Maik Taylor

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Maik Taylor
Personal information
Full name Maik Stefan Taylor
Date of birth September 4, 1971 (1971-09-04) (age 36)
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
ASC Neinburh
Princess Marina College
Petersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2004
2003–2004
2004–		 Farnborough Town
Barnet
Southampton
Fulham
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Birmingham City		 080 (0)
070 (0)
018 (0)
187 (0)
027 (0)
140 (0)   
National team2
1999
1999–		 Northern Ireland B
Northern Ireland		 001 (0)
067 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 09:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 18:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Maik Stefan Taylor (born September 4, 1971 in Hildesheim, Germany) is a Northern Irish international football goalkeeper who currently plays for Birmingham City. He has an English father and a German mother, and qualifies for Northern Ireland through his British passport which, as he was born abroad, entitled him to play for any of the Home Nations.

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[edit] Club career

Taylor began his career at ASC Neinburh before moving to Princess Marina College, Petersfield Town, Farnborough Town, Barnet and Southampton.[1][2]

Taylor was bought by Fulham in 1997 from Southampton at a cost of £700,000.[2] Fulham's manager Kevin Keegan rated him as the "best taker of a cross in Britain"[citation needed] and he proved to be a good signing for the Cottagers, helping them to the Second Division title in 1999. The First Division Championship followed in 2001 and thus promotion to the Premiership.

Taylor signed for Birmingham City in August 2003[2] originally on a year long loan deal with the possibility of permanent contract. After a good start to his Blues career manager Steve Bruce decided to make the contract permanent when the January transfer window opened; Taylor continued his impressive form and was rewarded by being nominated as the goalkeeper for the Premiership team of the season 2003-04.[citation needed]

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

Taylor was replaced as Birmingham's first choice goalkeeper in February 2007 by Colin Doyle, but regained his place after the first three matches of the 2007–08 Premier League season.[citation needed]

[edit] International career

He is a regular in the Northern Ireland national team, and has over 60 caps for the team. His debut was against Germany in 1999, where Northern Ireland lost 0–3.[1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Maik Taylor. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  2. ^ a b c Maik Taylor career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] External links

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Birmingham City F.C. – current squad

1 Maik Taylor • 2 Kelly • 4 Martin Taylor • 6 Ridgewell • 7 Larsson • 8 O'Connor • 10 Jerome • 11 McSheffrey • 12 Nafti • 13 Doyle • 14 Murphy • 15 Queudrue • 16 McFadden • 20 De Ridder • 21 Parnaby • 22 Johnson • 23 Kapo • 24 Jaïdi • 25 Aluko • 26 Muamba • 30 Pearce • 31 Mutch • — Carsley • Manager: McLeish
Persondata
NAME Taylor, Maik Stefan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Maik
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH