Cleveland Taylor

Cleveland Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Cleveland Ken Wayne Taylor[1]
Date of birth	9 September 1983 (1983-09-09) (age 28)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current club	Burton Albion
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2004	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
2002	→ Exeter City (loan)	3	(0)
2003	→ Scarborough (loan)	11	(4)
2004	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	11	(0)
2004–2008	Scunthorpe United	163	(14)
2008–2009	Carlisle United	61	(3)
2009–2010	Brentford	12	(1)
2010	→ Burton Albion (loan)	24	(4)
2010–2011	St. Johnstone	21	(1)
2011–	Burton Albion	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:56, 22 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Cleveland Ken Wayne Taylor (born 9 September 1983) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Burton Albion.

Career

Born in Leicester, Leicestershire, Taylor began his career at Premier League club Bolton Wanderers as a youngster in 2001, but his chances were limited and he was subsequently loaned out for spells at both Exeter City and Scarborough. He left Bolton Wanderers in 2003 and joined Scunthorpe United permanently, he went on to make 96 appearances at The Iron, scoring 12 goals in the process. He played a part in Scunthorpe's success during the 2006-2007 season when they won promotion to the Championship. Taylor was one of the scorers for Scunthorpe United as they comfortably beat Carlisle United 3-0 on the last day of the 2006-2007 season. His chances were limited during the first-half of the 2007-2008 season, and Taylor stated he would not sign any contract extension offered by Scunthorpe. This alerted several clubs, but it was the Brunton Park club that caught Taylor's eye.

Taylor made his Carlisle United début against Walsall at Brunton Park on 3 February 2008, a game that Carlisle came back from 1–0 down to win 2–1. Cleveland Taylor then went on to score his first goal for the Blues against Southend United which turned out to be the winning goal as Carlisle ended up 2-1 winners.

On 13 August 2009 Taylor was announced as a Brentford player for an undisclosed fee, becoming Andy Scott's twelfth signing of the summer.

Taylor joined Burton Albion on loan until the end of the season on 14 January 2010.

On 1 July 2010 Taylor signed for Perth based St. Johnstone.^[2]

Taylor joined Burton Albion on a two year contract after his release from St. Johnstone.After saying "Burton feels like home to me and i am very happy to be back"

Taylor has represented Jamaica at under-20^[3] and under-23^[4] (Olympic) levels.

References

1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 399. ISBN 9781845964740. 
2. ^ "St Johnstone beat Burton to winger Cleveland Taylor". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 July 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/8762305.stm. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
3. ^ Ja face Haiti in crucial match. Retrieved on 2008-05-12
4. ^ North and Central American Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-12

External links

• Cleveland Taylor career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Taylor, Cleveland
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	9 September 1983
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Date of death
Place of death