Quade Gerald Taylor (born 11 December 1993) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

Carshalton Athletic Carshalton Athletic Football Club is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. They currently play in the and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground. The club also field a women's team playing in the Lo ...

Career

Early career

Taylor joined

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. ...

's youth academy aged 16, in the summer of 2010, and spent seven months at the club before joining

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition buildin ...

in March 2011. In the summer of 2012, Taylor signed a two-year professional contract with Crystal Palace committing his future until the summer of 2014. In March 2014, Taylor signed a loan deal with

Conference A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main ...

side

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foo ...

that lasted a month. During his loan spell, Taylor made nine league appearances and scored one league goal. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Taylor was released by

along with 11 others.

Bolton Wanderers

In July 2014, Taylor signed a one-year professional contract with

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

side

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

. He became a regular in the reserve side appearing in 20 league games and this resulted in Taylor making his first-team debut on the last day of the 2014–15 season against

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

which Bolton lost 1–0 and Taylor played the full 90 minutes of the match. He said after making his professional debut, "The Birmingham game was a bit crazy – it was all new and a bit daunting, but I personally felt as though it couldn't have gone any better aside from the result. I just felt really at home in the team. I didn't have any idea that I was going to be starting the game either – I was obviously included in the matchday squad, but I didn't find out until we were in the dressing room beforehand." After making his debut, Taylor was rewarded with a 12-month contract extension that kept him at the

Macron Stadium The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming rig ...

until the summer of 2016. In March 2016, he joined

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Le ...

side

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

on loan until the end of the season. At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club confirmed that he would be leaving when his contract expired at the end of June.

Non-league

Following his release from Bolton Wanderers, Taylor signed for

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...

side

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team of ...

in August 2016, following a trial period throughout the summer. Shortly after he arrived at the club, his contract was terminated and he had a short spell out of the game. In October 2016, he returned to former club

of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Premier Division on a free transfer. In May 2023, Taylor joined

Personal life

During the earlier part of his career, he struggled with a gambling addiction.The Bolton News: "Ex-Bolton and Crystal Palace man Quade Taylor on gambling addiction"
/ref>

Career statistics

References

External links

*
Quade Taylor
at Dulwich Hamlet F.C. {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Quade 1993 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Tooting Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players