Martin Taylor (footballer born 1979)
Taylor playing for Watford in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Martin Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1997 | Cramlington Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2004 | Blackburn Rovers | 88 | (5) |
| 2000 | → Darlington (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2000 | → (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2010 | Birmingham City | 99 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Norwich City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Watford | 90 | (10) |
| 2012–2014 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Brentford (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| Total | 312 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Martin Taylor (born 9 November 1979) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender.
Taylor began his career with Blackburn Rovers, for whom he made more than 100 appearances, and also spent time on loan at Darlington and . While a Blackburn player, he was capped once for the England under-21 team and played on the winning side in the 2002 Football League Cup Final. Taylor moved to Birmingham City in 2004, where he spent six seasons, and played for Norwich City on loan. He was involved in an incident in 2008 in which Arsenal player Eduardo da Silva suffered a badly broken leg. Unable to force his way into Birmingham's first team after their return to the Premier League, he joined Watford in January 2010. Taylor quickly established himself in Watford's first team, starting every league game in the 2010–11 season, but injury disrupted his next season, and he joined Sheffield Wednesday in August 2012. He played infrequently for Wednesday, spent time on loan at Brentford, and was released at the end of the 2013–14 season, and subsequently retired.
Taylor was born in Ashington, Northumberland, and attended Cramlington High School. He played football for Cramlington Juniors before joining Blackburn Rovers as a schoolboy at the age of 17, signing his first full contract at the start of the 1997–98 season.
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