Taylor Booth (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Anthony Booth[1] | ||
Date of birth | May 31, 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Eden, Utah, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich II | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | La Roca FC | ||
2016–2018 | Real Salt Lake | ||
2019–2020 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Bayern Munich II | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
United States U16 | |||
2017 | United States U17 | 13 | (0) |
2018 | United States U18 | 3 | (0) |
2018 | United States U19 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2020 |
Taylor Anthony Booth (born May 31, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich II.[2]
Club career
Booth joined the Bayern Munich youth team from the Real Salt Lake youth academy in January 2019.[3] He made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on June 14, 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Malik Tillman in the away match against Waldhof Mannheim, which finished as a 3–2 win.[4]
International career
Booth was included in the United States squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[1] He made two appearances in the tournament, in which the United States reached the quarter-finals before losing 1–4 to eventual champions England.[2]
Personal life
Booth was born in Eden, Utah, to Kelli (née Carver) and Chad Booth, both collegiate soccer players.[5] Through his father's Italian heritage, he was able to obtain an Italian passport, allowing him to move to Germany at 17.[6] Booth was born with torticollis, which required physical therapy as an infant.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. October 28, 2017. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c Taylor Booth at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "FC Bayern verpflichtet US-Talent Taylor Booth" [Bayern sign US talent Taylor Booth]. FC Bayern Munich (in German). January 31, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Germany » 3. Liga 2019/2020 » 32. Round » Waldhof Mannheim - Bayern München II 2:3". WorldFootball.net. June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Ryan, Comer (March 21, 2016). "14-year-old soccer prodigy from Eden, Taylor Booth, on path to achieve big goal". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Sciaretta, Brian (February 12, 2019). "With Bayern move sealed, Booth eyes bright future for both club & country". American Soccer Now. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Taylor Booth: 5 things on Bayern Munich's American teen prodigy". Bundesliga. October 15, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Hollis, Randy (April 19, 2015). "Soccer: Taylor Booth is a 13-year-old phenom with his sights set on playing for RSL someday". Deseret News. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
External links
- Taylor Booth at DFB (also available in German)
- Taylor Booth – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Taylor Booth at kicker (in German)
- Taylor Booth at Soccerway
- Template:FootballDatabase.eu
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Weber County, Utah
- Soccer players from Utah
- American soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- American sportspeople of Italian descent
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Association football midfielders
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- 3. Liga players
- American soccer midfielder stubs