Charles James Taylor (born 18 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Southampton.

[7] The length of the contract reflected the club's value of the player with fellow youngsters Alex Cairns and twins Lewis and Nathan Turner earning only one-year deals initially.

[8] At 17 years of age, Taylor made his first-team debut for Leeds as a second half substitute against local rivals Bradford City in the League Cup on 9 August 2011.

[9] He made his Championship debut for Leeds at left-back on 10 September against Crystal Palace, replacing the suspended Aidy White.

[13][14] Taylor joined League Two outfit Bradford City on an initial one-month loan on 1 January 2012 to gain further first-team experience.

[17] Taylor joined hometown club York City, who were newly promoted to League Two, on an initial one-month loan on 30 August 2012.

[19][21] He joined Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season on 25 January 2013.

[30] After helping guide Fleetwood Town to the League Two play-off's final against Burton Albion, on 20 May Taylor signed a three-year contract extension at his parent club Leeds United.

[35] After the then captain Stephen Warnock suffered an injury in a league match against Derby County on 30 December 2014, Taylor came back into the starting line-up on 4 January 2015 in Leeds' FA Cup 1–0 defeat against Sunderland.

[38] On 9 April, after rumoured Premier League interest in Taylor and teammates Lewis Cook, Alex Mowatt and Sam Byram, head coach Neil Redfearn challenged Leeds United's owners to keep a hold of their home grown talents.

[42] On 19 April, Taylor was nominated for the Leeds United player of the year award, alongside Mirco Antenucci, Liam Bridcutt, Gaetano Berardi and Lewis Cook.

As a result of the refusal, Taylor was fined two weeks wages by the club with Monk proclaiming "I'm hugely disappointed with Charlie.

[57] He made his debut for the club on 24 August 2024 in a 1–0 home defeat against Nottingham Forest after he replaced Joe Aribo in the 76th minute.