Steven Fletcher
Steven Fletcher, the United Kingdom forward, made 89 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 23 times, averaging 0.26 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2012-13, with 11 goals. He also set up 4 goals for team-mates in our match data. In our match data he features from 2012 to 2016. More of his recorded appearances came under Gus Poyet than any other manager — 68 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 6-3 win over Exeter City at home in 2015. He lined up alongside John O'Shea more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 72 games together. Across 16 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.77.
Steven Kenneth Fletcher (born 26 March 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker . Fletcher began his club career with Hibernian , playing in 156 Scottish Premier League games and scoring 43 goals. English club Burnley paid a club record transfer fee of £3 million to sign Fletcher in June 2009. He was their top goalscorer in the 2009–10 season with eight league goals, but the club were relegated from the Premier League . Fletcher was transferred soon afterwards to Wolverhampton Wanderers on a club record fee of £6.5 million. He scored 24 goals in 68 appearances for Wolves, but the club were relegated from the Premier League in 2012. Fletcher was then transferred to Premier League side Sunderland for £12 million. He played 108 matches and scored 23 goals for them, also spending half a season on loan at French club Marseille in 2016. He then joined EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday . Fletcher spent four seasons at Hillsborough scoring 38 goals. He subsequently played two seasons with Stoke City , and one season with Dundee United . In 2023 he joined League Two side Wrexham, scoring eight goals in 33 games as the team finished in second place with promotion to League One on their first attempt. In 2024 he again scored eight goals for Wrexham as the team finished in second place with promotion to the Championship. Fletcher played for the Scotland under-19 team that finished runners up to Spain in the 2006 under-19 European Championship . He has since represented Scotland at full international level, and in 2015 became the first player since 1969 — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Shrewsbury
- Born
- 26 Mar 1987
- Height
- 185 cm
On 22 August 2012, Wolves accepted an offer from Sunderland of £12 million. [ 29 ] Fletcher signed a four-year contract with Sunderland. [ 31 ] He made his first appearance for Sunderland in a 2–0 win against Football League Two club Morecambe in the Football League Cup . Fletcher then scored his first two goals in his Premier League debut for Sunderland, a 2–2 draw at Swansea City . [ 32 ] He also scored once in each of his next three league matches, against Liverpool , West Ham United and Wigan Athletic . [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] He won the Premier League Player of the Month award for September. [ 36 ] After a run of games without a win, an injury sustained playing for Scotland in March 2013 ruled Fletcher out for the rest of the 2012–13 season. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Fletcher was handed the number 9 shirt for the 2013–14 season, and returned to the bench for a 4–2 League Cup win against Milton Keynes Dons . Upon his Premier League return after a sustained period of time out injured, he came off the bench to score in the 3–1 defeat against Crystal Palace on 31 August. On 27 September, Fletcher was ruled out for "four to six" weeks, with a shoulder injury; the result of a heavy fall during the previous week's match against West Brom . [ 39 ] Fletcher scored his second goal of the season on 27 October 2013, netting the first in a 2–1 win against local rivals Newcastle United. It was also Sunderland's first win of the season. On 28 December 2013, Fletcher scored his third goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Cardiff City . [ 40 ] He did not score again in the 2013–14 season, during which Sunderland reached the League Cup final and produced a late run of form to avoid relegation. On 4 October 2014, Fletcher netted twice and assisted Connor Wickham in a 3–1 win against Stoke City . [ 41 ] Fletcher was at the double again almost a month later, when he netted twice against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park . His fifth goal of the season came on the last day of the season, on 24 Ma — Wikipedia
By Season
Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute.
