Matthew Taylor

Matthew Taylor is exactly the type of footballer I love watching: a full-back and midfielder who could genuinely score, racking up 84 goals in 658 league games over two decades. Spells at Portsmouth, Bolton, West Ham and Burnley made him a Premier League fixture, and anyone who saw his ferocious long-range strikes will not forget them. The Oxford-born craftsman never chased superstardom; he simply did his job superbly at every club. To me those reliable, multi-role professionals are the backbone of English football, and his move into coaching feels like the natural way to pass that craft on.

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Name (English)

Matthew Taylor

Name (Japanese)

マシュー・テイラー

Reading

ましゅー・ていらー

Born

November 27, 1981 (age 44)

Origin

Oxford, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Taylor%20(footballer%2C%20born%201981)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158945

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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