Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968)

Ian Taylor
Taylor in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ian Kenneth Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England[2]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Municipal Officials
Shirley Crusaders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Moor Green
1992–1994 Port Vale 83 (28)
1994 Sheffield Wednesday 14 (1)
1994–2003 Aston Villa 233 (28)
2003–2005 Derby County 81 (14)
2005–2007 Northampton Town 66 (8)
Total 477 (79)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Kenneth Taylor (born 4 June 1968) is an English former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

A midfielder, he had a fifteen-year career in the Football League and Premier League, scoring 103 goals in 577 league and cup competitions. He made the move from non-League Moor Green to Port Vale in 1992. With Vale, he lifted the Football League Trophy in 1993. His impressive performances earned him a place on the Second Division PFA Team of the Year in 1992–93 & 1993–94, as well as the club's Player of the Year award in 1993. He made a million-pound move to Sheffield Wednesday in June 1994, and he was sold on for another million to Aston Villa later in the year. He lifted the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final with the club he had supported as a boy. In 2003, he signed with Derby County, helping the club to the Championship play-offs before signing with Northampton Town in June 2005. He helped the club to win promotion out of League Two in 2005–06 before he announced his retirement in April 2007.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 412. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference threematchban.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).