- Neil Taylor (footballer)
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Neil Taylor 
Personal information Full name Neil John Taylor[1] Date of birth 7 February 1989 Place of birth St Asaph, Wales Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Playing position Defender / Left Midfielder Club information Current club Swansea City Number 3 Youth career 1998–2004 Manchester City 2005–2007 Wrexham Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2010 Wrexham 75 (3) 2010– Swansea City 35 (0) National team‡ 2005–2006 Wales U17 10 (0) 2006–2007 Wales U19 5 (0) 2007– Wales U21 13 (0) 2009 Wales Semi-Pro 1 (0) 2010– Wales 8 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:39, 25 September 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:01, 12 Oct 2011 (UTC)Neil John Taylor (born 7 February 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays in defence and left side of midfield for Swansea City. He has also played for Wales at senior level as well as several youth levels.[2]
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Career
Taylor began his career at Manchester City, but left the club at the age of 15.[3] He instead moved to Wrexham at the age of 16 progressing through the youth system at the club,[2] signing a professional contract in July 2007.[4] He broke into the first-team at Wrexham during the 2007–08 season when he made 27 league and cup appearances.[5] He signed an extension to his contract in March 2008, keeping him at Wrexham until 2010.[6]
At the end of the 2009–10 season, Taylor joined Football League Championship side Swansea City on a free transfer.[3] A fee of £150,000 plus 10% of any future profit was agreed between the two clubs just before entering a professional footballers compensation committee tribunal on 30 September 2010.[7][8] He made his Swans league debut coming on as a sub for Albert Serrán in the defeat at Norwich City. Taylor had played 15 league games, due to injuries and suspensions, before spraining his ankle against Reading on 1 January 2011. Taylor made his return more than a month later on February 19 against Doncaster Rovers the same week where both he and captain Garry Monk became fathers.
Taylor made his debut for the Wales national football team on 23 May 2010 against Croatia at the Gradski Stadion Osijek.
On 12 May 2011, in the Npower Football League Championship play off semi final first leg against Nottingham Forest, Taylor was sent off after 53 seconds for a high challenge on Forest's Lewis McGugan. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
On 7 June 2011, Swansea confirmed Newcastle United had made a bid for the player. Swansea rejected the offer, understood to be of around £1 million and Taylor signed a four year deal with Swansea
Career statistics
- As of 24 September 2011
Club statistics Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Other Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Wrexham 2007–08 League Two 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 2008–09 Conference National 26 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 32 2 2009–10 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 1 Subtotal 75 3 2 0 1 0 7 0 85 3 Swansea City 2010–11 Championship 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 0 2011–12 Premier League 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Subtotal 35 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 38 0 Total 110 3 2 0 4 0 7 0 123 3 References
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- ^ a b "Neil Taylor". Team profiles. Wrexham FC. http://www.wrexhamafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10311~41477,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ a b "Swans agree terms with Neil Taylor". Swansea City A.F.C.. 2010-06-30. http://www.swanseacity.net/page/Latest/0,,10354~2080885,00.html. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Neil Taylor". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=47172. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Games played by Neil Taylor in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=47172&seasonid=137. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Wrexham rookies sign new deals". BBC Sport. 2008-03-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7294228.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Wrexham FC want compensation tribunal after Neil Taylor signs for Swansea City". Daily Post. 2010-07-01. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/wrexham-fc/2010/07/01/wrexham-fc-want-compensation-tribunal-after-neil-taylor-signs-for-swansea-city-55578-26762473/. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Swansea agree Neil Taylor compensation". BBC Sport. 2010-09-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/9049463.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
External links
Swansea City A.F.C. – current squad 1 Vorm · 2 Williams · 3 Taylor · 4 Caulker · 5 Tate · 6 Bodde · 7 Britton · 8 Orlandi · 10 Graham · 11 Sinclair · 12 Dyer · 14 Dobbie · 15 Routledge · 16 Monk · 17 Cotterill · 18 Lita · 19 Moore · 20 Bessone · 21 Moreira · 22 Rangel · 24 Allen · 25 Tremmel · 26 Agustien · 27 Gower · 28 Butler · 29 Richards · 31 Lucas · 32 Situ · 33 Davies · 34 Walsh · 35 Alfei · 37 Smith · 38 Edwards · 39 March · 44 Moras · Manager: Rodgers
Categories:- 1989 births
- People from St Asaph
- Living people
- Welsh footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales international footballers
- Wrexham F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- Premier League players
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