Kenneth Taylor (footballer, born 2002)

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Kenneth Taylor
Qarabag vs Ajax (24.10.2024) (4) (Kenneth Taylor).jpg
Taylor lining up for Ajax in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor [1]
Date of birth (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22) [2]
Place of birth Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [3]
Position(s) midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 8
Youth career
–2010 SV De Foresters
2010–2019 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Jong Ajax 60 (14)
2020– Ajax 103 (20)
International career‡
2017 Netherlands U15 5 (0)
2017–2018 Netherlands U16 6 (1)
2018–2019 Netherlands U17 14 (4)
2021–2024 Netherlands U21 15 (1)
2022– Netherlands 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner Ireland 2019 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:33, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team. [3]

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Club career

Taylor with Ajax in 2023 GAE - Ajax - 52788474930 (Kenneth Taylor).jpg
Taylor with Ajax in 2023

A product of Ajax's youth academy, [4] 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. [5]

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. [6]

International career

Taylor played for various Dutch youth teams from 2017 to 2024. He captained the under-17 team at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil [7] and also played at the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Romania. [8]

On 22 September 2022, Taylor made his debut for the Netherlands in a UEFA Nations League match against Poland. He was also part of the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making a single appearance against the hosts on 29 November. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 February 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague KNVB Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 10———10
2019–20 Eerste Divisie190———190
2020–21 Eerste Divisie297———297
2021–22 Eerste Divisie117———117
Total6014———6014
Ajax 2020–21 Eredivisie 300000—30
2021–22 Eredivisie131313 [a] 000192
2022–23 Eredivisie328318 [b] 01 [c] 0449
2023–24 Eredivisie3451012 [d] 3—478
2024–25 Eredivisie2162014 [e] 4—3710
Total10320923771015029
Career total16334923771021042
  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
  4. ↑ Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 24 March 2023 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202230
202310
Total40

Honours

Ajax [11]

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. ↑ UEFA.com. "Kenneth Taylor - Netherlands - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Kenneth Taylor at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ Verhaar, Thijs (9 February 2021). "Kenneth Taylor: Ajax's 'new Kroos' who idolises Wijnaldum". Goal. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 15 October 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Taylor's journey: from Ajax youth academy to Club of 100". english.ajax.nl.
  7. ↑ "Taylor: The beating heart of the Oranje". FIFA. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Netherlands U21 1-1 Georgia U21 (Jun 27, 2023) Final Score". ESPN.
  9. ↑ "K. Taylor". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kenneth Taylor". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kenneth Taylor - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  12. ↑ UEFA (19 May 2019). "Netherlands clinch title". UEFA. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Kenneth Taylor verkozen tot Talent van het Jaar" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax.


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