Steven Taylor (footballer)
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| Steven Taylor | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Steven Vincent Taylor | |
| Date of birth | January 23, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newcastle United | |
| Number | 27 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995–2002 | Newcastle United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002– 2003–2004 |
Newcastle United → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) |
84 (3) 6 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004– 2007 |
England U21 England B |
25 (4) 1 (0) |
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Steven Vincent Taylor (born January 23, 1986 in Greenwich, London) is an English footballer, currently playing for Premier League club Newcastle United. He is a central defender who can also play at right back and is sometimes utilised as a left back.
Born in London, his family moved to Whitley Bay, North Tyneside when Taylor was just two-weeks old.
[edit] Playing career
Taylor had started playing football as a centre forward. In 1995, following injury-absence of defensive players, Taylor was forced to play as a centre-half, and following successful performances, was told that he would not be moving back to centre-forward.
In November 2001, Taylor, playing in the England Under-16 team at the Walkers International Tournament, was adjudged Player of the Tournament. Following this, in July 2002, he signed his professional contract with Newcastle. That season he also made his debut for the club Reserve team. In March 2003, the England Under-17 team qualified for the European Championships, and in the match against Slovakia, Taylor scored his first two goals for England. He also played in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Taylor moved to Wycombe Wanderers in December 2003 for a month-long loan deal in order to get first team experience. He made his league debut in Wycombe colours, in a 1-1 away draw against Notts County on December 13, 2003. He played a total of six games for the club in the loan period that lasted till January 11, 2004. He was a very popular player at Wycombe, having a large influence despite his youth and limited number of appearances.
Following a good showing at the Under-20 World Championship at Dubai, Taylor made his England Under-21 debut on February 17, 2004, in a 3-2 win over the Netherlands.
Then on March 25, 2004, Taylor finally made his debut for Newcastle, also his European debut. It came in the UEFA Cup 0-3 win against RCD Mallorca, when he replaced Andy O'Brien. The full debut, which was also the Premiership debut, followed soon, on March 28, against Bolton Wanderers F.C. at the Reebok Stadium. Taylor wears the number 27 shirt at Newcastle in recognition of Philippe Albert, a former Newcastle player, who also wore 27.
The start of the 2004-05 season was disappointing, as Taylor got injured, and could not play. But he came back to play 22 games for the club, thus salvaging his season.
In June 2005 Taylor represented England Under-20 at the Toulon International Tournament, where England finished in third place.
On September 6, 2005, he scored his first under-21 goal, against the German side. He also scored two goals against the Poland Under-21s in October 2005.
Tayls as he is affectionately known, suffered a serious shoulder injury playing for the England Under 21's, of which he further aggravated against Liverpool on Boxing Day 2005. This injury kept him out for the rest of the season, with the defending being left to Titus Bramble, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Peter Ramage and Craig Moore. He did, however, make a substitute appearance in Alan Shearer's testimonial match on May 11. During the 2005 season, youth graduates Steven Taylor and Peter Ramage became fan favourites, due to the frequent mistakes and errors of the now departed pair, Titus Bramble and Jean-Alain Boumsong.
His first senior goal for the club came against Celta Vigo on November 23, 2006 in the UEFA Cup. It turned out to be the winner in a 2-1 victory for Newcastle. He then scored his first Premiership goal for Newcastle in a 3-1 victory against Blackburn Rovers on 9 December, 2006.
In the match versus Birmingham, in the FA Cup on January 7, 2007, he was voted Man of the Match after grabbing Newcastle's equaliser, clearing off the line and giving an all round great performance. Taylor played in the replay against Birmingham on January 17, 2007, although he was sent off after fouling DJ Campbell.
Taylor's second league goal, the winner in Newcastle's 2-1 away win on Saturday 7 April 2007 at Sheffield United. His powerful header proved to be the goal that helped Sheffield United be relegated.
Taylor played a key role for England under-21s as they progressed to the semi-finals of the U21 Euro 2007. He missed the first match but played the other two group games and the semi-final where, after picking up an ankle injury just minutes before, he was unable to stop the Netherlands' late equaliser. After playing through extra-time with the injury, he was called upon to take part in the penalty shootout, and converted his spot-kick, although England exited the tournament after losing the shootout 13-12. He replaced Abdoulaye Faye in the central of defence and scored a decisive goal to end Newcastle's losing run by securing a 1-1 draw against Arsenal. He took the shot with his right foot and it hit the inside of the left goal post and ricocheted into the net.
[edit] External links
- Steven Taylor career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the official Newcastle United FC website
- Profile at BBC
- Profile at premierleague.com
- Profile at 4thegame.com
- Photo and stats at sporting-heroes.com
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Taylor, Steven Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Steven |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1986-1-23 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
