 2 - 0, 17th Oct 1990 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 27.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 21 day.
HUN, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 26.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 16 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 7th Jul 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 25.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 11 day.
FRG, 1 - 1, 4th Jul 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 24.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 8 days.
CMR, 3 - 2, 1st Jul 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 23.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 5 days.
BEL, 1 - 0, 26th Jun 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 22.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 0 days.
EGY, 1 - 0, 21st Jun 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 21.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 25 days.
NED, 0 - 0, 16th Jun 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 20.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 20 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 11th Jun 1990 (WCF) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 19.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 15 days.
TUN, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 6 days.
URU, 1 - 2, 22nd May 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 26 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 15th May 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 19 days.
TCH, 4 - 2, 25th Apr 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 29 days.
BRA, 1 - 0, 28th Mar 1990 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 2 days.
YUG, 2 - 1, 13th Dec 1989 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 13.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 17 days.
ITA, 0 - 0, 15th Nov 1989 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 12.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 19 days.
POL, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 1989 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 11.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 15 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1989 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 10.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 10 days.
DEN, 1 - 1, 7th Jun 1989 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 9.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 11 day.
POL, 3 - 0, 3rd Jun 1989 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 8.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 7 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 27th May 1989 (RC) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 1 day.
CHI, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1989 (RC) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 27 days.
ALB, 5 - 0, 26th Apr 1989 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 0 days.
ALB, 2 - 0, 8th Mar 1989 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 12 days.
GRE, 2 - 1, 8th Feb 1989 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 3.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 12 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 19th Oct 1988 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 23 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 14th Sep 1988 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 9 months, 18 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.