Goals scored in
Everton1 Nov 20152015-16Sunderland3–0
Newcastle25 Oct 20152015-16Sunderland2–2
West Ham United3 Oct 20152015-16Sunderland2–4
Leicester8 Aug 20152014-15Sunderland1–3
Chelsea24 May 20152014-15Sunderland3–1
Crystal Palace3 Nov 20142014-15Sunderland3–1
Stoke City4 Oct 20142013-14Sunderland2–2
Cardiff City28 Dec 20132013-14Sunderland2–1Newcastle27 Oct 20132013-14Sunderland1–3Crystal Palace31 Aug 20132012-13Sunderland1–3
QPR9 Mar 20132012-13Sunderland3–2
Wigan Athletic19 Jan 20132012-13Sunderland1–0
Southampton22 Dec 20122012-13Sunderland3–0
Reading11 Dec 20122012-13Sunderland3–1
Fulham18 Nov 20122012-13Sunderland1–0Wigan Athletic29 Sept 20122012-13Sunderland1–1West Ham United22 Sept 20122012-13Sunderland1–1
Liverpool15 Sept 20122012-13Sunderland2–2
Swansea Town1 Sept 20122011-12Sunderland1–2
Wolves4 Dec 20112010-11Sunderland1–3Wolves14 May 2011Appearances
Sheffield Wednesday16 Aug 20182017-18Sub1–1Sheffield Wednesday16 Aug 20172015-16Sub1–1
Bournemouth23 Jan 20162015-16Sub1–4
Tottenham Hotspur16 Jan 20162015-16Sub4–2Swansea Town13 Jan 20162015-16Start1–3
Arsenal9 Jan 20162015-16Sub3–1
Aston Villa2 Jan 20162015-16Start1–4
Manchester City26 Dec 20152015-16Sub1–3Chelsea19 Dec 20152015-16Start0–1
Watford12 Dec 20152015-16Start1–3Arsenal5 Dec 20152015-16Start2–0Stoke City28 Nov 20152015-16Start1–0Crystal Palace23 Nov 20152015-16Start0–1Southampton7 Nov 20152015-16Start2–6Everton1 Nov 20152015-16Start3–0Newcastle25 Oct 20152015-16Start0–1
West Brom17 Oct 20152015-16Start2–2West Ham United3 Oct 20152015-16Sub0–3
Manchester United26 Sept 20152015-16Sub1–4Manchester City22 Sept 20152015-16Sub0–2Bournemouth19 Sept 20152015-16Sub2–2Aston Villa29 Aug 20152015-16Sub6–3
Exeter City25 Aug 20152015-16Sub1–1Swansea Town22 Aug 20152015-16Start1–3
Norwich City15 Aug 20152015-16Sub2–4Leicester8 Aug 20152014-15Start1–3Chelsea24 May 20152014-15Sub0–0Arsenal20 May 20152014-15Sub0–0Leicester16 May 20152014-15Sub2–0Everton9 May 20152014-15Start1–4Crystal Palace11 Apr 20152014-15Start1–0Newcastle5 Apr 20152014-15Start0–1West Ham United21 Mar 20152014-15Start0–4Aston Villa14 Mar 20152014-15Sub1–1
Hull City3 Mar 20152014-15Sub0–2Manchester United28 Feb 20152014-15Sub0–0West Brom21 Feb 20152014-15Start0–2
Bradford15 Feb 20152014-15Sub0–2QPR10 Feb 20152014-15Sub1–1Swansea Town7 Feb 20152014-15Start3–1Fulham3 Feb 20152014-15Sub2–0
Burnley31 Jan 20152014-15Start0–0Fulham24 Jan 20152014-15Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur17 Jan 20152014-15Start1–0
Leeds United4 Jan 20152014-15Sub2–3Manchester City1 Jan 20152014-15Start0–0Aston Villa28 Dec 20142014-15Start1–3Hull City26 Dec 20142014-15Start1–0Newcastle21 Dec 20142014-15Sub1–1West Ham United13 Dec 20142014-15Sub0–0Liverpool6 Dec 20142014-15Start1–4Manchester City3 Dec 20142014-15Start0–0Chelsea29 Nov 20142014-15Start0–0Leicester22 Nov 20142014-15Start1–1Everton9 Nov 20142014-15Start3–1Crystal Palace3 Nov 20142014-15Start0–2Arsenal25 Oct 20142014-15Start0–8Southampton18 Oct 20142014-15Start3–1Stoke City4 Oct 20142014-15Sub0–0Swansea Town27 Sept 20142014-15Start0–1QPR30 Aug 20142014-15Sub3–0
