pcupdate years clubs caps goals birth_place height position birth_date article_title name
08:17 18 may 2007 -lrb- utc -rrb- 1993-199 2003-2007 ? 199 ? -1997 1997-1999 1998 1999-2003 2003 exeter -lrb- loan -rrb- plymouth argyle → torquay united -lrb- loan city -rrb- torquay united dorchester town swindon town → plymouth argyle 58 6 82 5 123 3 1 6 0 5 plymouth , devon , england 6 1 central defender 24 january 1974 craig taylor -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 craig taylor
craig taylor -lrb- footballer -rrb-

craig taylor -lrb- born 24 january 1974 -rrb- is an english professional footballer .
taylor was born in plymouth .
he began his professional football career with exeter city in june 1992 and made 5 first team appearances before dropping into the non-leagues with dorchester town .
in april 1997 he joined swindon town for a fee of # 25,000 playing over 60 games for the first division -lrb- now known as the championship -rrb- club .
he had a month on loan with plymouth argyle from october 1998 and moved to plymouth in august 1999 for a fee of # 30,000 .
taylor was made captain of his home team , making almost 100 appearances during his spell there .
a broken ankle against southend united put taylor out for the best part of 2 years .
in february 2003 , taylor joined torquay united on loan , initially for a month 's cover as both sean hankin and steve woods were sidelined with injuries .
the loan deal was extended to the end of the season and he signed for torquay on a free transfer in june 2003 .
the following season -lrb- 2003/2004 -rrb- he captained the gulls to promotion to the first division of the football league .
he spent much of the early part of the 2006-07 season out of the torquay side due to injury , but returned to the squad as an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat at home to boston united on 16 december 2006 .
on his last appearance taylor played in the 1-1 draw with leyton orient , scoring torquay 's only goal .
taylor retired from football in may 2007 due to recurring back and ankle injuries .
his brother shaun also played professionally for swindon town .
