Matthew Upson

Matthew Upson (born 18 April 1979) is a former English footballer. He played for the England national team.

Matt Upson

Upson in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Matthew James Upson[1]
Date of birth	(1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	Eye, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
–	Ipswich Town
1994–1996	Luton Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Luton Town	1	(0)
1997–2003	Arsenal	35	(0)
2000	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	1	(0)
2001	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	7	(0)
2002	→ Reading (loan)	14	(0)
2003–2007	Birmingham City	113	(5)
2007–2011	West Ham United	131	(4)
2011–2013	Stoke City	15	(2)
2013	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	18	(1)
2013–2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	(2)
2014–2015	Leicester City	5	(0)
2015–2016	Milton Keynes Dons	3	(0)
Total		386	(14)
International career
1997–1998	England U18	9	(0)
1998–2000	England U21	12	(2)
2003–2010	England	21	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Luton Town	1995–96[2][3]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		1[a]	0	1	0
	1996–97[4]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0	2	0
Arsenal	1997–98[5]	Premier League	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	—		8	0
	1998–99[6]	Premier League	5	0	1	0	2	0	1[b]	0	0	0	9	0
	1999–2000[7]	Premier League	9	0	0	0	2	0	2[b]	0	0	0	13	0
	2000–01[8]	Premier League	2	0	0	0	1	0	1[b]	0	—		4	0
	2001–02[9]	Premier League	14	0	1	0	1	0	6[b]	0	—		22	0
	2002–03[10]	Premier League	0	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	Total		35	0	4	0	8	0	10	0	0	0	57	0
Nottingham Forest (loan)	2000–01[8]	First Division	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Crystal Palace (loan)	2000–01[8]	First Division	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
Reading (loan)	2002–03[10]	First Division	14	0	—		1	1	—		—		15	1
Birmingham City	2002–03[10]	Premier League	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
	2003–04[11]	Premier League	30	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		33	0
	2004–05[12]	Premier League	36	2	2	0	2	0	—		—		40	2
	2005–06[13]	Premier League	24	1	1	0	4	0	—		—		29	1
	2006–07[14]	Championship	9	2	3	0	0	0	—		—		12	2
	Total		113	5	8	0	7	0	—		—		128	5
West Ham United	2006–07[14]	Premier League	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	2007–08[15]	Premier League	29	1	2	0	2	0	—		—		33	1
	2008–09[16]	Premier League	37	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		41	0
	2009–10[17]	Premier League	33	3	1	0	1	0	—		—		35	3
	2010–11[18]	Premier League	30	0	1	0	3	0	—		—		34	0
	Total		131	4	6	0	8	0	—		—		145	4
Stoke City	2011–12[19][20]	Premier League	14	1	2	0	1	0	8[c]	1	—		25	2
	2012–13[21]	Premier League	1	1	0	0	1	0	—		—		2	1
	Total		15	2	2	0	2	0	8	1	—		27	3
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	2012–13[21]	Championship	18	1	—		—		—		2[d]	0	20	1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2013–14[22]	Championship	43	2	3	0	0	0	—		1[d]	0	47	2
	Total		61	3	3	0	0	0	—		3	0	67	3
Leicester City	2014–15[23]	Premier League	5	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
Milton Keynes Dons	2015–16[24]	Championship	3	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			386	14	26	0	28	1	18	1	4	0	462	16

1. Appearance in Anglo-Italian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[25]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2003	6	0
	2004	1	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	0	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	5	1
	2009	6	0
	2010	3	1
Total		21	2

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Upson goal.^[25]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	19 November 2008	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	12	Germany	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[26]
2	27 June 2010	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa	21	Germany	1–2	1–4	2010 FIFA World Cup	[27]

Honours

Arsenal

• Premier League: 2001–02^[28]
• FA Community Shield: 2002^[29]

Individual

• Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Year: 2013–14^[30]