Jermaine Taylor (footballer)

Jermaine Taylor (born 14 January 1985 in Portland ) is a Jamaican football player.

Life

Jermaine Taylor made ​​already as a teenager at the local level attention to himself when he was still playing with his younger brother Ricardo for the St. George's SC from Portland, before the club went into the professional league. He also played in the football team of St Mary Technical High School.

His older cousin Fabian Taylor is also footballer and has performed in the North American professional league Major League Soccer ( MLS).

Club career

Jermaine Taylor joined the professional league to the Jamaican capital club Harbour View FC, ​​for which at the time also played his cousin Fabian 2004. Taylor won with Harbour View in the season 2006/ 07 the Jamaican Championships and the CFU Club Championship 2007. After he had not come for some time for use in Harbour View, he went 2009 back to now in the National Premier League, the highest Jamaican division, ascended St. George's SC and remained there until he was taken on February 16, 2011 by the American MLS team Houston Dynamo under contract.

National

After his move to Harbour View Taylor was appointed to the U20 national team.

Since 2005 he plays for the Jamaican national football team and was part of the Jamaican squad that won the Caribbean Cup 2005. He was called into the team for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005. After several months of national break he made in 2009 again made ​​it into the team. In 2010 he won with the Reggae Boyz for the second time Caribbean Cup. Also, the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011, he played for Jamaican National Team.