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{{Short description|British footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Maik Taylor
| image               = Maik Taylor.jpg
| image_size          = 175
| caption             = Taylor during 2004 pre-season with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
| fullname            = Maik Stefan Taylor<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1971|9|4|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place         = [[Hildesheim]], [[West Germany]]
| currentclub         = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (goalkeeper coach)
| height              = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| position            = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1         = 1985–1990  |youthclubs1 = ASC Nienburg
| youthyears2         =  |youthclubs2 = Princess Marina College
| years1              =         |clubs1 = [[Petersfield Town F.C.|Petersfield Town]]        |caps1 =     |goals1 = 
| years2              =          |clubs2 = [[Basingstoke Town F.C.|Basingstoke Town]]        |caps2 =     |goals2 =<!-- note stats at http://www.basingstoketown.net/stats/player.php?id=291 are incomplete, only covering 26 of the 42 matches that season, so can't tell if Taylor played just the 5 listed there or whether there were more --> 
| years3              = 1992–1995 |clubs3 = [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]]             |caps3 =     |goals3 = 
| years4              = 1995–1997 |clubs4 = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]                            |caps4 = 70  |goals4 = 0
| years5              = 1997      |clubs5 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]                  |caps5 = 18  |goals5 = 0
| years6              = 1997–2004 |clubs6 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]                            |caps6 = 189 |goals6 = 0
| years7              = 2003–2004 |clubs7 = → [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] (loan) |caps7 = 27  |goals7 = 0
| years8              = 2004–2011 |clubs8 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]          |caps8 = 187 |goals8 = 0
| years9              = 2011–2012 |clubs9 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]                |caps9 = 0   |goals9 = 0
| years10             = 2012      |clubs10 = → [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] (loan)              |caps10 = 10 |goals10 = 0
| years11             = 2012–2013 |clubs11 = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]                       |caps11 = 6  |goals11 = 0
| totalcaps           = 502
| totalgoals          = 0
| nationalyears1      = 1998 | nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national under-21 football team|Northern Ireland U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2      = 1999  |nationalteam2 = [[Northern Ireland B national football team|Northern Ireland B]] |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3      = 1999–2011 |nationalteam3 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]     |nationalcaps3 = 88 |nationalgoals3 = 0
}}

'''Maik Stefan Taylor''' (born 4 September 1971) is a former [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] international [[association football|football]] [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and, since July 2022, goalkeeping coach at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]].

At club level, Taylor played [[non-League football]] for [[Petersfield Town F.C.|Petersfield Town]], [[Basingstoke Town F.C.|Basingstoke Town]] and [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]] before moving into [[the Football League]] with [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]. He went on to play for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], where he spent eight years before his release at the end of the 2010–11 season, [[Leeds United]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]. In international football, he played for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], qualifying for that country through his [[United Kingdom|British]] passport which at that time, as he was born abroad, entitled him to play for any of the [[Home Nations]].

Taylor took up goalkeeper coaching, initially with the Northern Ireland setup. He was briefly goalkeeping coach at [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in 2019, and then spent three years in that role with [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] before moving on to Birmingham City in July 2022.

==Early life==
Taylor was born in [[Hildesheim]], [[West Germany]], to a German mother and an English father who was serving as a staff sergeant in the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] (REME) regiment of the [[British Army]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1999/0324/sport/0026/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030519052600/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1999/0324/sport/0026/index.html |title=Ein Nordire aus Hildesheim |language=de |trans-title=A Northern Irishman from Hildesheim |first=Ronald |last=Reng |newspaper=[[Berliner Zeitung]] |date=24 March 1999 |archive-date=19 May 2003}}</ref><ref name=Indy>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/maik-taylor-for-some-players-there-is-always-an-excuse-they-dont-appreciate-their-job-it-amazes-me-766724.html |title=Maik Taylor: 'For some players there is always an excuse. They don't appreciate their job. It amazes me' |first=Mike |last=Rowbottom |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=22 December 2007 |access-date=8 September 2010}}</ref> Taylor began his football career at [[ASC Nienburg]] of [[Nienburg, Lower Saxony]], in Germany before moving to England as a schoolboy. He later followed in his father's footsteps by joining the REME based at [[Arborfield Garrison|Arborfield]] in [[Berkshire]], where he attended Princess Marina College.<ref name=NIFG/>

