Jodie Taylor

Jodie Taylor (born 17 May 1986) is an English football (soccer) striker who currently plays for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had short spells in her home country with Birmingham City and Lincoln Ladies. She has also played in Australia for Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC as well for as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the SwedishDamallsvenskan. Taylor represented England at youth level before making her senior international debut in 2014.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[ edit] == Born in Birkenhead, United Kingdom, Taylor made her first team debut for Tranmere Rovers in February 2002, at the age of 15, during a prolific season in youth football. That term she scored 109 goals across 125 games forOldershaw School, Merseyside Under–16s and Tranmere's reserve team. She then scored in the first team's 5–1 win over Wolves in the FA Women's Cup fifth round.[1]
 * 2 Club career
 * 3 International career
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

When Tranmere were relegated in 2004 Taylor accepted a four year scholarship to Oregon State University. She had scored 29 goals in 38 first team appearances for Tranmere, despite missing six months of action with a broken leg.[2] ==Club career[ edit] == Taylor played in Australia for Melbourne Victory.[3]

In January 2013, Taylor left Birmingham City for a one–year loan to Damallsvenskan team Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  She scored ten goals in ten games for Göteborg but left during the summer break, returning to England for personal reasons.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In December 2013, she signed with the Washington Spirit for the 2014 National Women's Soccer League season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6] Taylor (right) in August 2014==International career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Newly appointed England coach Mark Sampson included Taylor in a 30-player squad for the annual training camp in La Manga, which included a match against Norway on 17 January 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7]  She withdrew from the squad due to club commitments and was replaced by Isobel Christiansen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In August 2014 Taylor made her debut in England's 4–0 friendly win overSweden at Victoria Park in Hartlepool.