| Dale Taylor | |
| Full Name: | Dale Taylor[1] |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland[2] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Nottingham Forest |
| Youthclubs1: | Greenisland |
| Youthclubs2: | Linfield |
| Youthyears3: | 2020–2022 |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Clubs1: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Clubs2: | → Burton Albion (loan) |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) |
| Caps3: | 42 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Northern Ireland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Northern Ireland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam3: | Northern Ireland U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | Northern Ireland U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam5: | Northern Ireland |
| Nationalcaps5: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 1 June 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 11 June 2024 |
Dale Taylor (born 12 December 2003) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Northern Ireland national team.
Taylor is a former youth academy player of Greenisland and Linfield.[3] He joined English club Nottingham Forest in July 2020.[4] He signed his first professional contract with the club in December 2020.[5] On 4 July 2022, Taylor signed a new three-year deal with Forest.[6]
On 23 August 2022, Taylor made his professional debut in a 3–0 victory over Grimsby Town in the EFL Cup.[7] On 20 January 2023, Taylor signed on loan with EFL League One side Burton Albion for the remainder of the season.[8] [9] Taylor scored his first senior league goal in a 2–0 victory over Oxford United on 28 January 2023.[10]
On 23 July 2023, Taylor signed with League One side Wycombe Wanderers on a season-long loan.[11] In the 2024 EFL Trophy final at Wembley Stadium, Taylor scored an 89th-minute equaliser against Peterborough United, but Wycombe went on to lose the match 2–1.[12]
Taylor is a Northern Irish youth international.[13] In November 2021, he received his first call-up to senior team.[14] He made his senior team debut on 12 November 2021 in a 1–0 World Cup qualifier win against Lithuania.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2022–23 | League One | 20 | 5 | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2023–24 | League One | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 9 | |
| Career total | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 14 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | ||
Wycombe Wanderers