| abstract | - Ryan Anthony Taylor (born 19 August 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays for League One club Port Vale. A versatile player and former England under-21 international, he is able to play as a full-back or across the midfield, and has excellent free-kick taking and dead ball skills. He began his career at Tranmere Rovers in 2002, and made 122 league and cup appearances in three full seasons with the club, being voted as Tranmere's Player of the Year and onto the PFA Team of the Year in 2004–05. He was sold to Premier League side Wigan Athletic in July 2005 for a fee of £750,000. Injuries restricted his appearances, though after scoring in four consecutive games against Newcastle United he joined the club in a trade deal in January 2009. After Newcastle dropped out of the top-flight, he helped the club to win promotion as champions of the Championship in 2009–10. However he then faced a catalogue of injuries, firstly fracturing a metatarsal and then breaking a leg in the 2010–11 season, and then picking up a serious cruciate knee ligament injury in August 2012. He played a total of 106 games for Newcastle, though featured just 18 times in his final three seasons. He was released by Newcastle in May 2015, and spent the 2015–16 campaign at Hull City, where he made only occasional cameo appearances. He signed with Port Vale in October 2016. Image:Port Vale FC.png File:220px-England crest 2009.svg.png
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