Carl Fletcher (Welsh footballer)
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| Carl Fletcher | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Neil Fletcher | |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Surrey Heath, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender/Defensive Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Crystal Palace | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-2004 2004-2006 2005 2006- |
Bournemouth West Ham United → Watford (loan) Crystal Palace |
192 (19) 44 (3) 3 (0) 65 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004- | Wales | 29 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carl Neil Fletcher (born 7 April 1980 in Surrey Heath, England) is a Welsh professional football player, who plays for Crystal Palace. He wears the number 7 shirt, plays as a defensive midfielder, and has also served as Palace Captain.
Fletcher started his career at English 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.
He is nicknamed "Fletch" by his fans, like his fictional namesake Karl Fletcher, a character on Sky One's Dream Team.
Fletcher then played in the Premiership 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. Despite ending on the losing side, he still contributed to one of the best FA Cup finals of modern times.
The FA Cup final proved to be his last competitive match for the Hammers, however, as he signed for Crystal Palace in that summer, for £400,000. He was immediately appointed as Eagles Captain by then-manager Peter Taylor. After Neil Warnock took over, the captaincy went to Mark Hudson.
Fletcher's Palace future has been in recent doubt, following Neil Warnock's signing of fellow midfielders Shaun Derry and Neil Danns, and has not started a game for the Eagles in the league since November 2007.
On 28th May 2008 Fletcher captained Wales for the first time against Iceland.
[edit] External links
- Carl Fletcher player profile at cpfc.co.uk
- Carl Fletcher player profile at afcb.co.uk
- Carl Fletcher career stats at Soccerbase
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