Craig Taylor (footballer)

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Personal information
Craig Taylor
Full name	Craig Taylor
Date of birth	January 24, 1974 (1974-01-24) (age 34)
Place of birth	Plymouth, Devon, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1997 1997-1999 1998 1999-2003 2003 2003-2007	Dorchester Town Swindon Town →Plymouth Argyle (loan) Plymouth Argyle →Torquay United (loan) Torquay United	58 (3) 6 (1) 82 (6) 5 (0) 123 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:17 May 18, 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Craig Taylor (born January 24, 1974) is an English professional footballer.

Taylor was born in Plymouth. He began his professional football career with Swindon Town, who he joined in April 1997 from non-league Dorchester Town for a fee of £25,000. He had a month on loan with Plymouth Argyle from October 1998 and moved to Plymouth in August 1999 for a fee of £30,000.

In February 2003, Taylor joined Torquay United on loan ^[1], initially for a month's cover as both Sean Hankin and Steve Woods were sidelined with injuries. The loan deal was extended to the end of the season and he signed for Torquay on a free transfer in June 2003 ^[2].

He spent much of the early part of the 2006-07 season out of the Torquay side due to injury, but returned to the squad as an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat at home to Boston United on December 16, 2006. However, he was soon out injured again before being able to make his comeback, which came on January 19, 2007 in the 5-2 defeat away to Notts County. Taylor was released from Torquay in May 2007 after their relegation to the Conference National.

His brother Shaun also played professionally for Swindon Town.