Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josephine Julia Fletcher | ||
Date of birth | 31 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Chester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Watford | ||
Youth career | |||
Tranmere Rovers Ladies | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | Kentucky Wildcats | ||
2001–2002 | Oregon State Beavers | 39 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1998 | Everton Ladies | ||
1998–1999 | Liverpool Ladies | ||
2002–2003 | Tranmere Rovers Ladies | 22 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
2004–2006 | Birmingham City Ladies | ||
2006–2007 | Charlton Athletic Ladies | ||
2009 | Lincoln Ladies | 1 | (0) |
2017– | Watford Ladies | ||
National team‡ | |||
2005 | England | 9 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:13, 15 September 2009 (UTC) |
Josephine Julia "Jo" Fletcher (born 31 December 1980) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Watford. She played at full international level for England. She hails from Malpas, Cheshire and attended Bishop Heber High School.
Fletcher joined Tranmere Rovers Ladies as an under–18 player. In summer 1998 she left FA Women's Premier League champions Everton for local rivals Liverpool.
Fletcher spent the US 2001 and 2002 seasons playing for Oregon State in the Pac-10 league, playing 39 times In January 2003 she was selected as available to be drafted at the 2003 Women's United Soccer Association player draft.
On returning to England, she re-joined Tranmere Rovers Ladies, where she was coached by Tranmere Rovers' keeper John Achterberg. She moved on to Doncaster Rovers Belles, leaving them to join Birmingham City in June 2004. She left City on joining the Army in 2005, but returned after initial training in October 2005.
In the 2006 close season, Fletcher joined Charlton Athletic Ladies.
But she later made a single appearance for OOH Lincoln Ladies in October 2009, deputising for Kay Hawke who was suspended.