Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dale Taylor[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 December 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
Youth career | |||
Greenisland | |||
Linfield | |||
2020–2022 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 20 | (5) |
2023–2024 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 42 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Northern Ireland U16 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Northern Ireland U17 | 11 | (1) |
2021 | Northern Ireland U19 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Northern Ireland U21 | 8 | (2) |
2021– | Northern Ireland | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Dale Taylor (born 12 December 2003) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Northern Ireland national team.[3]
Taylor is a former youth academy player of Greenisland and Linfield.[4] He joined English club Nottingham Forest in July 2020.[5] He signed his first professional contract with the club in December 2020.[6] On 4 July 2022, Taylor signed a new three-year deal with Forest.[7]
On 23 August 2022, Taylor made his professional debut in a 3–0 victory over Grimsby Town in the EFL Cup.[8] On 20 January 2023, Taylor signed on loan with EFL League One side Burton Albion for the remainder of the season.[9][10] Taylor scored his first senior league goal in a 2–0 victory over Oxford United on 28 January 2023.[11]
On 23 July 2023, Taylor signed with League One side Wycombe Wanderers on a season-long loan.[12] In the 2024 EFL Trophy final at Wembley Stadium, Taylor scored an 89th-minute equaliser against Peterborough United, but Wycombe went on to lose the match 2–1.[13]
Taylor is a Northern Irish youth international.[14] In November 2021, he received his first call-up to senior team.[15] He made his senior team debut on 12 November 2021 in a 1–0 World Cup qualifier win against Lithuania.[16]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Burton Albion (loan) | 2022–23 | League One | 20 | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | |||
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2023–24 | League One | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 4 | 46 | 9 |
Career total | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Northern Ireland | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
Wycombe Wanderers