Adam Taggart

Adam Taggart

Taggart with the Young Socceroos in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Adam Jake Taggart [1]
Date of birth	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Perth Glory
Youth career
	ECU Joondalup
2007–2008	WA NTC
2008–2009	Perth Glory
2009–2010	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Perth Glory	10	(1)
2012–2014	Newcastle Jets	44	(18)
2014–2016	Fulham	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Dundee United (loan)	7	(0)
2016–2018	Perth Glory	38	(20)
2018–2019	Brisbane Roar	18	(11)
2019–2020	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	56	(29)
2020–2022	Cerezo Osaka	32	(6)
2023–	Perth Glory	28	(17)
International career‡
2011–2013	Australia U20	14	(7)
2011–2014	Australia U23	13	(2)
2012–	Australia	18	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Adam Jake Taggart (born 2 June 1993) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Men competition. Taggart has also represented the Australia national U20 team, Australia national U23 team and Australia national team.

Taggart has won two golden boot awards in his playing career which is the A-League Golden Boot award, scoring 16 goals in 25 appearances for Newcastle Jets during the 2013–14 A-League season and K League Golden Boot award, scoring 20 goals in 33 appearances for Suwon Samsung Bluewings during the 2019 K League 1 season. ^[3]

Club career

Perth Glory

Taggart made his senior debut in a 1–1 draw with Melbourne Heart in January 2011. ^[4] He scored his first goal in a loss to Gold Coast United, 75 minutes into the game. ^[5]

Newcastle Jets

On 2 March 2012, Taggart signed a two-year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets. ^[6] In November 2013, Taggart scored his first professional career hat-trick against Melbourne Heart with all three goals scored from outside the 18 yard box. Newcastle would go on and win the match 3–1. ^[7] After a strong start to the season, Adam had a dry patch with a lack of goals around Christmas, before scoring a brace against the Wanderers to salvage a 2–2 draw. ^[8] He became a focal point of the Newcastle Jets attack, heading the lineup alongside Emile Heskey, Joel Griffiths and Michael Bridges. ^[9] In 2014, Taggart became the second Newcastle player to receive the golden boot of the A-League with 16 goals, after Joel Griffiths in 2008. He was also awarded the A-League Young Player of the Season Award at the same ceremony. ^[10]

Fulham

On 24 June 2014, Fulham signed Taggart from Newcastle Jets for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract ^[11] but injury delayed his involvement with the first team by a number of months.

Loan to Dundee United

On 1 September 2015, Taggart signed for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on a loan deal until January 2016. ^[12]

Return to Perth Glory

On 26 January 2016, Taggart returned to Perth Glory again on a permanent deal. ^[13] However, he was ineligible to play for Perth in the 2015–16 A-League under FIFA regulations preventing players from registering for more than two clubs in a single season. ^[14] In the first game of the 2016–17 season, Taggart started in the number 11 role, scoring twice in the first half. After leading at half time 3–0, the Glory squandered the lead and the final result was a 3–3 draw. ^[15]

Brisbane Roar

On 1 May 2018, Brisbane Roar announced the signing of Taggart as his contract at Perth Glory ended. He signed a contract with Brisbane contracting his services to them for the next two years. ^[16] On 14 February 2019, Brisbane Roar announced Taggart had come to terms with an Asian club for his transfer. ^[17]

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

On 18 February 2019, Taggart was sold to Korean giants, Suwon Samsung Bluewings for $150,000. ^[18] Taggart made his debut on 1 March 2019 in a 2–1 defeat against Ulsan Hyundai where he came on as a substitute at half time scoring in the 63' minute. On 14 August 2019, he was named K League Player of the Month for July. Taggart was almost unplayable in July, scoring seven goals in just six league appearances to shoot to the top of the K-League scoring charts. On 17 August 2019, he scored his first K-League hat-trick against Gangwon FC. Taggart would finish the 2019 K-League 1 season as the league top goal scorer in his debut season and also winning the 2019 Korean FA Cup with the club.

