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Matthew Taylor
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Matthew Taylor, born Matthew Simon Taylor in Oxford on 27 November 1981, is an English association football player and coach. He has played as a midfielder, wearing squad number 31, for Luton Town F.C., Portsmouth F.C., West Ham United F.C. and Bolton Wanderers F.C. in the Premier League, and began his career in 1999.
He later coached Swindon Town F.C. and, according to Thesportsdb, has managed Exeter City.
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Key facts
- 2018
- Swindon Town (caretaker)
- 2025
- Solihull Moors
- Full name
- Matthew Simon Taylor
- Date of birth
- ( 1981-11-27 ) 27 November 1981 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Oxford , England
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Positions
- Defender midfielder
- 0000 1999
- Luton Town
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2002
- Luton Town
- 2002 2008
- Portsmouth
- 2008 2011
- Bolton Wanderers
- 2011 2014
- West Ham United
- 2014 2016
- Burnley
- 2016 2017
- Northampton Town
- 2017 2019
- Swindon Town
- 2002 2003
- England U21
- 2021 2022
- Walsall
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Exeter City
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Oxford
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Swindon Town F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- MattTaylorWestHam.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Matthew Taylor (footballer)
- date of birth
- 1981-11-27
- sport number
- 31
- birth name
- Matthew Simon Taylor
- name in native language
- Matthew Taylor
- coach of sports team
- Swindon Town F.C.
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic 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.
Taylor began his coaching career while still a player at Swindon Town and, upon retiring from playing in 2019, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur to coach their U18s. He landed his first Football League management job in May 2021, taking over as head coach of Walsall. He was dismissed in February 2022 and hired at Shrewsbury Town in League One in June 2023. He was sacked in January 2024 and was later appointed manager of Wealdstone in May 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthew Taylor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.