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Nigel Quashie, (born July 20 1978 in Nunhead),  is
a Scotland|Scottish football (soccer) player, born
in Peckham. He currently plays as a midfielder for
English club Southampton F.C.

Quashie began his career in London with Queens
Park Rangers F.C., making his League debut against
Manchester United F.C. at Old Trafford
(football)|Old Trafford in December 1995,
impressing despite his club's 2-1 defeat. He was
used sparingly for the remainder of that campaign
before breaking into the starting side on a
regular basis in the 1997/98 season. 

After several impressive performances for QPR
Quashie was awarded with England Under-21 and 'B'
honours.

Quashie joined then FA Premiership side Nottingham
Forest F.C. for a fee of £2.5million at the start
of the 1998/99 season, but struggled as they were
comfortably relegated.

Despite settling into the team, and providing some
good performances, Nottingham Forest missed out on
promotion the following season. For the next
season, (2000/01), Portsmouth F.C. paid a
cut-price £600,000 to take him to Fratton Park
and he soon became an important player. He was a
vital player in the 2002/03 season, during which
Portsmouth won the Football League One|League One
championship (then called Division 1). During the
season Quashie was the club's vice-captain.

Despite missing three months of the 2003/04
Premiership season, Quashie remained an important
player as Portsmouth claimed 13th place. His
assured performances also had the Scottish
national football team taking note. Eligible for
either the Scottish or English national sides,
Quashie opted for the Scots, and made his debut
against Estonia. He scored a goal in his second
game - a 4-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago, which
cemented his place as a first team regular for
both club and country.

On January 17 2005 Quashie rejoined former
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp at Southampton
for a fee of £2.1m. After the transfer of Jason
Dodd, he became the club's captain, and is still
in this capacity as of the 2005/2006 season.