On 26 August 2020, Taggart scored his second hat-trick for the club against FC Seoul in 3–1 win.

Cerezo Osaka

On 20 December 2020, Taggart was transferred to J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. ^[19]

Third spell at Perth Glory

On 15 December 2022, Perth Glory announced that Taggart would be returning to the club on a three-and-a-half year deal. ^[20]

On 11 October 2023, Taggart was named as co-captain along with Mark Beevers ahead of the 2023–24 A-League season. ^[21] His fine form throughout the season earned him a returned to the national team after a two years hiatus.

International career

Taggart playing for Australia in 2013.

Taggart represented Australia at U-20 level at the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in United Arab Emirates ^[22] and at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. ^[23]

Senior

Taggart made his debut for Australia in late 2012, in the second preliminary round of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup against Hong Kong, coming off the bench in a narrow win. ^[24] He scored his first two international goals days later in a win over Chinese Taipei. ^[25]

In 2013, Taggart played in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, scoring a goal in a loss to China. ^[26]

Taggart was a part of the Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in matches against Netherlands and Spain. ^[11]

In March 2024, Taggart returned to the national team after two years earning the called up with his stunning form for Perth Glory scoring 15 goals in 19 appearances in the 2023–24 A-League season.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 December 2023 ^[27]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Perth Glory	2010–11	A-League	6	1	0	0	—		—		6	1
	2011–12		4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Newcastle Jets	2012–13	A-League	19	2	0	0	—		—		19	2
	2013–14		25	16	0	0	—		—		25	16
	Total		44	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	18
Fulham	2014–15	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dundee United (loan)	2015–16	Scottish Premiership	7	0	0	0	2	0	—		9	0
Perth Glory	2016–17	A-League	24	12	1	0	—		—		25	12
	2017–18		14	8	1	0	—		—		15	8
	Total		38	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	20
Brisbane Roar	2018–19	A-League	18	11	1	0	—		—		19	11
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2019	K League 1	33	20	7	1	—		—		40	21
	2020		23	9	1	1	—		2	0	26	10
	Total		56	29	8	2	0	0	2	0	66	31
Cerezo Osaka	2021	J1 League	12	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	19	3
	2022		20	5	2	1	3	1	—		23	7
	Total		30	6	5	2	3	1	4	1	42	10
Perth Glory	2022–23	A-League Men	13	5	0	0	—		—		13	5
	2023–24		6	4	1	0	—		—		7	4
	Total		19	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	9
Career total			222	94	17	4	5	1	6	1	263	100

International

As of 21 March 2024 ^[27]

Australia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	3	2
2013	1	1
2014	3	0
2019	4	3
2021	5	0
2022	1	0
2024	1	0
Total	18	6

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first. ^[27]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	3–0	8–0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification
2.				4–0
3.	28 July 2013	Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea	China	2–4	3–4	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
4.	15 October 2019	National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1–0	7–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.				2–0
6.	14 November 2019	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	1–0	1–0

Honours

Club

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

• Korean FA Cup: 2019 ^[28]

Individual

• A-League Golden Boot: 2013–14 ^[10]
• A-League Young Player of the Year: 2013–14 ^[10]
• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2013–14 ^[29]
• K League 1 Golden Boot: 2019 ^[30]
• K League 1 Best XI: 2019 ^[31]

References

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19. "[단독]수원 타가트, 세레소 이적 확정…'짧지만 강렬했던 2년'(Taggart of Suwon, confirmed transfer to Cerezo Osaka)". Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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30. "수원 타가트, 2019시즌 K리그1 득점왕…도움왕은 문선민" (in Korean). mydaily. 1 December 2019.
31. "[K리그 대상] 김보경-문선민-조현우-타가트, 2019 K리그1 베스트 11 확정" (in Korean). sportal korea. 2 December 2019.

External links

• Aussie Footballers Tabain to Tathem
• Adam Taggart at Soccerway
• Adam Taggart at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
• Adam Taggart – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)