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Kenneth Taylor (footballer, born 2002)

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Kenneth Taylor
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor[1]
Date of birth (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2010 SV De Foresters
2010– Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Jong Ajax 60 (14)
2020– Ajax 46 (9)
International career‡
2017 Netherlands U15 5 (0)
2017–2018 Netherlands U16 6 (1)
2018–2019 Netherlands U17 14 (4)
2022– Netherlands 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner Ireland 2019 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:53, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.[2]

Club career

Taylor made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 15 October 2018 in a game against Jong PSV as a 70th-minute substitute for Jasper ter Heide.[3]

Taylor made his Eredivisie debut for AFC Ajax on 12 December 2020 in a game against PEC Zwolle as a 64th-minute substitute for Perr Schuurs. In a match against Heracles Almelo on 6 February 2022 Taylor scored his first Eredivisie goal in the match's 65th minute. He had come on in the 63rd minute to relieve Steven Berghuis and was shortly thereafter found on a ball from Sébastien Haller for what was his first league goal.

International career

Taylor played for various Dutch youth teams from 2017 to 2019.

On 22 September 2022, Taylor made his debut for the Netherlands in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match against Poland.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 1 0 – – – 1 0
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 19 0 – – – 19 0
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 29 7 – – – 29 7
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 11 7 – – – 11 7
Total 60 14 – – – 60 14
Ajax 2020–21 Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 0
2021–22 Eredivisie 13 1 3 1 3[a] 0 0 0 19 2
2022–23 Eredivisie 30 8 3 1 8[b] 0 1[c] 0 42 9
Total 46 9 6 2 11 0 1 0 64 11
Career total 106 23 6 2 11 0 1 0 124 25
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of match played 24 March 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2022 3 0
2023 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Ajax[6]

Netherlands U17

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Kenneth Taylor at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ "K. Taylor". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Kenneth Taylor". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Kenneth Taylor - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  7. ^ UEFA (19 May 2019). "Netherlands clinch title". UEFA. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.


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