Ashley Fletcher

Ashley Fletcher is a forward currently playing for West Ham.

Ashley Fletcher
Full Name	Ashley Michael Fletcher
Date of Birth	2 October 1995
Age	28 years
Place of Birth	Keighley, England
Position	Centre forward
Nationality	English
Current club	West Ham
Previous club/s	Manchester United

Youth career

Ashley is a centre forward who might be wrongly thought of as a target man due to his height. He has a good touch and his link-up play improved a lot over the course of the 2013/14 season. With 13 goals and 6 assists in 20 appearances, injury cut his season short.

He made the step up to the Under-21 side during the 2014/15 season, finishing the campaign strongly. Ashley took that confidence into the 2015/16 campaign and showed encouraging signs of development. In January 2016 Ashley joined Barnsley on a one month youth loan but impressed the club sufficiently that it was extended until the remainder of the season. He played a pivotal role in Barnsley's success during the campaign, including helping to fire them to promotion.

At the end of the 2015/16 season Ashley turned down a new contract offer from Manchester United and opted to sign a four year contract with West Ham.

International

Ashley has represented England at Under-20 level.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	Under-18				Under-19				Under-21				Total
		Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists	Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists	Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists	Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists
Manchester United	2013-14	18	2	13	6	0	4	1	0	—				18	6	14	6
	2014-15	—				—				5	5	3	1	5	5	3	1
	2015-16	—				—				5	2	3	0	5	2	3	0
Career total		18	2	13	6	0	4	1	0	10	7	6	1	28	13	20	7

International

Country	Season	Under-20			Total
		Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals
England	2015-16	1	2	2	1	2	2

Contract

Fletcher's contract at United expires at the end of the 2015-16 season.