Robert Fleck
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert William Fleck | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Rangers | 85 | (29) |
| 1983–1984 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 1987–1992 | Norwich City | 143 | (39) |
| 1992–1995 | Chelsea | 40 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Bristol City (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Norwich City | 104 | (16) |
| 1998–1999 | Reading | 9 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Gorleston | ? | (?) |
| Total | 400 | (91) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1992 | Scotland | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2001 | Gorleston (Player-manager) | ||
| 2002–2006 | Diss Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert William Fleck (born 11 August 1965 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Scottish Premier League for Rangers, in England for Chelsea in the FA Premier League, and for Norwich City in the Football League.
He also played for Bolton Wanderers, Bristol City and Reading. He earnt 4 caps for Scotland featuring in the 1990 World Cup. He went into management in 2000 with a spell as player-manager of Non-league Gorleston, and later having a four-year spell in charge of Diss Town. Fleck was made a member of Norwich City's Hall of Fame. Since retiring as a player, he has worked in football management, but is now a teaching assistant in Norwich.
Fleck started his senior career with Rangers under manager Jock Wallace, although it was only after the arrival of Graeme Souness as player/manager in 1986 that he began to make a real impact, scoring 22 goals in 48 appearances in season 1986–87. Fleck's goal tally that season included four hat-tricks; in league games against Clydebank (twice) and Falkirk, and in a UEFA Cup tie against Ilves Tampere.
In December 1987 Fleck was transferred for £580,000 to Norwich City in the English Football League First Division. He scored 66 goals in 181 appearances in his first spell with the club, earning a call-up to the Scotland Squad, winning 4 caps, including 2 at the 1990 World Cup. 'Flecky' attained hero status among Norwich supporters and was voted Norwich City player of the year in 1992 which was the final season of his first spell at Carrow Road. He helped them finished fourth in the league in 1989, when they also reached the FA Cup semi-final, though Fleck and his team-mates were unable to compete in the following season's UEFA Cup due to the ongoing ban on English clubs in European competitions that followed the Heysel disaster of 1985. Fleck helped the Canaries reach another FA Cup semi-final in 1992, where they surprisingly lost to Second Division underdogs Sunderland, Fleck returned from injury to play in this game but he was clearly unfit.
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