He later moved to [[Bordon]] in [[Hampshire]] where he played football for his regiment and for the Army and Combined Services representative sides.<ref name = "ITN586">{{cite book |title=In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC |last1=Holley |first1=Duncan |first2=Gary |last2=Chalk |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Hagiology |date=2003 |isbn=0-9534474-3-X |pages=586–587}}</ref> During this period he also played for [[Petersfield Town F.C.|Petersfield Town]], [[Basingstoke Town F.C.|Basingstoke Town]] and [[Farnborough F.C.|Farnborough Town]], with whom he won the [[Southern Football League|Southern League Premier Division]] title in [[1993–94 Southern Football League|1993–94]].<ref name=NIFG>{{cite web |url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/05/maik-taylor.html |title=Maik Taylor |website=Northern Ireland Football Greats |access-date=5 June 2008}}</ref>

==Club career==
In June 1995, Taylor joined [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] of the [[Football League Third Division]] for a fee of £700.<ref name=NIFG/> Eighteen months later he was signed by [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] of the [[Premier League]] for a fee of £500,000.<ref name=NIFG/>

===Southampton===
Taylor had become a "Saints" fan as a schoolboy so when [[Graeme Souness]] brought him to [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] in January 1997, no-one was more delighted than Taylor himself.<ref name = "ITN586"/> Taylor immediately went into the first-team, replacing [[Dave Beasant]], and made his debut on 11 January in a 1–0 victory at [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]. During his first season at Southampton, the team struggled near the foot of the table, avoiding relegation by one point, having been in last place with five matches to play.<ref name="ITN250">Holley & Chalk, ''In That Number''. p.&nbsp;250.</ref>

Souness left the club in the summer of 1997, being replaced by [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] who brought in several new players, including goalkeeper [[Paul Jones (footballer, born 1967)|Paul Jones]] from his previous club, [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]. Taylor spent the rest of his time at Southampton on the bench and was sold to Fulham in November 1997.<ref name = "ITN586"/>

===Fulham===
Taylor was bought by [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in 1997 from Southampton at a cost of £800,000.<ref name = "ITN586"/> Fulham's manager [[Kevin Keegan]] rated him as the "best taker of a cross I've ever seen"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:GDR1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=138CC5E22C0C13C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=I'd pick Don for England; Keegan wishes he had Hutch |first=Alan |last=Marshall |newspaper=Daily Record |place=Glasgow |date=3 May 2000 |access-date=5 January 2014 |via=NewsBank}}</ref> and he proved to be a good signing for the Cottagers, helping them win the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] title in 1999. The [[Football League First Division|First Division]] championship followed in 2001 and thus [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the Premier League.

Whilst at [[Craven Cottage]], Taylor earned his first international cap for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] in a 3–0 defeat by [[Germany national football team|Germany]] on 27 March 1999. He went on to make over 80 appearances for his adopted country.<ref name=NIFG/>

He was the first-choice goalkeeper at Craven Cottage until Fulham reached the Premier League, when manager [[Jean Tigana]] signed [[Edwin van der Sar]], thus relegating Taylor to the bench. Taylor made only one Premier League appearance in 2001–02, but an injury to Van der Sar sustained at [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] on 21 December 2002<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=132A9021C56921C0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Robson piles new troubles on Tigana |first=Simon |last=Turnbull |newspaper=The Independent on Sunday |location=London |date=22 December 2002 |page=4 |access-date=5 January 2014 |via=NewsBank}}</ref> ruled him out for several months, allowing Taylor to return to the side, and he retained his place for the remainder of the season.<ref name=sb0203/>

