Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis (born 30 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championship club Stoke City, on loan from Manchester City. Harwood-Bellis has represented his country at U16, U17, U19, U20 and U21 level.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Harwood-Bellis with Anderlecht in September 2021
Personal information
Full name Taylor Jay Harwood-Bellis[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002
Place of birth Stockport, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2019 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Manchester City 0 (0)
2021 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 19 (0)
2021–2022 → Anderlecht (loan) 16 (0)
2022– → Stoke City (loan) 21 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 England U16 10 (1)
2018–2019 England U17 12 (1)
2019– England U19 5 (2)
2020– England U20 1 (0)
2021– England U21 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:45, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:24, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

2018–2020

From Stockport, Harwood-Bellis started playing with Manchester City from the age of six.[2] He came through the same Stockport Metro Junior League that produced City team-mate Phil Foden.[3] Harwood-Bellis formed a centre-back partnership with Eric Garcia as part of the City youth side that made it to the FA Youth Cup final in 2019.[4]

On 24 September 2019, Harwood-Bellis made his professional debut when he was named in the starting line up for Manchester City's EFL Cup tie away against Preston North End.[5][6] He made his second appearance for City and his debut in European competitions with his 82nd-minute introduction during a 4–1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stage on 11 December 2019.[7]

On 4 January 2020, Harwood-Bellis scored his first goal for Manchester City in a 4–1 win against Port Vale in the FA Cup. On 7 December 2020, Harwood-Bellis signed a four-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2024.[8]

Blackburn Rovers and Anderlecht loans

On 1 February 2021, Harwood-Bellis joined Championship side Blackburn Rovers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[9] Five days later, he made his debut for Blackburn as a substitute for Ryan Nyambe in a 0–1 away league defeat by Queens Park Rangers.[10]

On 27 June, Harwood-Bellis joined Belgian First Division A side Anderlecht on a season-long loan deal.[11]

Stoke City (loan)

On 11 January 2022, Harwood-Bellis joined Championship side Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[12]

International career

Harwood-Bellis captained the England under-17 team at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship[3] and scored in a group stage defeat against the Netherlands.[13]

Harwood-Bellis made his U20 debut during a 2–0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park on 13 October 2020.[14]

On 27 August 2021, Harwood-Bellis received his first call up for the England U21s. [15] On 7 September 2021, he made his England U21 debut during the 2-0 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Kosovo U21s at Stadium MK.[16] On 25 March 2022, Harwood-Bellis captained the U21s for the first time during a 4-1 win over Armenia at Bournemouth.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2018–19[18] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2019–20[19] ————4[lower-alpha 1]040
2020–21[20] ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total ————7070
Manchester City 2019–20[19] Premier League 0011201[lower-alpha 2]00041
2020–21[20] Premier League 00202000—40
2021–22[21] Premier League 000000000000
Total 003140100081
Blackburn Rovers (loan) 2020–21[20] Championship 1900000——190
Anderlecht (loan) 2021–22[21] Belgian First Division A 16000003[lower-alpha 3]0—190
Stoke City (loan) 2021–22[21] Championship 2102000——230
Career total 56051404070761
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Taylor Harwood-Bellis". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. Brennan, Stuart (17 July 2019). "Taylor Harwood-Bellis makes first Man City start - an in-depth profile". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. Smith, Jonathan (24 September 2019). "Who is Taylor Harwood-Bellis? Man City's homegrown defensive star already wowing Pep Guardiola". Goal. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. "Preston North End vs. Manchester City - 24 September 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. Brennan, Stuart (24 September 2019). "Pep Guardiola gives his verdict on Man City youngsters Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Eric Garcia". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. "Dinamo Zagreb 1–4 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 11 December 2019.
  8. "Harwood-Bellis signs new City deal". Manchester City F.C. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. "Rovers complete second deadline day deal". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. "Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: Yoann Barbet scores QPR winner". BBC Sport. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  11. "HARWOOD-BELLIS JOINS ANDERLECHT ON LOAN". Manchester City F.C. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. "Harwood-Bellis checks in". Stoke City F.C. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  13. "European Under-17 Championship: England lose heavily against the Netherlands". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  14. Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2020). "TWO QUICKFIRE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF SEAL WIN FOR LEE CARSLEY'S YOUNG LIONS AT SGP". TheFA.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  15. "Carsley names first MU21s squad". 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  16. "England U21 2-0 Kosovo U21". 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  17. "Report: England MU21s 4-1 Andorra". 25 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  18. "Games played by Taylor Harwood-Bellis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. "Games played by Taylor Harwood-Bellis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. "Games played by Taylor Harwood-Bellis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. "Games played by Taylor Harwood-Bellis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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