Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Gardner-Hickman [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 December 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Telford, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2021 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | West Bromwich Albion | 52 | (2) |
2023–2024 | → Bristol City (loan) | 25 | (1) |
2024– | Bristol City | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2022 |
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (born 30 December 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL Championship club Bristol City. [3]
Gardner-Hickman was born in Telford. [4] He is of Irish descent through his great-grandparents. [5]
Having joined West Bromwich Albion's academy aged 7, Gardner-Hickman progressed through the club's youth academy. [6] Gardner-Hickman made three appearances for the club's under-21 side in the 2020–21 EFL Trophy, scoring one goal. [7] He was named in a West Bromwich Albion matchday squad for the first time on 9 May 2021 for a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal. [8] He made his debut for the club on 25 August 2021, starting in a 6–0 EFL Cup second round defeat to Arsenal. [9] He made his league debut for the club on 3 November 2021, starting at right wing-back as a replacement for the suspended Darnell Furlong in a 1–0 win over Hull City. [10] On 30 December 2021, Gardner-Hickman signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal, keeping him at the club until 2026. [11] Gardner-Hickman scored his first senior goal on 15 October 2022 in a 2-0 win at Reading. [12]
On 22 August 2023, Hickman joined Bristol City on a season long loan with an option to buy. [13]
In December 2023, Gardner-Hickman was voted Bristol City's November Player of the Month, receiving 49% of the votes. [14]
On 15 January 2024, the club announced that they had exercised their option to buy and Gardner-Hickman had joined the club on a three-and-a-half year contract. [15]
On 25 March 2022, Gardner-Hickman made his England U20 debut in a 2-0 defeat to Poland in Bielsko-Biała. [16]
Gardner-Hickman is primarily a right-sided player and is capable of playing at full-back, as a wide midfielder or in central midfield. [6] In March 2022, manager Steve Bruce stated that he "believes his best position is right-back". [17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 2021–22 [18] | Championship | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2022–23 [19] | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |||
2023–24 [20] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
Bristol City | 2023–24 | Championship | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |
Career total | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 3 |
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