===Birmingham City===
Taylor signed for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] in August 2003, initially on a year-long loan deal with the possibility of a permanent contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/3126051.stm |title=Blues finally land Taylor |work=BBC Sport |date=8 August 2003 |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> Manager [[Steve Bruce]] made the contract permanent in March 2004 for a £1.5&nbsp;million fee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/taylor-secures-permanent-deal-at-birmingham-567324.html |title=Taylor secures permanent deal at Birmingham |first=John |last=Curtis |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=23 March 2004 |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> Taylor continued his impressive form and was rewarded by being nominated as the goalkeeper for the Premiership team of the 2003–04 season.<ref name=BCFCprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10412~8076,00.html |title=Player Profiles: Maik Taylor |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |access-date=16 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229072507/http://www.bcfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10412~8076%2C00.html |archive-date=29 December 2010}} <!-- there are archive.org versions, but none that verify this sentence --></ref>

Taylor was replaced as Birmingham's first choice goalkeeper in February 2007 by [[Colin Doyle (footballer)|Colin Doyle]], but regained his place after the first three matches of the [[2007–08 Premier League]] season. He was again replaced as the first choice keeper in the [[2009–10 Premier League]] season by loan signing [[Joe Hart]], playing only the two fixtures against Hart's parent club, [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. He spent the rest of the season on the bench.

In May 2010, Taylor signed a new one-year deal with Birmingham just after they had signed new keeper [[Ben Foster (footballer)|Ben Foster]] from [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. He played only four matches in 2010–11, all in cup competitions, and was on the bench as Birmingham won the [[2011 Football League Cup Final]]. He was not offered a new contract at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2367559,00.html |title=Carr gears up |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=27 May 2011 |access-date=18 April 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530173025/http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10412~2367559%2C00.html |archive-date=30 May 2011 }}</ref>

===Final playing years===
After training with the club for two weeks in November 2011, and saving a penalty in a friendly against a [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] XI, Taylor signed a short-term contract, until January 2012, with Championship club [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20111124/goalkeeper-signs-up-for-united_2247585_2526125 |title=Goalkeeper signs up for United |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |date=24 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125060827/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20111124/goalkeeper-signs-up-for-united_2247585_2526125 |archive-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> Taylor took his place on the bench behind loan goalkeeper [[Alex McCarthy]] two days later against [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20111126/united-lose-out-to-barnsley_2247585_2528543 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009073628/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20111126/united-lose-out-to-barnsley_2247585_2528543 |title=United lose out to Barnsley |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |date=26 November 2011 |archive-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> His contract was extended until the end of the season, to act as backup for [[Andy Lonergan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20120106/deal-agreed-for-maik-to-stay-on_2247585_2568169 |title=Deal agreed for Maik to stay on |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108211641/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20120106/deal-agreed-for-maik-to-stay-on_2247585_2568169 |archive-date=8 January 2012}}</ref>

But in March, having made no appearances for Leeds and with new manager [[Neil Warnock]] preferring not to name a goalkeeper among the substitutes, Taylor agreed to move to fellow Championship club [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17340145 |title=Millwall sign Leeds United goalkeeper Maik Taylor |work=BBC Sport |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref> After a string of clean sheets, Taylor was nominated for the Championship player of the month award for April. After his six-month deal came to an end, Taylor was told he would be released by Leeds at the expiry of his contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20120502/eleven-told-they-can-go_2247585_2757295 |title=Eleven told they can go |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507221923/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20120502/eleven-told-they-can-go_2247585_2757295 |archive-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> In May 2012, Taylor agreed a 12-month contract with Millwall, staying with them for one season before retiring.

