Kenneth Taylor (footballer, born 2002)

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Kenneth Taylor

Taylor with Ajax in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor[1]
Date of birth	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth	Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ajax
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2010	SV De Foresters
2010–2019	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Jong Ajax	60	(14)
2020–	Ajax	100	(19)
International career‡
2017	Netherlands U15	5	(0)
2017–2018	Netherlands U16	6	(1)
2018–2019	Netherlands U17	14	(4)
2021–2024	Netherlands U21	15	(1)
2022–	Netherlands	4	(0)
Medal record Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner Ireland 2019 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Kenneth Ina Dorothea Taylor (born 16 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.^[3]

A product of Ajax's youth academy,^[4] Taylor made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong Ajax on 15 October 2018 in a game against Jong PSV as a 70th-minute substitute for Jasper ter Heide.^[5]

Taylor made his Eredivisie debut for AFC Ajax on 12 December 2020 in a game against PEC Zwolle as a 64th-minute substitute for Perr Schuurs. In a match against Heracles Almelo on 6 February 2022 Taylor scored his first Eredivisie goal in the match's 65th minute. He had come on in the 63rd minute to relieve Steven Berghuis and was shortly thereafter found on a ball from Sébastien Haller for what was his first league goal.^[6]

Taylor played for various Dutch youth teams from 2017 to 2024. He captained the under-17 team at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil^[7] and also played at the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Romania.^[8]

On 22 September 2022, Taylor made his debut for the Netherlands in a UEFA Nations League match against Poland. He was also part of the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making a single appearance against the hosts on 29 November.^[6]

As of match played 14 January 2025^[9]

As of match played 24 March 2023^[10]

Ajax^[11]

• Eredivisie: 2020–21, 2021–22
• KNVB Cup: 2020–21

Netherlands U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2019^[12]

Individual

• Eredivisie Talent of the Month: November 2022^[13]

• Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2022^[13]

• Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2022–23^[14]

• Profile at the AFC Ajax website
• Career stats - Voetbal International^{[dead link‍]}
• Kenneth Taylor at Soccerway

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