Jonathon Taylor (born 12 September 1979) is a

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player. He plays as a defender.

Club career

He played for

Napier City Rovers Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 by the merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier ...

before joining

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in the Australian

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for 1 season, before returning to Napier. He played the 2009/2010 season for

Hawke's Bay United Hawke's Bay United was a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand, Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the New Zealand Football Championship, ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franc ...

in the NZFC.

International career

Taylor made a solitary A-international appearance for the

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, the

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, in 2001, as New Zealand beat

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2–0 in a world cup qualifier.

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* 1979 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Football Kingz FC players Men's association football defenders Hawke's Bay United FC players New Zealand Football Championship players {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub