Corey Blackett-Taylor

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
Playing position Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 35
Youth career
2007–2016 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Aston Villa 1 (0)
National team‡
2013– England U17 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:56, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:00, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Corey Josiah Paul Blackett-Taylor (born 23 September 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa. He has represented England at Under-17 level.

Life and career

Blackett-Taylor joined Aston Villa at the age of nine and worked his way up through the team's academy age groups.[2] 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.[3]

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.[2] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Career statistics

As of matches played 08 August 2018
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2016–17 Championship 1000000010
2017–18 0000100010
Career total 1000100020

Stats from Soccerbase.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Corey Blackett-Taylor? A quick lowdown on Aston Villa's substitute winger at Huddersfield". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "England Team Shirt". Handsworth Grammar School. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Aston Villa vs. Notts County". ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hudderfield Town 1–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Soccerbase - Corey Taylor". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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