Fabian Taylor
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fabian Lamark Taylor | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Harbour View FC | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Newland F.C. | |||
Central Link | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999-2004 | Harbour View | 123 | (63) |
2004 | → MetroStars (loan) | 21 | (5) |
2004-2008 | Harbour View | 76 | (39) |
2008-2010 | Notodden FK | 28 | (14) |
2011- | Harbour View | 21 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2000-2007 | Jamaica | 39 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2008 |
Fabian Taylor (born 13 April 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican soccer player, who currently plays striker for Harbour View.
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Club career
Harbour View
Nicknamed Koji, the prolific Taylor started his Jamaica National Premiere League career at Jamaican giants Harbour View. Taylor emerged as one of the best players in Jamaica, leading the league with 19 goals on the year. He left the club after five years, spending 2004 on loan with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer.[1]
New York Metrostars
In his season with the MetroStars, Taylor had trouble finding playing time in a crowded front line; although he exhibited his scoring prowess very early in the season, he faded as the year passed, ending the season with only five goals and one assist in 21 games played, only eight of which he started.
Harbour View
Back at Harbour View, he was scoring goals again, finishing 2006/2007 as third in the goalscoring charts with 15 goals.[2] I
Notodden
In March 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club Notodden FK. He missed half of the 2009 Adeccoligaen season with a broken leg. Unfortunately the club was relegated at the end of the 2010 season. Taylor once again experience injury issues for Notodden FK in 2010, while the club finish second in the domestic league and failed to earn promotion to the Adeccoligaen for 2011.
Harbour View
In February 2011, Taylor made his return to Harbour View against Boys Town FC.[3]
International career
Taylor has been an important role player for the Jamaica national team, playing 39 games and scoring 7 goals since debuting with the team in 1999.
References
- ↑ Fabian Taylor's 'goal-den' touch - Jamaica Observer
- ↑ 2006/2007 Jamaica Premier League season - RSSSF
- ↑ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110228/sports/sports5.html
External links
- Player profile - Notodden FK
- Fabian Taylor at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Player profile - Harbourview
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Jamaican footballers
- Jamaica international footballers
- Jamaican expatriate footballers
- Harbour View F.C. players
- New York Red Bulls players
- Notodden FK players
- Major League Soccer players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players