Personal information | |||
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Full name | Max Edward Taylor[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 January 2000||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rochdale | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2019 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2021– | Rochdale | 55 | (4) |
2024 | → Solihull Moors (loan) | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC) |
Max Edward Taylor (born 10 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rochdale. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.[2]
Born in Manchester,[3] Taylor was known as Max Dunne until February 2019.[4]
In June 2018, Taylor was diagnosed with and underwent treatment for testicular cancer, returning to training with Manchester United in September 2019.[5]
Taylor joined Manchester United at the age of 14.[6] He signed his first professional contract at the start of 2018, five months before his cancer diagnosis.[7]
He received his first call-up to the senior team in November 2019.[3][8] He was given squad number 52.[9]
In January 2020 he moved on loan to Stalybridge Celtic,[10][11] making 9 appearances in all competitions.[12]
In May 2020 he signed a new one-year contract with the club.[6] In August 2020 he went on trial to Milton Keynes Dons with a view to a loan move.[13]
In October 2020 he moved on loan to Kidderminster Harriers.[14][15]
On 4 June 2021 it was announced that he was being released by Manchester United and would leave the club at the end of the season following the expiry of his contract.[16]
Taylor signed for Rochdale in August 2021.[17] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Northampton Town on 21 August 2021.[18] He signed a new contract with Rochdale in August 2022.[19]
In March 2024, he joined fellow National League club Solihull Moors on a one-month loan deal.[20]
Taylor was released by Rochdale at the end of the 2023–24 season.[21]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester United U23 | 2019–20[22] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2020–21[23] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 2019–20[24] | NPL Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 2020–21[2] | National League North | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Rochdale | 2021–22[25] | League Two | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 29 | 3 |
2022–23[26] | League Two | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
2023–24[2] | National League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 4 | ||
Solihull Moors (loan) | 2023–24[2] | National League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 74 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 87 | 5 |