| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dale Taylor [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland [2] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackpool | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Greenisland | |||
| Linfield | |||
| 2020–2022 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 42 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 43 | (11) |
| 2025– | Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Northern Ireland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Northern Ireland U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021 | Northern Ireland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Northern Ireland U21 | 12 | (2) |
| 2021– | Northern Ireland | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2025 | |||
Dale Taylor (born 12 December 2003) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Blackpool and the Northern Ireland national team. [4]
Taylor is a former youth academy player of Greenisland and Linfield. [5] He joined English club Nottingham Forest in July 2020. [6] He signed his first professional contract with the club in December 2020. [7] On 4 July 2022, Taylor signed a new three-year deal with Forest. [8]
On 23 August 2022, Taylor made his professional debut in a 3–0 victory over Grimsby Town in the EFL Cup. [9] On 20 January 2023, Taylor signed on loan with EFL League One side Burton Albion for the remainder of the season. [10] [11] Taylor scored his first senior league goal in a 2–0 victory over Oxford United on 28 January 2023. [12]
On 23 July 2023, Taylor signed with League One side Wycombe Wanderers on a season-long loan. [13] 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. [14]
On 28 August 2024, Taylor returned to League One, joining Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan deal. [15] He scored 11 goals for the club, and received the club's Player of the Year award. [16]
On 7 August 2025, Taylor signed for League One club Blackpool for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract with an optional fifth year. [17] Due to a clerical error by the club, resulting in an issue with his registration with the Football League, Taylor was unable to make his debut on 9 August as planned. [18] He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 victory over Barrow in the EFL Trophy on 16 September. [19]
Taylor has represented Northern Ireland at youth level. [20] In November 2021, he received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland national team. [21] He made his senior team debut on 12 November 2021 in a 1–0 World Cup qualifier win against Lithuania. [22]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 [23] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2022–23 [23] | League One | 20 | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | |||
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2023–24 [24] | League One | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 [a] | 4 | 51 | 9 |
| Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2024–25 [25] | League One | 43 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 11 |
| Blackpool | 2025–26 [26] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 105 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 119 | 25 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
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