Full name Adam Jake Taggart 2007–2008 WA NTC Weight 69 kg Number 22 Height 1.83 m | Playing position Role Football player Place of birth Perth, Australia Name Adam Taggart Career start 2010 | |
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Date of birth (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 22) Education Australian Institute of Sport Current teams Australia national under-23 soccer team Profiles | ||
Adam taggart 2013 14 newcastle jets fc goals
Adam Jake Taggart (born 2 June 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) player who is currently signed to Perth Glory and who has played for the 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.
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- Adam taggart 2013 14 newcastle jets fc goals
- Adam taggart
- Perth Glory
- Newcastle Jets
- Fulham
- Loan to Dundee United
- International career
- Club statistics
- Goals
- Summary
- Individual
- References
Adam taggart
Perth Glory
Taggart made his senior debut in a 1–1 draw with Melbourne Heart in January 2011. He scored his first goal in a loss to Gold Coast United, 75 minutes into the game.
Newcastle Jets
On 2 March 2012, Taggart signed two-year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets. In November 2013, Taggart scored a hat trick against Melbourne Heart 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 Emile Heskey, Joel Griffiths and Michael Bridges. 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 A-League Young Player of the Season Award at the same ceremony.
Fulham
On 24 June 2014, Fulham 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. Taggart left Fulham to join his previous club Perth Glory on 26 January 2016. However, he is ineligible to play for Glory until next season due to FIFA regulations which restrict the number of clubs that a person may play for in any one season to two.
Loan to Dundee United
On 1 September 2015, Taggart signed for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on a loan deal until January 2016.
Perth Glory
On 26 January 2016, Taggart signed for Perth Glory again on a permanent deal. However, he was ineligible to play for Perth in the 2015–16 A-League under FIFA 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.
International career
Taggart made his debut for Australia in late 2012, in the second preliminary round of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup against Hong Kong, coming off the bench in a narrow win. He scored his first two international goals days later in a win over Chinese Taipei.
In 2013, Taggart played in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, scoring a goal in a loss to China.
Taggart was a part of the Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in matches against Netherlands and Spain.