尼爾·泰勒

雷克斯漢姆

Taylor began his career at Manchester City, but left the club at the age of 15. He instead moved to Wrexham at the age of 16, progressing through the youth system at the club, signing a professional contract in July 2007. He made his professional debut on 28 August 2007 in the second round of the League Cup, as a 79th-minute substitute for Eifion Williams in a 0–5 home loss to Aston Villa at the Racecourse Ground. On 22 September, he made his league debut, starting in a 2–1 League Two loss at Stockport County, crossing for the opening goal by Marc Williams. He finished the 2007–08 season when he made 27 league and cup appearances. He signed an extension to his contract on 13 March 2008, keeping him at Wrexham until 2010. Wrexham finished the season with relegation out of The Football League.
2008年10月7日， Taylor scored his first career goal, in a 3–1 home win over York City in the Conference Premier, a match in which he was captain, and followed it up with another in a 5–0 rout of Eastbourne Borough on 20 December. His only other Wrexham goal came in his last appearance on 10 April 2010, volleying to conclude a 2–0 win at relegated Grays Athletic.

斯旺西

2010年6月30日，剛約滿雷克斯漢姆的21歲威爾斯足球代表隊代表泰勒加盟另一支威爾斯球隊英冠的斯旺西，合約為期三年。但由於球員轉會年齡於24歲以下，就算約滿轉會，青訓俱樂部仍有權向新俱樂部索取賠償金，兩間俱樂部仍商討中。
2010年9月30日，斯旺西與雷克斯漢姆達成協議，斯旺西會支付15萬英鎊賠償金給雷克斯漢姆，另加如日後斯旺西出售泰勒中所得到轉會費盈利10%。
2011年6月7日，斯旺西證實收到紐卡索聯報價提出收購泰勒。
2011年7月14日，泰勒與斯旺西簽署一份新的四年合約。
Taylor suffered a broken ankle in the game against Sunderland on 1 September 2012 after falling awkwardly during a challenge on Craig Gardner in the early stages of the game and was ruled out until the end of the season. On 14 December 2012, Taylor signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Swansea, lasting until 2016.
In late February, Taylor returned to full training after six months out with injury. Shortly before his return, Swansea City won the League Cup Final following a 5–0 win over League Two side Bradford City. In late April, he played 80 minutes for Swansea City U21s as part of his rehabilitation. Taylor made his first senior appearance since his injury as a substitute for Ben Davies in a 2–0 loss against Chelsea on 28 April 2013. After the match, he expressed relief at his return to the first team.
After Taylor's return, Swansea manager Michael Laudrup described the battle for the left-back slot between Taylor and Davies as 「a beautiful problem for a manager to have」. Following the transfer of Davies to Tottenham Hotspur in 2014, Taylor reestablished himself as first choice left-back for Swansea. Taylor signed a new four year contract in June 2015, tying him to the club until 2019.

威爾斯

Taylor was also eligible for India through his mother. He made his debut for Wales on 23 May 2010 in a friendly against Croatia at the Stadion Gradski vrt, replacing Andy Dorman for the final 23 minutes of the 2–0 loss; he and Mark Bradley had been promoted from the under-21 team in an emergency. In May 2011, he played two games at the Nations Cup in Dublin.
On 9 September 2014, in Wales' first match of UEFA Euro 2016 qualification, he gave away a penalty to Andorra in the fifth minute, converted by Cristian Martínez, but the Welsh fought back for a 2–1 victory.

英國

Stuart Pearce named Taylor in his 18-man squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as one of three Swansea City players. He played his first game for Great Britain in a friendly against Brazil at the Riverside Stadium on 20 July. He then went on to appear in all of the team's group stage fixtures, helping to secure progression into the knockout stages.

個人生活

泰勒出生在登比郡聖亞薩並在鄰近的魯思因成長， where he attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd. 他是威爾斯和印度的混血兒; 他的母親Shibani Chakraborty為印度加爾各答的孟加拉族人， He is married to Genna, with whom he has two daughters, and the family live in Killay, Swansea; in a 2016 spring clean, they donated furniture worth thousands of pounds to be sold by the British Heart Foundation. Taylor travels to India to promote football, and has said that due to his name, the population are surprised to learn of his ancestry.