Robert Fleck (footballer)

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Personal information
Robert Fleck
Full name	Robert William Fleck
Date of birth	11 August 1965 (1965-08-11) (age 42)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-87 1987-92 1992-95 1993 1995 1995-98 1998-99	Rangers Norwich City Chelsea → Bolton (loan) → Bristol City (loan) Norwich City Reading	085 (29) 181 (66) 040 0(3) 007 0(1) 010 0(1) 0118 (18) 009 0(1)
National team
1990-91	Scotland	4 (0)
Teams managed
2002-06	Diss Town
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert William Fleck (born 11 August 1965 in Glasgow) is a former professional footballer. He was a striker who began his career with Rangers.

Despite not being a first team regular, he scored many important goals for the club under Graeme Souness. In 1987, Fleck was transferred for £580,000 to Norwich City. 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 caps at the 1990 World Cup. 'Flecky' attained hero status among Norwich supporters and was voted Norwich City player of the year in 1992 at the end of the final season of his first spell at Carrow Road.

He moved on to Chelsea for a fee of £2,100,000, at the time a record transfer outlay for Chelsea, and a record sale for Norwich. The move proved unsuccessful; Fleck scored just four goals in 48 appearances and was loaned out to Bolton Wanderers and Bristol City. Fleck re-joined Norwich for £650,000 in September 1995, but his performances were not as consistent as in the past, however, and he moved to Reading towards the end of the 1997-98 season, where injury forced him to retire.

After a spell with Gorleston where he won the Norfolk Senior Cup in 2001, he joined Diss Town who play in the Ridgeons League, as manager in the summer of 2002. He won the Norfolk Senior Cup again in 2003 and 2005. A poor run of form during 2006 saw him sacked on 18th October 2006.

Fleck returned to employment with Norwich City in May 2007 when he joined the club's scouting network

Fleck is fourth in the list of Norwich City FC all-time goalscorers, behind Johnny Gavin, Terry Allcock and Iwan Roberts. In 2002, Norwich fans voted him into the club's Hall of Fame.

Fleck's nephew John is currently a midfielder in the Rangers Under 19 side.

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Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

Preceded by Craig Levein	Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year 1987	Succeeded by John Collins

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Leighton • 2 McLeish • 3 Aitken • 4 Gough • 5 McStay • 6 Malpas • 7 Johnston • 8 Bett • 9 McCoist • 10 MacLeod • 11 Gillespie • 12 Goram • 13 Durie • 14 McInally • 15 Levein • 16 McCall • 17 McKimmie • 18 Collins • 19 McPherson • 20 McAllister • 21 Fleck • 22 Gunn • Coach: Roxburgh