John Fleck (footballer)

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John Fleck
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Personal information
Full name John Alexander Fleck[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Coventry City
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Rangers 41 (2)
2012 → Blackpool (loan) 7 (0)
2012– Coventry City 144 (6)
International career‡
2007–2008 Scotland U17 9 (3)
2008–2010 Scotland U19 4 (0)
2009–2012 Scotland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2011

John Alexander Fleck (born 24 August 1991) is a Scottish association footballer who plays as a midfielder for Coventry City.

Club career

Rangers

Fleck began his career in the Rangers youth teams. He played in Rangers 5–0 Scottish Youth Cup victory over Celtic on 26 April 2007.[2]

On 12 July 2007, Fleck was called up to take part in the full squad pre-season tour of Germany.[3] Fleck was handed his debut for the first team against SV Lippstadt 08 on 15 July 2007, becoming the first 15-year-old to play for the first team since Derek Ferguson[4] in 1982. Fleck impressed and scored in a 3–1 friendly victory over Sportfreunde Lotte in the next friendly game.

On 25 August 2007, just a day after his 16th birthday, Fleck was included for the first time in the Rangers first team squad for a competitive match against Kilmarnock. He made his competitive debut on 23 January 2008 in the Scottish Cup game against East Stirlingshire[5] and made his league debut on 22 May in the final league game of the season against Aberdeen. Two days later, Fleck became the youngest ever player to play in a senior British Cup final,[6] by appearing as a substitute in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final against Queen of the South.[7] Fleck gained his first start for Rangers against Falkirk on 17 January 2009 earning the man of the match award for his performance.[8] Five days before this, The Times had placed Fleck seventh in their Top 50 Rising Stars of football list.[9]

Fleck scored his first competitive goal in a 2–0 league victory over Dundee United at Ibrox on 31 January 2009.[10] The goal was a 78th-minute penalty, awarded after Mihael Kovačević's challenge had brought Fleck to the ground. On 26 March 2010, Fleck signed a new three-year contract.[11]

With first team chances in short supply at Rangers, Fleck agreed to move to Sheffield United on a season long loan at the end of the summer transfer window[12] but the deal subsequently fell through as the paperwork was not completed before the deadline.[13]

Fleck signed for Championship club Blackpool on loan in January 2012, despite renewed interest from Sheffield United.[14][15]

In June 2012, Fleck lodged an objection against his contract being transferred to the newco set up by Charles Green.[16] PFA Scotland had previously commented that players were entitled to become free agents if they objected to the transfer.[17]

Coventry City

On 4 July 2012, Fleck joined Football League One side Coventry City after he rejected his Rangers contract being transferred to the new company. [18] Rangers were reported to have a sell-on agreement, meaning they would be entitled to a percentage of any transfer fee Coventry subsequently received for the player.[19] Fleck scored his first Coventry City goal in a 4-1 loss away to Shrewsbury Town from the penalty spot on 18 September 2012.[20] John got his second goal in a Coventry shirt on 6 November 2012 in a 3-1 home win against Crawley Town.[21]

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers 2007–08[22] Scottish Premier League 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008–09[23] Scottish Premier League 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1
2009–10[24] Scottish Premier League 15 1 3 0 2 1 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 23 2
2010–11[25] Scottish Premier League 13 0 1 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 0 17 0
2011–12[26] Scottish Premier League 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 41 2 8 0 4 1 5 0 58 3
Blackpool (loan) 2011–12[26] Championship 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Coventry City 2012–13[27] League One 35 3 2 0 1 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 42 3
2013–14[28] League One 43 1 4 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 49 1
2014–15[29] League One 44 0 0 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 48 0
2015–16[30] League One 22 2 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 25 2
Total 144 6 7 0 4 0 9 0 164 6
Career total 192 8 16 0 8 1 14 0 230 9
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in Football League Trophy

International career

On 12 September 2006, Fleck captained Scotland Under 16s to an 11–0 victory over Jersey Under 17s, scoring a hat trick in the process. He was the captain of the Scotland side at the 2006 Victory Shield competition. He also captained the Scotland Under 17 side throughout 2007 and 2008 and is a regular at Under 19 level. He made his debut for the Scotland U21 side on 29 March 2009.

Honours

Rangers

Personal life

His uncle former Scotland international Robert Fleck played for Rangers and Norwich in the 1980s.[31]

On 31 January 2009, Fleck was involved in a late-night brawl in a nightclub in Glasgow's City centre even though Fleck was just 17 years old at the time.[32] On 2 August 2009 it was revealed that Fleck had been dropped from the Rangers first-team after a training ground bust-up involving a bucket of chicken, with the then assistant manager Ally McCoist.[33][34]

References

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  34. ↑ "Rangers fury as starlet John Fleck has bust up with Ibrox No.2 Ally McCoist" Sunday Mail. 2 August 2009.

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