Fabian Taylor
Encyclopedia
Fabian Taylor is a Jamaican soccer player, who currently plays striker
for Harbour View.
of Major League Soccer
.
, playing 39 games and scoring 7 goals since debuting with the team in 1999.
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for Harbour View.
Harbour View
Nicknamed Koji, the prolific Taylor started his Jamaica National Premiere League career at Jamaican giants Harbour View. Taylor emerged as one of the best players in Jamaica, leading the league with 19 goals on the year. He left the club after five years, spending 2004 on loan with the MetroStarsMetrostars
Metrostar may refer to:*New York Red Bulls, formerly called the "MetroStars", a soccer team from New York*Manila Metro Rail Transit System, popularly called "The Metrostar Express", a part of the metropolitan rail system in Manila...
of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
New York Metrostars
In his season with the MetroStars, Taylor had trouble finding playing time in a crowded front line; although he exhibited his scoring prowess very early in the season, he faded as the year passed, ending the season with only five goals and one assist in 21 games played, only eight of which he started.Harbour View
Back at Harbour View, he was scoring goals again, finishing 2006/2007 as third in the goalscoring charts with 15 goals. INotodden
In March 2008, he signed a three year contract with Norwegian club Notodden FK. He missed half of the 2009 Adeccoligaen season with a broken leg. Unfortunately the club was relegated at the end of the 2010 season. Taylor once again experience injury issues for Notodden FK in 2010, while the club finish second in the domestic league and failed to earn promotion to the Adeccoligaen for 2011.International career
Taylor has been an important role player for the Jamaica national teamJamaica national football team
The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
, playing 39 games and scoring 7 goals since debuting with the team in 1999.
External links
- Player profile - Notodden FK
- Career stats - National football teams
- Player profile - Harbourview