Maik Taylor

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Maik Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Maik Stefan Taylor
Date of birth	September 4, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Hildesheim, Germany
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	1
Youth clubs
	Petersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–2004 2003–2004 2004–Present	Farnborough Town Barnet Southampton Fulham → Birmingham City (loan) Birmingham City	080 (0) 070 (0) 018 (0) 187 (0) 027 (0) 106 (0)
National team2
1999–Present	Northern Ireland	057 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Maik Taylor (born September 4, 1971 in Hildesheim, Germany) is a Northern Irish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Birmingham City.

[edit] Club Career

Taylor began his career at Petersfield Town before moving to Farnborough Town, Barnet and Southampton.

Taylor was bought by Fulham in 1997 from Southampton at a cost of £700,000. Fulham's manager Kevin Keegan rated him as the "best taker of a cross in Britain" and he proved to be a quality signing for the Cottagers, helping them to the Second Division title. The First Division Championship followed the year after and thus promotion to the Premiership.

Taylor signed for Birmingham City in August 2003 originally on a year long loan deal with the possibility of permanent contract. After a tremendous start to his Blues career Steve Bruce decided to make the contract permanent when the January transfer window opened; Maik continued his impressive form and was rewarded by being nominated as the goalkeeper for the Premiership team of the season 2003-04.

Taylor is renowned for his shot stopping and great aerial ability. The 6 ft 4 in stopper was voted Premiership fans' goalkeeper of the season in Birmingham City's 2003-04 campaign.

Maik Taylor lost his number 1 jersey to Colin Doyle on March 1, 2007.

[edit] International Career

He is a regular in the Northern Ireland national team, and has over 50 caps for the team. His debut was against Germany in 1999, where Northern Ireland lost 0-3.

[edit] External links

• Maik Taylor career stats at Soccerbase

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Cole | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 19 Vine | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | 29 Legzdins | 31 Pearce | Manager: Bruce