Adam Jake Taggart (born 2 June 1993) is an Australian

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who plays for

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

in the

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competition. Taggart has also represented the Australia national U20 team, Australia national U23 team and 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.

Club career

Perth Glory

Taggart made his senior debut in a 1–1 draw with

Melbourne Heart Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profession ...

in January 2011. He scored his first goal in a loss to

Gold Coast United Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...

, 75 minutes into the game.

Newcastle Jets

On 2 March 2012, Taggart signed a two-year contract with

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

club

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

. In November 2013, Taggart scored a hat trick against

with all three goals scored from outside the 18 yard box. Newcastle would go on and win the match. 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. He became a focal point of the Newcastle Jets attack, heading the lineup alongside

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Joel Griffiths Joel Griffiths (born 21 August 1979) is an Australian professional football manager who currently serves as the manager of Newcastle Olympic FC for National Premier Leagues Northern NSW and retired professional footballer striker. Biography ...

and

Michael Bridges Michael Bridges (born 5 August 1978) is an English professional football manager and retired former player. As a player, he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Sunderland, Leeds United and Newcastle United, as well as ...

. 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

Young Player of the Season Award at the same ceremony.

Fulham

On 24 June 2014,

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signed Taggart from Newcastle Jets for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract but injury delayed his involvement with the first team by a number of months.

Loan to Dundee United

On 1 September 2015, Taggart signed for

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club

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

on a loan deal until January 2016.

Perth Glory

On 26 January 2016, Taggart signed for

again on a permanent deal. However, he was ineligible to play for Perth in the

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under

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regulations preventing players from registering for more than two clubs in a single season. 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.

Brisbane Roar

On 1 May 2018,

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announced the signing of Taggart as his contract at Perth Glory ended. He signed a contract with Brisbane contracting his services to them for the next two years. On 14 February 2019, Brisbane Roar announced Taggart had come to terms with an Asian club for his transfer.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

On 18 February 2019, Taggart was sold to

Suwon Samsung Bluewings ''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium , capacity = 44,031 , owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary) , chairma ...

for $150,000. Taggart made his debut on 1 March 2019 in a 2–1 defeat against

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in ...

where he came on as a substitute at half time scoring in the 63' minute. On 14 August 2019, he was named K-League Player of the Month for July. Taggart was almost unplayable in July, scoring seven goals in just six league appearances to shoot to the top of the K-League scoring charts. On 17 August 2019, he scored his first K-League hat trick against

Gangwon FC Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 FC) is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort. History Foundation Gangw ...

. He would finish the 2019 K-League 1 season as top goal scorer in his debut season.

Cerezo Osaka

On 20 December 2020, Taggart was transferred to

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Return to Perth

On 15 December 2022, Perth Glory announced that Taggart would be returning to the club on a three-and-a-half year deal.

International career

Taggart made his debut for

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in late 2012, in the second preliminary round of the

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against

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, coming off the bench in a narrow win. He scored his first two international goals days later in a win over

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. In 2013, Taggart played in the

, scoring a goal in a loss to

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. Taggart was a part of the Socceroos squad for the

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, and played in matches against

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual

A-League Golden Boot The A-League Men Golden Boot is an annual association football award presented to the leading goalscorer in the A-League Men. It is currently referred to as the Nike Golden Boot for sponsorship purposes. The A-League was founded in 2005 to repl ...

: 2013–14 * A-League Young Player of the Year: 2013–14 * PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2013–14 * K League 1 Top scorer:

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* K League 1 Best XI:

Club

; Suwon Samsung Bluewings * KFA Cup:

References

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