Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis (born 30 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Burnley on loan from Manchester City. Harwood-Bellis has represented his country at U16, U17, U19, U20 and U21 level.
![]() Harwood-Bellis with Anderlecht in September 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Burnley (on loan from Manchester City) | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2019 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2022 | → Stoke City (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2022– | → Burnley (loan) | 21 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2018 | England U16 | 10 | (1) |
2018–2019 | England U17 | 12 | (2) |
2019 | England U19 | 5 | (2) |
2020 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | England U21 | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:31, 17 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:55, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
From Stockport, Harwood-Bellis started playing with Manchester City from the age of six.[2] He came through the same Stockport Metro Junior League that produced City team-mate Phil Foden.[3] Harwood-Bellis formed a centre-back partnership with Eric Garcia as part of the City youth side that made it to the FA Youth Cup final in 2019.[4]
On 24 September 2019, Harwood-Bellis made his professional debut when he was named in the starting line up for Manchester City's EFL Cup tie away against Preston North End.[5][6] He made his second appearance for City and his debut in European competitions with his 82nd-minute introduction during a 4–1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stage on 11 December 2019.[7]
On 4 January 2020, Harwood-Bellis scored his first goal for Manchester City in a 4–1 win against Port Vale in the FA Cup.[citation needed] On 7 December 2020, Harwood-Bellis signed a four-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2024.[8]
On 1 February 2021, Harwood-Bellis joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[9] Five days later, he made his debut for Blackburn as a substitute for Ryan Nyambe in a 0–1 away league defeat by Queens Park Rangers.[10]
On 27 June, Harwood-Bellis joined Belgian First Division A side Anderlecht on a season-long loan deal.[11]
On 11 January 2022, Harwood-Bellis joined Championship side Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[12] Harwood-Bellis was a regular in the side for the remainder of the season, playing 24 times as Stoke finished in 14th position.[13]
On 1 July 2022, Harwood-Bellis joined Championship side Burnley on loan for the 2022–23 season.[14] He scored his first goal for the club on 13 September in a 1–1 draw against Preston North End.[15]
Harwood-Bellis captained the England under-17 team at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship[3] and scored in a group stage defeat against the Netherlands.[16]
Harwood-Bellis made his U20 debut during a 2–0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park on 13 October 2020.[17]
On 27 August 2021, Harwood-Bellis received his first call up for the England U21s. [18] On 7 September 2021, he made his England U21 debut during the 2-0 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Kosovo U21s at Stadium MK.[19] On 25 March 2022, Harwood-Bellis captained the U21s for the first time during a 4-1 win over Armenia at Bournemouth.[20]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City U21 | 2018–19[21] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2019–20[22] | — | — | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
2020–21[23] | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Manchester City | 2019–20[22] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
2020–21[23] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2021–22[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 2020–21[23] | Championship | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
Anderlecht (loan) | 2021–22[13] | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Stoke City (loan) | 2021–22[13] | Championship | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
Burnley (loan) | 2022–23[24] | Championship | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
Career total | 78 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 2 |
Burnley F.C. – current squad | |
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