Cleveland Taylor

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Cleveland Taylor
Personal information
Date of birth	September 9, 1983 (1983-09-09) (age 24)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Carlisle United
Number	27
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003 2003 2004-2008 2008-	Bolton Wanderers → Exeter City (loan) → Scarborough (loan) Scunthorpe United Carlisle United	00 (0) 03 (0) 12 (4) 96 (12) 18 (0)
National team2
	Jamaica
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:50, 16 December 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Cleveland Taylor (born 9 September 1983 in Leicester) English born Jamacian is a professional football player currently plying his trade at Coca-Cola League One club Carlisle United. Taylor joined from Scunthorpe United on 31 January 2008 for a fee of £50,000 (rising to £75,000 if Carlisle United gain promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship).

His career started at Barclays Premier League club Bolton Wanderers as a youngster in 2001, however, his chances there were limited and he was subsequently loaned out for spells at both Exeter City and Scarborough. He left Bolton Wanderers in 2003 and joined Scunthorpe United permanently, he went on to make 96 appearances at The Iron, scoring 12 goals in the process. He quickly became a fans-favourite at Glanford Park, and he played a massive part in Scunthorpes success during the 06/07 seasons when they won promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship. Incidently, Taylor was one of the scorers for Scunthorpe United as they comfortably beat Carlisle United 3-0 on the last day of the 06/07 season. His chances were limited during the first-half of the 07/08 season, and Taylor stated he would not sign any contract exension offered by Scunthorpe, this alerted several clubs, but it was the Brunton Park club that caught Taylors eye.

Taylor made his Carlisle United debut against Walsall at Brunton Park on February 3, 2008, a game which Carlisle came back from 1-0 down to win 2-1.

Taylor has represented Jamaica at under-20^[1] and under-23^[2] (Olympic) level.

[edit] References

1. ^ Ja face Haiti in crucial match. Retrieved on 2008-05-12
2. ^ North and Central American Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-12

v • d • e Carlisle United F.C. – current squad 1 Westwood • 2 Raven • 3 Aranalde • 4 Bridge-Wilkinson • 5 Livesey • 6 Murphy • 7 Gall • 8 Lumsdon • 9 Graham • 10 Carlton • 11 Thirlwell • 12 Joyce • 13 Bradley • 14 Garner • 15 Arnison • 16 J. Smith • 18 Hackney • 19 Reid • 20 Howarth • 21 Horwood • 22 Campion • 23 Kirkup • 24 Vipond • 25 G. Smith • 26 Dobie • 27 Taylor • 28 Madine • Manager: Ward

[edit] External links

• Cleveland Taylor career stats at Soccerbase