Carl Fletcher (Welsh footballer)
Fletcher playing for Wales in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carl Neil Fletcher | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Camberley, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bournemouth (youth team manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2004 | Bournemouth | 193 | (19) |
| 2004–2006 | West Ham United | 44 | (3) |
| 2005 | → Watford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Crystal Palace | 68 | (4) |
| 2008 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2009–2012 | Plymouth Argyle | 88 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Barnet | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 417 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2009 | Wales | 36 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2013 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:21, 9 January 2014 (UTC). |
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Carl Neil Fletcher (born 7 April 1980) is a professional former football player and manager, currently employed as youth team manager at Bournemouth. As a midfielder Fletcher represented Wales at senior international level for five years, scoring one goal in 36 appearances.
Having made his professional debut for Bournemouth in 1998, Fletcher went on to play for West Ham United, Watford, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Plymouth Argyle, making 414 appearances in league competition and scoring 34 goals. Born in Camberley, Fletcher retired from playing in 2012 to focus on his role as manager of Plymouth Argyle. He resumed his playing career in October 2013 with Barnet.
After playing football for Oakdale Middle School (1988–1992), Fletcher moved onto being Captain of his local football team in Poole, Dorset. Fletcher started his career at Football League club Bournemouth, making his debut in February 1998 as a 17-year-old. He made 185 league starts for the south-coast club, including captaining the side to a 5–2 victory over Lincoln City in the 2003 Division 3 playoff final and scoring 2 of the goals himself, before earning a move to West Ham United in 2004 for £275,000.
Fletcher then played in the Premier League after West Ham won promotion the season he signed for them. He also had a month-long loan spell at Watford. Upon his return from Watford in October 2005, he made 12 league appearances for West Ham. On 13 May 2006, Fletcher was drafted into the West Ham team to face Liverpool in the FA Cup Final due to the suspension of Hayden Mullins.
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