David Taylor (Welsh footballer)

David Taylor
Personal information
Full name	David Taylor
Date of birth	25 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Wales
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Caernarfon Town (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Conwy United
1993–1994	Porthmadog
1994–1995	Inter Cardiff
1995	Conwy United
1995–1996	Newtown
1996–1997	Holywell Town
1997	Newtown
1997–1998	Welshpool Town
1999–2000	Flexsys Cefn Druids
2000–2001	Oswestry Town
2007–2009	Caersws
Total
Managerial career
2007–	Caersws (assistant manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Taylor (born 25 August 1965) is a retired Welsh footballer and current manager. A former forward, he won the European Golden Shoe during the 1993–94 season with Porthmadog.

After he retired from Football, David established a career in Insurance as a senior claims advisor for Towergate Insurance. In 2023, David retired and now spends his time following his beloved Bolton Wanderers. David also does a lot for his local community in Bolton and is regularly found playing the role of Father Christmas during the festive period.

Honours

Individual

League of Wales Golden Boot winner: 1993–94^[1]
European Golden Boot winner: 1993–94^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "WPL Golden Boot winner". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

External links

David Taylor career stats & birth

[wpl-1] "WPL Golden Boot winner". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[1]

v t e European Golden Shoe
L'Équipe award	1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Zhekov 1969–70: Müller 1970–71: Skoblar 1971–72: Müller 1972–73: Eusébio 1973–74: Yazalde 1974–75: Georgescu 1975–76: Kaiafas 1976–77: Georgescu 1977–78: Krankl 1978–79: Kist 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Slavkov 1981–82: Kieft 1982–83: Gomes 1983–84: Rush 1984–85: Gomes 1985–86: Van Basten 1986–87: Cămătaru & Polster 1987–88: Çolak 1988–89: Mateuț 1989–90: Sánchez & Stoichkov 1990–91: Pančev
Unofficial	1991–92: McCoist 1992–93: McCoist 1993–94: Taylor 1994–95: Avetisyan 1995–96: Endeladze
ESM award	1996–97: Ronaldo 1997–98: Machlas 1998–99: Jardel 1999–2000: Phillips 2000–01: Larsson 2001–02: Jardel 2002–03: Makaay 2003–04: Henry 2004–05: Henry & Forlán 2005–06: Toni 2006–07: Totti 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Forlán 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: C. Ronaldo 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: Messi 2013–14: C. Ronaldo & Suárez 2014–15: C. Ronaldo 2015–16: Suárez 2016–17: Messi 2017–18: Messi 2018–19: Messi 2019–20: Immobile 2020–21: Lewandowski 2021–22: Lewandowski 2022–23: Haaland 2023–24: Kane

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	Germany United States
People	DDB
Other	IdRef SNAC