Maik Taylor

Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
Keith Gillespie	2004	David Healy

(courtesy of Danny Allen)

Northern Ireland’s stalwart ‘keeper through the dark days, nobody deserved the success that followed more than the "blow-in" Maik Taylor…

Full Name: Maik Stefan Taylor
Born: 4 September 1971, Hildesheim (Germany)
Height: 6.04 ft
Weight: 13.09 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: 88 Full Caps (1999-2011), 1 B Cap (1999), 1 Under-21 Cap (1998).
Club Honours: (with Farnborough) Southern League Premier Division Champion 1993/94; (with Fulham) Football League Division One Champion 2000/01, Football League Division Two Champion 1998/99; (with Birmingham) Football League Championship Runner-Up (promoted) 2006/07, 2008/09; Football League Cup Winner 2010/11 (unused sub).
Awards: PFA Division One Team of the Season 2000/01; FA Premiership Team of the Season 2003/04; NI International Personality of the Year 2004.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FA Cup	Other
ASC Neinburg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Princess Marina College		-	-	-	-	-	-
Petersfield United	-	-	-	-	(Isthmian League)
Basingstoke.Town	-	-	-	-	(Isthmian League)
Farborough Town	92/93-94/95	-	-	*42(0)/0	(Conference/Southern League)
Barnet	95/96-96/97	Jun-95	£700	70(0)/0	6(0)/0	6(0)/0	2(0)/0
Southampton	96/97-97/98	Jan-97	£500,000	18(0)/0	-	-	-
Fulham	97/98-03/04	Nov-97	£800,000	185(2)/0	20(0)/0	22(0)/0	6(0)/0
Birmingham City	03/04-10/11	Aug-03	£1,500,000	214(0)/0	18(0)/0	10(0)/0	-
Leeds United	11/12	Nov-11	Free	0(0)/0	-	-	-
Millwall	11/12	Mar-12	Loan	10(0)/0	-	-	-
Millwall	12/13	May-12	Free	6(0)/0	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£2,800,700		545(2)/0	44(0)/0	38(0)/0	8(0)/0

* Football Conference appearances only

Biography:
Maik Taylor was appointed Northern Ireland goalkeeper coach in July 2013. His role saw him almost return to the playing squad as he was named among the substitutes for a World Cup qualifying match against Russia in August. He was again named among the match-day squad for the visit of Romania in June 2015 at the age of 43.

In March 2019 Taylor stepped down from his role with Northern Ireland to pursue other footballing opportunities. He immediately took a short-term position with Bradford City and has since been part of the staff at Walsall and Birmingham City.

More to follow.

Irish FA Profile
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

(courtesy of Roy Cathcart)

27-03-1999 Germany............ H L 0-3 ECQ
31-03-1999 Moldova............ A D 0-0 ECQ
27-04-1999 Canada............. H D 1-1 FR
29-05-1999 Rep of Ireland..... A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France............. H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey............. H L 0-3 ECQ
09-09-1999 Germany............ A L 0-4 ECQ
10-10-1999 Finland............ A L 1-4 ECQ
23-02-2000 Luxemburg.......... A W 3-1 FR sub
28-03-2000 Malta.............. A W 3-0 FR sub
26-04-2000 Hungary............ H L 0-1 FR
16-08-2000 Yugoslavia......... H L 1-2 FR
28-02-2001 Norway............. H L 0-4 FR
02-06-2001 Bulgaria........... H L 0-1 WCQ
06-06-2001 Czech Republic..... A L 1-3 WCQ
01-09-2001 Denmark............ A D 1-1 WCQ
05-09-2001 Iceland............ H W 3-0 WCQ
06-10-2001 Malta.............. A W 1-0 WCQ
13-02-2002 Poland............. N L 1-4 FR
27-03-2002 Liechtenstein...... A D 0-0 FR
17-04-2002 Spain.............. H L 0-5 FR
21-08-2002 Cyprus............. H D 0-0 FR
12-10-2002 Spain.............. A L 0-3 ECQ
16-10-2002 Ukraine............ H D 0-0 ECQ
12-02-2003 Finland............ H L 0-1 FR
29-03-2003 Armenia............ A L 0-1 ECQ
02-04-2003 Greece............. H L 0-2 ECQ
03-06-2003 Italy.............. A L 0-2 FR
11-06-2003 Spain.............. H D 0-0 ECQ
06-09-2003 Ukraine............ A D 0-0 ECQ
10-09-2003 Armenia............ H L 0-1 ECQ
11-10-2003 Greece............. A L 0-1 ECQ
18-02-2004 Norway............. H L 1-4 FR
31-03-2004 Estonia............ A W 1-0 FR
28-04-2004 Serbia & Montenegro H D 1-1 FR
30-05-2004 Barbados........... A D 1-1 FR
02-06-2004 St Kitts & Nevis... A W 2-0 FR
06-06-2004 Trinidad & Tobago.. A W 3-0 FR
04-09-2004 Poland............. H L 0-3 WCQ
08-09-2004 Wales.............. A D 2-2 WCQ
09-10-2004 Azerbaijan......... A D 0-0 WCQ
09-02-2005 Canada............. H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2005 England............ A L 0-4 WCQ
30-03-2005 Poland............. A L 0-1 WCQ
04-06-2005 Germany............ H L 1-4 FR
17-08-2005 Malta.............. A D 1-1 FR
03-09-2005 Azerbaijan......... H W 2-0 WCQ
07-09-2005 England............ H W 1-0 WCQ
08-10-2005 Wales.............. H L 2-3 WCQ
12-10-2005 Austria............ A L 0-2 WCQ
15-11-2005 Portugal........... H D 1-1 FR
01-03-2006 Estonia............ H W 1-0 FR
16-08-2006 Finland............ A W 2-1 FR
01-09-2006 Iceland............ H L 0-3 ECQ
06-09-2006 Spain.............. H W 3-2 ECQ sub

(theGAWA)

07-10-2006 Denmark............ A D 0-0 ECQ
11-10-2006 Latvia............. H W 1-0 ECQ
06-02-2007 Wales.............. H D 0-0 FR
24-03-2007 Liechtenstein...... A W 4-1 ECQ
28-03-2007 Sweden............. H W 2-1 ECQ
22-08-2007 Liechtenstein...... H W 3-1 ECQ
08-09-2007 Latvia............. A L 0-1 ECQ
12-09-2007 Iceland............ A L 1-2 ECQ
17-10-2007 Sweden............. A D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2007 Denmark............ H W 2-1 ECQ
21-11-2007 Spain.............. A L 0-1 ECQ
06-02-2008 Bulgaria........... H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2008 Georgia............ H W 4-1 FR
20-08-2008 Scotland........... A D 0-0 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia........... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic..... H D 0-0 WCQ
11-10-2008 Slovenia........... A L 0-2 WCQ
15-10-2008 San Marino......... H W 4-0 WCQ
19-11-2008 Hungary............ H L 0-2 FR
11-02-2009 San Marino......... A W 3-0 WCQ
28-03-2009 Poland............. H W 3-2 WCQ
01-04-2009 Slovenia........... H W 1-0 WCQ
12-08-2009 Israel............. H D 1-1 FR
05-09-2009 Poland............. A D 1-1 WCQ
09-09-2009 Slovakia........... H L 0-2 WCQ
14-10-2009 Czech Republic..... A D 0-0 WCQ
14-11-2009 Serbia............. H L 0-1 FR
03-03-2010 Albania............ A L 0-1 FR
11-08-2010 Montenegro......... A L 0-2 FR
03-09-2010 Slovenia........... A W 1-0 ECQ
08-10-2010 Italy.............. H D 0-0 ECQ
12-10-2010 Faroe Islands...... A D 1-1 ECQ 
11-10-2011 Italy.............. A L 0-3 ECQ

Summary: 85(3)/0. Won 24, Drew 24, Lost 40.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
09-02-1999 Wales.............. A L 0-1 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
21-04-1998 Switzerland........ H W 2-1 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.