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My Take
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.
Overview
Matthew Simon Taylor (born 27 November 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Premier League for Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United and Burnley and in the Football League for Luton Town, Northampton Town and Swindon Town. Taylor played as a full-back, wing-back and midfielder. He scored 84 goals in 658 league games in a 20-year career in English football.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.