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 | 29 years | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Birth | Keighley, England | ||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre forward | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||
Current club | West Ham | ||||||||||||||||
Previous club/s | Manchester United |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
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Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | ||
England | 2015-16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Career honours
Contract
Fletcher's contract at United expires at the end of the 2015-16 season.