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Andy Taylor
	Andy Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Taylor
Date of birth	March 14, 1986 (age 23)
Place of birth	Blackburn, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Number	16
Senior career1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 10:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

For other persons named Andrew Taylor, see Andrew Taylor (disambiguation).

For the similarly named footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough, also born in 1986, see Andrew Taylor (footballer born 1986).

Andrew "Andy" Taylor (born 14 March 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Sheffield United.

[edit] Early life

Born in Blackburn, England, Taylor attended St. Bede's RC High School in Blackburn and is a product of Blackburn Rovers Youth Academy. Having represented England at both under-19 and under-20 level, Taylor signed a new three-year deal with Blackburn Rovers in September 2005.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Blackburn and Tranmere

Whilst at Blackburn, Taylor has had loan spells at Queens Park Rangers, Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra, Huddersfield Town (from 31 January 2007 to 5 April 2007) and Tranmere Rovers. Tranmere decided to make his loan move permanent, signing him on a two and a half-year contract for an undisclosed fee in the January 2008 transfer window. Taylor made 30 league appearances in total for Tranmere during the 2007/08 season, scoring a single goal, a half volley against Crewe on New Year's Day 2008. His only goal of the 2008/09 season came at home to Colchester, he curled in a long range free kick.

[edit] Sheffield United

Taylor was transferred to Sheffield United in July 2009 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £400,000.^[1] He made his full debut for The Blades came in the opening game of the season in August 2009; a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Taylor signs". sufc.co.uk. 2009-07-15. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~1722911,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
^ "Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 2009-08-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8185178.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

[edit] External links

Andy Taylor career stats at Soccerbase

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[blades_transfer-0] "Taylor signs". sufc.co.uk. 2009-07-15. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~1722911,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

[blades_debut-1] "Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 2009-08-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8185178.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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