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Matthew Taylor

1981 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Matthew Taylor is the 5,430th most popular soccer player (up from 16,400th in 2024), the 5,265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,808th in 2019) and the 308th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Matthew Taylor ranks 5,430 out of 21,273. Before him are Blaise Nkufo, Giampaolo Pazzini, Umberto Colombo, Vlada Avramov, José Vicente Sánchez, and Alexander Hall. After him are Ciprian Tătărușanu, Andrei Zygmantovich, Masafumi Mizuki, Stephen Laybutt, Sardar Azmoun, and Mario Lemina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Matthew Taylor ranks 223. Before him are Sara Foster, Boyd Holbrook, Dimitris Salpingidis, Barbara Bush, Mladen Petrić, and Bassel Khartabil. After him are Natalie Horler, Takashi Maeda, Ilary Blasi, Demna, Jelena Jensen, and Louise Bourgoin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Taylor ranks 5,267 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Abrahams (1943), Alexander Hall (1880), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Chicane (1971), Tony Miles (1955), and Long John Baldry (1941). After him are David Lack (1910), David Marr (1945), Hannah More (1745), Ray Thomas (1941), John Belchier (1706), and James Dunn (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Matthew Taylor ranks 308. Before him are Steve Bruce (1960), Pat Rice (1949), Jesse Lingard (1992), Paul Mariner (1953), Jadon Sancho (2000), and Alexander Hall (1880). After him are Jackie Milburn (1924), Eric Dier (1994), Bukayo Saka (2001), Danny Ward (1993), Les Ferdinand (1966), and Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982).

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