Steven Kenneth Fletcher (born 26 March 1987 in Shrewsbury, England) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley in the Premier League. Fletcher began his professional career with Hibernian, playing in over 150 SPL games and scoring 43 goals. Burnley paid a club record transfer fee of £3m to sign Fletcher in June 2009. He has represented Scotland five times at full international level, scoring one goal.
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Steven Kenneth Fletcher (born 26 March 1987 in Shrewsbury, England) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley in the Premier League. Fletcher began his professional career with Hibernian, playing in over 150 SPL games and scoring 43 goals. Burnley paid a club record transfer fee of £3m to sign Fletcher in June 2009. He has represented Scotland five times at full international level, scoring one goal.
Fletcher, who was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spent much of his early years living on British Army bases in England and Germany where his Liverpudlian soldier father was based. His father died from cancer when Fletcher was aged only 10, prompting his mother to relocate to Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to be closer to her family. Hibernian youth coach John Park, also from Hamilton, spotted his footballing talent and the young Anglo-Scot joined the Leith side's youth network aged 13.
Fletcher made his debut for Hibs towards the end of the 2003–04...
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