Corey Blackett-Taylor

Corey Josiah Paul Blackett-Taylor (born 23 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers. He has represented England at Under-19level.

Corey Blackett-Taylor
Personal information
Full name Corey Josiah Paul Blackett-Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997
Place of birth Erdington, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2016 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Aston Villa 1 (0)
2019 → Walsall (loan) 10 (0)
2019– Tranmere Rovers 30 (3)
National team‡
2013 England U19 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:19, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:00, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Life and career

Blackett-Taylor joined Aston Villa at the age of 11 and worked his way up through the team's academy age groups.[3] Blackett-Taylor attended Handsworth Grammar School and donated both an England and Aston Villa shirt to the school having signed his first professional contract with Villa in 2016.[4] He has one child and is younger brother of semi-professional footballer Daryl Taylor. Blackett-Taylor stated his football Idols are Kylian Mbappe and Raheem Sterling. In the 2015–16 season he scored five goals in his opening nine matches for the Villa Under-18s side and was later selected for the annual international seven-a-side tournament, the Hong Kong Soccer Sevens, which Villa won for the record sixth time.[3] He was named on the first team bench for a Football League Cup match against Notts County by Tim Sherwood in August 2015 but did not take part. Villa won 5–3 in extra time.[5]

Blackett-Taylor was named on the bench for a league match the first time on 7 March 2017 and replaced Neil Taylor to make his debut in the 87th minute in a 1–0 loss to Huddersfield.[6]

On 26 June 2019, Blackett-Taylor signed a two-year contract with newly promoted League One side Tranmere Rovers.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2016–17[8] Championship 1000000010
2017–18[9] Championship 0000100010
2018–19[10] Championship 0000000000
Total 1000100020
Walsall (loan) 2018–19[10] League One 100000000100
Tranmere Rovers 2019–20[11] League One 242621031345
Career total 352622031465

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Walsall Fc" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. "Corey Taylor - Midfielder - First Team - Tranmere Rovers Football Club". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "Who is Corey Blackett-Taylor? A quick lowdown on Aston Villa's substitute winger at Huddersfield". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "England Team Shirt". Handsworth Grammar School. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. "Aston Villa vs. Notts County". ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. "Huddersfield Town 1–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. "Corey: Tranmere is a place where you want to be". Tranmere Rovers. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  8. "Games played by Corey Blackett-Taylor in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. "Games played by Corey Blackett-Taylor in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. "Games played by Corey Blackett-Taylor in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. "Games played by Corey Blackett-Taylor in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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