Taylor Perry (born 15 July 2001) is an English

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who plays as a midfielder for

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

Career

Born in

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...

, Perry made his first team debut for

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club' ...

, whose academy he had progressed from, on 25 September 2019 as a substitute in an

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victory against

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. He had been part of the club's pre-season tour of China, where he played in the Premier League Asia Trophy Final against

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and scored in Wolves' penalty shootout victory. On 5 August 2021 it was announced that Perry had signed a season-long loan at

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

. In his sixth appearance for Cheltenham (fifth in

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), Perry scored his first senior professional goal, and his debut goal for Cheltenham, in a 2–1 away win against

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

on 11 September 2021. Having suffered an injury in October 2021, he was recalled by Wolves for treatment in January 2022. On 14 July 2022, Perry returned to Cheltenham Town for another season on loan. At the end of the 2022–23 season, Perry departed Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 24 July 2023,

announce the signing of Taylor Perry.https://twitter.com/shrewsburytown/status/1683500264836288513

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2001 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Stourbridge Men's association football midfielders Cheltenham Town F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub