Matthew Upson

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

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Luton Town|1995–96|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0|1|0||
|1996–97|Second Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|1|0||||
|rowspan=7|Arsenal|1997–98|Premier League|5|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|—|8|0||
|1998–99|Premier League|5|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|9|0|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|9|0|0|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|13|0|||
|2000–01|Premier League|2|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|—|4|0||||
|2001–02|Premier League|14|0|1|0|1|0|6|0|—|22|0||||
|2002–03|Premier League|0|0|1|0|—|—|0|0|1|0|||||
|Nottingham Forest (loan)|2000–01|First Division|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|Crystal Palace (loan)|2000–01|First Division|7|0|—|—|—|—|7|0||||||
|Reading (loan)|2002–03|First Division|14|0|—|1|1|—|—|15|1|||||
|rowspan=6|Birmingham City|2002–03|Premier League|14|0|—|—|—|—|14|0|||||
|2003–04|Premier League|30|0|2|0|1|0|—|—|33|0|||||
|2004–05|Premier League|36|2|2|0|2|0|—|—|40|2|||||
|2005–06|Premier League|24|1|1|0|4|0|—|—|29|1|||||
|2006–07|Championship|9|2|3|0|0|0|—|—|12|2|||||
|rowspan=6|West Ham United|2006–07|Premier League|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||
|2007–08|Premier League|29|1|2|0|2|0|—|—|33|1|||||
|2008–09|Premier League|37|0|2|0|2|0|—|—|41|0|||||
|2009–10|Premier League|33|3|1|0|1|0|—|—|35|3|||||
|2010–11|Premier League|30|0|1|0|3|0|—|—|34|0|||||
|rowspan=3|Stoke City|2011–12|Premier League|14|1|2|0|1|0|8|1|—|25|2||
|2012–13|Premier League|1|1|0|0|1|0|—|—|2|1|||||
|Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)|2012–13|Championship|18|1|—|—|—|2|0|20|1|||||
|rowspan=2|Brighton & Hove Albion|2013–14|Championship|43|2|3|0|0|0|—|1|0|47|2||
|Leicester City|2014–15|Premier League|5|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|6|0||||
|Milton Keynes Dons|2015–16|Championship|3|0|2|0|2|0|—|—|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|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|||
- _England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Upson goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 November 2008|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany|12||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||||||
|27 June 2010|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa|21||1–2|1–4|2010 FIFA World Cup||||||||||||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- Premier League: 2001–02
- FA Community Shield: 2002

**Individual**
- Brighton & Hove Albion Player of the Year: 2013–14

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Matt Upson
- **image**: Matthew-Upson-2009 (cropped).jpg
- **upright**: 1.2
- **caption**: Upson in 2009
- **full name**: Matthew James Upson
- **birth place**: Eye, Suffolk, Eye, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthyears1**: –
- **youthclubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **youthyears2**: 1994–1996
- **youthclubs2**: Luton Town F.C., Luton Town
- **years1**: 1996–1997
- **clubs1**: Luton Town F.C., Luton Town
- **caps1**: 1
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1997–2003
- **clubs2**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps2**: 35
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2000
- **clubs3**: → Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest (loan)
- **caps3**: 1
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2001
- **clubs4**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2002
- **clubs5**: → Reading F.C., Reading (loan)
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2003–2007
- **clubs6**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps6**: 113
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2007–2011
- **clubs7**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps7**: 131
- **goals7**: 4
- **years8**: 2011–2013
- **clubs8**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps8**: 15
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2013
- **clubs9**: → Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
- **caps9**: 18
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2013–2014
- **clubs10**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **caps10**: 43
- **goals10**: 2
- **years11**: 2014–2015
- **clubs11**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps11**: 5
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2015–2016
- **clubs12**: Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons
- **caps12**: 3
- **goals12**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 386
- **totalgoals**: 14
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1998
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–2000
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 12
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2003–2010
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 21
- **nationalgoals3**: 2