Taylor Saghabi

Taylor Saghabi
Personal information
Full name	Taylor Andrew Marsters Saghabi
Date of birth	25 December 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2003	Parramatta FC
2004	Hills United FC
2005–2006	Parramatta Eagles
2007	Manly United FC
2008–2009	Blacktown City Demons
2009	Sydney Olympic FC
2010	Dulwich Hill FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010	Titikaveka
2011–2014	West Ryde Rovers
National team‡
2011–	Cook Islands
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2015

Taylor Saghabi (born 25 December 1990) is an Australian-born Cook Islands professional footballer with heritage from Lebanon, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cook Islands national football team.

Career[]

The attacking midfielder played for Parramatta FC, Hills United FC, Parramatta Eagles, Manly United FC, Blacktown City Demons, Sydney Olympic FC and Dulwich Hill FC in the youth,^[1] as well on senior side for Titikaveka F.C., Puaikura F.C., West Ryde Rovers,^[2] La Onda and Chin Chillers.^[3]

Saghabi made his debut for the national team on 27 August 2011 in a 4–0 loss against Papua New Guinea. He played in 10 games and scored 6 goals for the Cook Islands national football team.^[4]

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 September 2015^[5]

Scores and results list. Cook Islands's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	1 September 2011	Stade Boewa, Boulari Bay, New Caledonia^{[note 1]}	Kiribati	1–0	3–0	2011 Pacific Games	^[6]
2.	1 September 2011	Stade Boewa, Boulari Bay, New Caledonia^{[note 1]}	Kiribati	2–0	3–0	2011 Pacific Games	^[6]
3.	31 August 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, Nuku'alofa, Tonga	Tonga	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[7]
4.				2–0
5.				3–0
6.	2 September 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, Nuku'alofa, Tonga	Samoa	1–0	1–0		^[8]