Adam Taggart

Adam Taggart

Taggart with the Young Socceroos in 2013
Personal information
Full name Adam Jake Taggart[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993
Place of birth Perth, Australia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[2][3]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2008 WA NTC
2008–2009 Perth Glory
2009–2010 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Perth Glory 10 (1)
2012–2014 Newcastle Jets 44 (18)
2014–2016 Fulham 0 (0)
2015 → Dundee United (loan) 7 (0)
2016– Perth Glory 1 (2)
National team‡
2011–2013 Australia U-20 14 (7)
2011– Australia U-23 12 (2)
2012– Australia 7 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2016

Adam Jake Taggart (born 2 June 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) player who is currently signed to Perth Glory and who has played for the Australia national team. Taggart is a striker and is a former holder of the Nike A-League Golden Boot award, scoring 16 goals in 25 appearances for the Jets during the 2013–14 A-League season.[4]

Club career

Perth Glory

Taggart made his senior debut in a 1–1 draw with Melbourne Heart in January 2011.[5] He scored his first goal in a loss to Gold Coast United, 75 minutes into the game.[6]

Newcastle Jets

On 2 March 2012, Taggart signed two-year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets.[7] In November 2013, Taggart scored a hat trick against Melbourne Heart with all three goals scored from outside the 18 yard box. Newcastle would go on and win the match.[8] After a strong start to the season, Adam had a dry patch with a lack of goals around Christmas, before scoring a brace against the Wanderers to salvage a 2–2 draw.[9] He became a focal point of the Newcastle Jets attack, heading the lineup alongside Emile Heskey, Joel Griffiths and Michael Bridges.[10] In 2014, Taggart became the second Newcastle player to receive the golden boot of the A-League with 16 goals, after Joel Griffiths in 2008. He was also awarded the A-League Young Player of the Season Award at the same ceremony.[11]

Fulham

On 24 June 2014, Fulham signed Taggart from Newcastle Jets for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract[12] but injury delayed his involvement with the first team by a number of months. Taggart left Fulham to join his previous club Perth Glory on 26 January 2016.[13] However, he is ineligible to play for Glory until next season due to FIFA regulations which restrict the number of clubs that a person may play for in any one season to two.

Loan to Dundee United

On 1 September 2015, Taggart signed for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on a loan deal until January 2016.[14]

Perth Glory

On 26 January 2016, Taggart signed for Perth Glory again on a permanent deal.[15] However, he was ineligible to play for Perth in the 2015–16 A-League under FIFA regulations preventing players from registering for more than two clubs in a single season.[16] In the first game of the 2016–17 season, Taggart started in the number 11 role, scoring twice in the first half. After leading at half time 3-0, the Glory squandered the lead and the final result was a 3-3 draw.[17]

International career

Taggart playing for Australia in 2013.

Taggart made his debut for Australia in late 2012, in the second preliminary round of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup against Hong Kong, coming off the bench in a narrow win.[18] He scored his first two international goals days later in a win over Chinese Taipei.[19]

In 2013, Taggart played in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, scoring a goal in a loss to China.[20]

Taggart was a part of the Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in matches against Netherlands and Spain.[12]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 8 October 2016[21]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Perth Glory 2010–11 A-League 6100000061
2011–12 4000000040
Total 101000000101
Newcastle Jets 2012–13 A-League 192000000192
2013–14 25160000002516
Total 44180000004418
Fulham 2014–15 Championship 0000000000
2015–16 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Dundee United (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 7000200090
Perth Glory 2016–17 A-League 1210000022
Career total 62211020006521

International

Goals

As of 28 July 2013[21]
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 December 2012 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  Chinese Taipei 3–0 8–0 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Round 2
2 4–0
3 28 July 2013 Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea  China PR 2–4 3–4 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Summary

As of 1 July 2014[21]
Australia national team
YearAppsGoals
201232
201311
201430
Total73

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players — 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=368902/index.html
  3. ↑ http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/newcastlejets/news-display/taggart-collects-double-at-awards-night/90180
  5. ↑ "Alex Terra stunner gives Melbourne Heart draw with Perth Glory". Yahoo! Sports. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gold Coast dispenses of Glory". ABC. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (2 March 2012). "Glory lose Taggart to the Jets". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Dillon, Robert (24 November 2013). "Taggart hat-trick as Jets sink Heart 3–1". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Newcastle hold Wanderers to 2–2 draw". The Australian. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Taggart relishing partnership with Heskey and Griffiths". Football Federation Australia. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 Gardiner, James (28 April 2014). "Adam Taggart wins 2014 Young Player of the Year, Golden Boot award: photos". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Adam Taggart: Fulham sign Australia international striker". BBC Sport. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Taggart's Perth Move". Fulham F.C. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Australia internationalist Adam Taggart joins Dundee United on loan". STV Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  15. ↑ http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2016/january/26/taggarts-perth-move
  16. ↑ "Glory recruit Adam Taggart wants to become the new Bobby Despotovski of Perth". Fox Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  17. ↑ {http://www.perthglory.com.au/article/taggart-stars-as-mariners-steal-point/6oc70uyyxaw6123zuaxsapx08}
  18. ↑ "Tough slog for victorious Socceroos". SBS. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 Preliminary Competition (Round 2) Australia 8:0 Chinese Taipei". HKFA. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  20. ↑ Strachan, Iain (28 July 2013). "China deny Socceroos in goal fest". Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 Adam Taggart profile at Soccerway
  22. ↑ "Schwarzer Honoured with Tobin Medal". FIFPro. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

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