Joseph Taylor-Mountford (born 22 July 1996) is an Australian professional

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who played for

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club

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league c ...

as an

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during the 2014 FAS Season.

Career

Taylor's father, Bill, works as an I.T. executive in Singapore. The family joined him two years after he came to Singapore. Taylor had a successful trial with

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and was accepted into their academy team. In 2013, he was invited by the professional lead coach of

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's academy, Mick Halsall, for trials with the

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club. On returning from the UK to continue his studies in Singapore, Taylor joined Tampines Rover's

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team in 2014. He was promoted to their S.League squad and made his league debut in a 1–1 draw away to

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on 25 April. On 1 January 2015 Taylor completed a transfer and signature to join AC Castellana, who play in Serie D, Girone B in the North of Italy. This was arranged by scouts for

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and his agent Marco Ottollini. After a lengthy period of delays in work permit administration and an injury, Taylor was included in the first team Squad to play Atletico Montichiari and was an unused substitute in the 1–0 win on 22 February 2015. At the season close, Taylor was signed by FC Legnago Salus for the 2016/17 season and then again for the 2017/18 season. After missing part of the 2017 season with an injury, Taylor returned to first team duties in January 2018, playing an influential role in several appearances, scoring twice and contributing 2 assists in a 6-game period. In the summer 2019, Taylor joined English club Congleton Town.Profile at Congleton Town's website
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* * Living people 1996 births Australian men's soccer players Lion City Sailors FC players Tampines Rovers FC players Congleton Town F.C. players Serie D players Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in England Australian expatriate men's soccer players Singapore Premier League players Men's association football forwards Soccer players from Sydney {{Australia-footy-forward-stub