Education
University of Oregon.
University of Oregon.
She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had a brief spell in her home country with Birmingham City. She has also played in Australia for Melbourne Victory and Sydney Football Club as well for as Kopparbergs/Göteborg Football Club of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Taylor represented England at youth level before making her senior international debut in 2014.
Born in Birkenhead, United Kingdom, Taylor made her first team debut for Tranmere Rovers in February 2002, at the age of 15, during a prolific season in youth football.
She grew up in England. That term she scored 109 goals across 125 games for Oldershaw School, Merseyside Under–16s and Tranmere"s reserve team
When Tranmere were relegated in 2004 Taylor accepted a four-year scholarship to Oregon State University. She had scored 29 goals in 38 first team appearances for Tranmere, despite missing six months of action with a broken legal
Taylor played in Australia for Melbourne Victory.
In January 2013, Taylor left Birmingham City for a one–year loan to Damallsvenskan team Kopparbergs/Göteborg Football Club. She scored ten goals in ten games for Göteborg but left during the summer break, returning to England for personal reasons. In December 2013, she signed with the Washington Spirit for the 2014 National Women"s Soccer League season. On 16 January 2015 the Portland Thorns Football Club acquired Taylor in a trade with the Washington Spirit in exchange for a 2015 second-round pick (Number 13 overall) and two second-round picks in 2016.
On 24 March 2016, Arsenal announced the singing of Taylor.
Newly appointed England coach Mark Sampson included Taylor in a 30-player squad for the annual training camp in Louisiana Manga, which included a match against Norway on 17 January 2014. She withdrew from the squad due to club commitments and was replaced by Isobel Christiansen.
She scored what would have been her first international goal in a friendly against the United States of America on 14 February 2015, only for it to be wrongly ruled out for offside. On her 10th appearance for England, at the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup, Taylor capitalised on a mistake by Lauren Sesselmann of host nation Canada to put England 1–0 up in their quarter-final game.
International goals
Scores and results list England"s goal tally first.
Jodie scored a crucial goal in the 2–1 quarter-final win against hosts Canada at the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup. England went on to win bronze at the tournament. She then scored on her first team debut in Tranmere"s 5–1 win over Wolves in the FA Women"s Cup fifth round. In August 2014 Taylor made her debut in England"s 4–0 friendly win over Sweden at Victoria Park in Hartlepool. On 6 March 2015 at the 2015 Cyprus Cup, Taylor scored a hat trick for England in their 3–0 group win against Australia. The win gave them a place in the finals. England went on to win 2–1 to secure their first ever semi-final appearance.