==International career==
Taylor was born in Germany to an English father and a German mother. As a British citizen who was born abroad, [[FIFA eligibility rules]] at the time of Taylor's first international selection entitled him to represent any of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom at international level. He opted for Northern Ireland, despite having no familial connection to that country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maik Taylor's 50th cap |url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/1786/maik-taylors-50th-cap/ |first=Heather Jan |last=Brunt |publisher=Irish Football Association |date=11 October 2005 |access-date=1 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425022827/http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/1786/maik-taylors-50th-cap/ |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/taylor-is-still-true-to-northern-ireland-cause-28454962.html |title=Taylor is still true to Northern Ireland cause |first=Stuart |last=McKinley |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

Taylor made his debut for the [[Northern Ireland national under-21 football team|Northern Ireland U21 team]] in April 1998 at the age of 27, as an over-age player in a 2-1 [[exhibition game#International football|friendly]] victory over [[Switzerland national under-21 football team|Switzerland]].<ref name=NIFG/> His senior debut was against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 1999: [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] lost 3–0.<ref name=NIFG/> In an August 2005 friendly Taylor saved an injury time penalty from [[Malta national football team|Malta]]'s [[George Mallia]] to keep the score at 1–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4159940.stm |title=Malta 1–1 Northern Ireland |work=BBC Sport |date=17 August 2005 |access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref> He became a regular in the Northern Ireland national team, and played 88 matches, including the famous 1–0 victory over England in September 2005.

Taylor was replaced by [[Lee Camp (footballer)|Lee Camp]] as first choice goalkeeper, but was recalled to the Northern Ireland squad in August 2011 despite not being registered with a club since leaving Birmingham City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14614885 |title=Kyle Lafferty and Chris Brunt back for Northern Ireland |work=BBC Sport |date=22 August 2011 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> He made his 88th appearance for Northern Ireland on 11 October 2011, captaining his country in a 3–0 defeat away to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in a [[Euro 2012]] qualifier.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/nigel-worthingtons-northern-ireland-reign-comes-to-bitter-end-against-italy-28668332.html |title=Nigel Worthington's Northern Ireland reign comes to bitter end against Italy |first=Paul |last=Ferguson |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=12 October 2011 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> While working as the national goalkeeping coach, the 43-year-old Taylor made an emergency return to the squad in June 2015 as a back-up goalkeeper, following an injury to [[Roy Carroll]] the day before a [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group F|Euro 2016 qualifier]] against [[Romania national football team|Romania]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/euro2016/northern-ireland-v-romania-michael-mcgovern-is-handed-biggest-match-of-his-life-31299045.html |title=Northern Ireland v Romania: Michael McGovern is handed biggest match of his life |first=Steven |last=Beacom |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=13 June 2015 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In July 2013, Taylor{{snd}}who had studied [[UEFA B Licence]] and [[UEFA A Licence]], Part 1{{snd}}was hired as goalkeeping coach for the Northern Ireland national team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23509323 |title=Maik Taylor appointed Northern Ireland goalkeeping coach |work=BBC Sport |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