Birmingham City27 Aug 20142014-15Start1–1Manchester United24 Aug 20142014-15Start2–2West Brom16 Aug 20142013-14Start0–0Crystal Palace15 Mar 20142013-14Start0–3Hull City9 Mar 20142013-14Sub1–3Manchester City2 Mar 20142013-14Sub1–0Stoke City29 Jan 20142013-14Start1–3Manchester United22 Jan 20142013-14Sub2–2Southampton18 Jan 20142013-14Start4–1Fulham11 Jan 20142013-14Start2–1Manchester United7 Jan 20142013-14Sub3–1
Carlisle United5 Jan 20142013-14Start0–1Aston Villa1 Jan 20142013-14Sub2–2Cardiff City28 Dec 20132013-14Start1–0Everton26 Dec 20132013-14Sub0–0Norwich City21 Dec 20132013-14Sub0–0West Ham United14 Dec 20132013-14Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur7 Dec 20132013-14Sub3–4Chelsea4 Dec 20132013-14Start0–0Aston Villa30 Nov 20132013-14Start0–2Stoke City23 Nov 20132013-14Start1–0Manchester City10 Nov 20132013-14Sub2–1Southampton6 Nov 20132013-14Start0–1Hull City2 Nov 20132013-14Start2–1Newcastle27 Oct 20132013-14Start0–4Swansea Town19 Oct 20132013-14Start0–3West Brom21 Sept 20132013-14Start1–3Arsenal14 Sept 20132013-14Sub1–3Crystal Palace31 Aug 20132013-14Sub4–2
Milton Keynes Dons27 Aug 20132012-13Start1–1Norwich City17 Mar 20132012-13Start1–3QPR9 Mar 20132012-13Start2–2Fulham2 Mar 20132012-13Start1–2West Brom23 Feb 20132012-13Start0–1Arsenal9 Feb 20132012-13Start1–2Reading2 Feb 20132012-13Start0–0Swansea Town29 Jan 20132012-13Start3–2Wigan Athletic19 Jan 20132012-13Start3–0West Ham United12 Jan 20132012-13Start2–2
Bolton Wanderers5 Jan 20132012-13Start0–3Liverpool2 Jan 20132012-13Start1–2Tottenham Hotspur29 Dec 20122012-13Start1–0Manchester City26 Dec 20122012-13Start1–0Southampton22 Dec 20122012-13Start1–3Manchester United15 Dec 20122012-13Start3–0Reading11 Dec 20122012-13Start1–2Norwich City2 Dec 20122012-13Start0–0QPR27 Nov 20122012-13Start2–4West Brom24 Nov 20122012-13Start3–1Fulham18 Nov 20122012-13Start1–2Everton10 Nov 20122012-13Start0–1Aston Villa3 Nov 20122012-13Start0–1
Middlesbrough30 Oct 20122012-13Start0–0Stoke City27 Oct 20122012-13Start1–1Newcastle21 Oct 20122012-13Start0–3Manchester City6 Oct 20122012-13Start1–0Wigan Athletic29 Sept 20122012-13Sub2–0Milton Keynes Dons25 Sept 20122012-13Start1–1West Ham United22 Sept 20122012-13Start1–1Liverpool15 Sept 20122012-13Start2–2Swansea Town1 Sept 20122012-13Start2–0
Morecambe28 Aug 20122011-12Start0–0Wolves14 Apr 20122011-12Start1–2Wolves4 Dec 20112010-11Start1–3Wolves14 May 20112010-11Sub2–3Wolves27 Nov 2010Similar Players
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