Tafari Moore

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Tafari Moore
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Moore with Arsenal
Personal information
Full name Tafari Lalibela Moore [1]
Date of birth (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Kilburn, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Oxford City
Number 22
Youth career
2005–2009 Queens Park Rangers
2009–2015 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Arsenal 0 (0)
2016–2017 → FC Utrecht (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Jong FC Utrecht (loan) 26 (0)
2018 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2020 Plymouth Argyle 14 (0)
2020 → Colchester United (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2022 Hendon 36 (0)
2022–2023 St Albans City 45 (4)
2023– Oxford City 26 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 England U16 6 (0)
2013–2014 England U17 12 (0)
2014 England U18 2 (0)
2015–2016 England U19 5 (0)
2016–2018 England U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9:59, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Tafari Lalibela Moore (born 5 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Oxford City. He came through the youth system at Arsenal, and has been involved with the England U20 national team. [3] [4]

Contents

Club career

Arsenal

Moore was born in the London Borough of Brent. [4] He joined Queens Park Rangers as an under-nine, and moved on to Arsenal at the age of twelve. [5] Moore signed his first professional contract with Arsenal on 5 July 2014, his 17th birthday. [6] He was a member of Arsenal's under-21 team that beat Aston Villa in the 2015–16 Professional U21 Development League play-off final to gain promotion to the top division. [7]

Loans

On 17 August 2016, he was sent on a season-long loan to Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. [8] Five days later he made his professional debut for Jong FC Utrecht in the Eerste Divisie. [9] Moore played in his first match for the senior team on 16 September in a 5–1 defeat at home to Groningen. [9]

On 12 January 2018, he was sent on loan to League Two club Wycombe Wanderers until the end of the 2017–18 season. [3] At the end of the season, he was released by the Gunners. [10]

Plymouth Argyle

On 28 June 2018, he joined Plymouth Argyle. Moore started games early in the season but produced some disappointing performances and did not play again in the 2018–19 season after November. Moore played twice in cup games at the start of the following season before being listed for loan in October. [11] On 9 January 2020, it was announced that the Pilgrims had offered Moore a settlement to terminate his contract. [12] Later that month, he joined Colchester United on loan until the end of the season, but only made one appearance. [13] Moore was released by Plymouth at the end of the season. [14] In October 2020 he played for Salford City's development team in The Central League. [15]

Non-league

Moore joined Hendon in September 2021. [16]

In June 2022, Moore made the step up to join National League South club St Albans City. [17] Moore was awarded the National League South Player of the Month award for November 2022. [18]

International career

Moore was born to a Jamaican father, and a Jamaican-Barbadian mother. [6] He has played a youth international for England, and was an instrumental member of the English side that won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. As so he was also named in UEFA's team of the tournament. [19] On 20 July 2016, he was called up to the England Under-19 squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Germany. England eventually got to the semifinals of the Euros, where they went out by 2–1 to Italy. [20] [21]

Personal life

Moore is a devout Rastafarian who often credits God in interviews and has large dreadlocks in the custom of his faith. [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 January 2022 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2015–16 Premier League 000000—00
2016–17 Premier League000000—00
2017–18 Premier League000000—00
Total000000—00
Jong FC Utrecht (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 26000——260
FC Utrecht (loan) 2016–17 Eredivisie 1000——10
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2017–18 League Two 130000000130
Plymouth Argyle 2018–19 League One 14010102 [lower-alpha 1] 0180
2019–20 League Two0000101 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total140102030200
Colchester United (loan) 2019–20 League Two1000000010
Hendon 2021–22 [23] SFL Premier Division South150000002170
Career total700102050780
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Arsenal

England

Individual

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  11. ↑ @Only1Argyle (31 October 2019). "RL: We have made Tafari Moore available to go out on loan.He's been a good lad, different class. He has not spat…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Tafari Release Offer
  13. ↑ Taf Loan to Colchester
  14. ↑ Retained List
  15. ↑ "Walsall 0-4 Salford City | Central League". Salford City FC. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Former Arsenal defender signs". Hendon FC. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Tafari Moore joins the Saints". www.stalbanscityfc.com. 9 June 2022.
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