Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.[2]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor[1] | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 20) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Alkmaar, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Ajax | ||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
0000–2010 | SV De Foresters | ||||||||||||
2010– | Ajax | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2018– | Jong Ajax | 60 | (14) | ||||||||||
2020– | Ajax | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||
2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||
2022– | Netherlands | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:24, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 (UTC) |
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.[3]
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.
Taylor played for various Dutch youth teams from 2017 to 2019.
On 22 September 2022, Taylor made his debut for the Netherlands in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match against Poland.
Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 7 | – | – | – | 29 | 7 | ||||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 7 | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | ||||
Total | 60 | 14 | – | – | – | 60 | 14 | |||||
Ajax | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
Total | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | ||
Career total | 88 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 21 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Ajax[6]
Netherlands U17
AFC Ajax – current squad | |
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Netherlands squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup | ||
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