On 8 March 2019, he agreed a short-term deal to become the goalkeeping coach at [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] until the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17487508.taylor-named-bradford-city-goalkeeping-coach/ |title=Taylor named Bradford City goalkeeping coach |first=Simon |last=Parker |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |location=Bradford |date=8 March 2019 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> In June 2019 he left Bradford to take up a similar role at [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17701872.former-bantams-goalkeeping-coach-maik-taylor-joins-walsall/ |title=Former Bantams goalkeeping coach Maik Taylor joins Walsall |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |location=Bradford |date=22 June 2019 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> and in July 2022, returned to [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] as part of newly appointed head coach [[John Eustace]]'s backroom staff.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-eustace-taylor-downing-24396860 |title=Confirmed: John Eustace names his Birmingham City back-room staff |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=4 July 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan=2|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan=2|Other
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
|[[1995–96 Barnet F.C. season|1995–96]]<ref name=Hugman>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |pages=396–97 |isbn=978-1-84596-246-3}}</ref><ref name=sb9697>{{Soccerbase season|9109|1996|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]||45||0||2||0||2||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Football League Trophy]]}}||0||51||0
|-
|[[1996–97 Barnet F.C. season|1996–97]]<ref name=Hugman/><ref name=sb9697/>
|Third Division||25||0||4||0||4||0||colspan=2|—||33||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!70||0||6||0||6||0||2||0||84||0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|[[1996–97 Southampton F.C. season|1996–97]]<ref name=sb9697/>
|[[Premier League]]||18||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||18||0
|-
|[[1997–98 Southampton F.C. season|1997–98]]<ref name=sb9798>{{Soccerbase season|9109|1997|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!18||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||18||0
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
|[[1997–98 Fulham F.C. season|1997–98]]<ref name=sb9798/>
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|28||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||3{{efn|One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in [[Football League play-offs]]}}||0||33||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Fulham F.C. season|1998–99]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|1998|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Second Division||46||0||7||0||5||0||0||0||58||0
|-
|[[1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|1999|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]||46||0||4||0||7||0||colspan=2|—||57||0
|-
|[[2000–01 Fulham F.C. season|2000–01]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2000|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|First Division||44||0||1||0||5||0||colspan=2|—||50||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Fulham F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2001|access-date=18 April 2018}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/first-team/2001_2002/league/home/bolton-wanderers |title=Fulham 3–0 Bolton Wanderers |publisher=Fulham F.C. |date=23 April 2002 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
|Premier League||1||0||2||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||6||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Fulham F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref name=sb0203>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2002|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||19||0||4||0||2||0||3{{efn|Two appearances in [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]], one in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||28||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!184||0||20||0||22||0||6||0||232||0
|-
|rowspan=9|[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
|[[2003–04 Birmingham City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2003|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||34||0||4||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||39||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Birmingham City F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2004|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||38||0||2||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||42||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Birmingham City F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2005|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||34||0||6||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||41||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Birmingham City F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2006|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||27||0||3||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||31||0
|-
|[[2007–08 Birmingham City F.C. season|2007–08]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2007|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||34||0||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||35||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Birmingham City F.C. season|2008–09]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2008|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Championship||45||0||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||46||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season|2009–10]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2009|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||2||0||0||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||4||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Birmingham City F.C. season|2010–11]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2010|name=Maik Taylor|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Premier League||0||0||1||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||4||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!214||0||18||0||10||0||colspan=2|—||242||0
|-
|[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|[[2011–12 Leeds United A.F.C. season|2011–12]]<ref name=stats1112>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17340145 |title=Millwall sign Leeds United goalkeeper Maik Taylor |work=BBC Sport |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=17 September 2012}}<br>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2011|access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
|Championship|||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
|[[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] (loan)
|[[2011–12 Millwall F.C. season|2011–12]]<ref name=stats1112/>
|Championship||10||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||10||0
|-
|rowspan=2|Millwall
|[[2012–13 Millwall F.C. season|2012–13]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|9109|2012|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
|Championship||6||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||7||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!16||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||17||0
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!502||0||44||0||39||0||8||0||613||0
|-
|}

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==Honours==
'''Farnborough Town'''<ref name=NIFG/>
*[[Southern Football League Premier Division|Southern League Premier Division]]: [[1993–94 Southern Football League|1993–94]]

'''Fulham'''<ref name=NIFG/>
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1998–99 Football League|1998–99]]
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[2000–01 Football League|2000–01]]
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2002]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/2217215.stm |title=Fulham clinch Euro glory |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=27 August 2002 |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>

'''Birmingham City'''<ref name=NIFG/>
*[[Football League Championship]] runner-up: [[2006–07 Football League|2006–07]], [[2008–09 Football League|2008–09]]
*[[Football League Cup]]: [[2010–11 Football League Cup|2010–11]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/9405702.stm |title=Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham |first=Philip |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2011 |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* 1998–99 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/sad-vialli-throws-in-title-towel-26154361.html |title=Sad Vialli throws in title towel |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=26 April 1999 |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
* 2000–01 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year<ref name=NIFG/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107151348/http://www.irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/profile/128/maik-taylor/ |date=dmy |title=Profile at the Irish Football Association website }}
* {{Premier League player|new_id=1550|1242|archive=20241222094538}}

{{Barnet F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{1998–99 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{2000–01 Football League First Division Team of the Year}}

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