Robert Taylor

Player

Popular As Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1994)

Birthday October 21, 1994

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Kuopio, Finland

Age 29 years old

Nationality Finland

Height 1.82 m

Weight 172 lbs

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1990

Taylor's father Paul is an English former footballer who played for KuPS in the 1990s.

Paul resides in Jyväskylä and currently coaches youth teams in a local club Jyväskylän Komeetat.

Inter Miami

1994

Robert Thomas Taylor (born 21 October 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and wing-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Finland national team.

2004

Taylor joined the youth team at JJK in 2004, and stayed with the club until senior level.

2011

During this time, he had spells in the country of his father's birth, England, with Nottingham Forest and then Lincoln City, who he joined on a two-year scholarship in 2011.

2013

Taylor was loaned out to Boston Town of the United Counties League in 2013, where he made one appearance.

Later in 2013, he joined Barnet, where he was due to sign a professional contract, but this fell through following their relegation from the English Football League.

2015

Taylor played for JJK in the Ykkönen until 2015, when he joined Veikkausliiga side RoPS.

2017

In July 2017, Taylor was transferred to AIK for €100,000.

He made his debut for the senior side on 9 January 2017 as a substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Morocco.

2018

He joined Tromsø on loan for the 2018 season, and then permanently for the 2019 season.

2020

On 20 January 2020, Taylor penned a three-year deal with Brann, which saw Ruben Yttergård Jenssen go the other way.

On 11 February 2022, Taylor moved to Major League Soccer side Inter Miami on a two-year deal with an option for a further year, for a transfer fee of $500,000.

He was scouted by the club to play as a winger and made his debut in the season opener on 26 February, a 0–0 draw with the Chicago Fire.

During the 2023 Leagues Cup, Taylor formed an attacking partnership with new Miami signings Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba that drew comparisons to Messi's earlier teammates Ángel Di María and Andrés Iniesta.

He scored five goals and had three assists in seven matches as the club won their first trophy.

On 25 October 2023, Inter Miami announced they had exercised their option to keep Taylor in Miami until the end of 2024.

Taylor has been capped by Finland at under-17, under-19, under-20, under-21 and senior level.

On 11 October 2020, Taylor scored his first goal in a 2–0 UEFA Nations League victory over Bulgaria.

On 1 June 2021, Taylor was selected for Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 squad, but he did not appear in any of the matches of the tournament.