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'''John Alexander Fleck''' (born 24 August 1991) is a Scottish professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for {{English football updater|Chesterf}} club [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]].
He began his career with [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], making his senior debut in 2008 aged 16,<ref name=cut/><ref name=int12/> and later spending a period on loan to [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]. In 2012 he transferred to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], remaining there until 2016 when he joined Sheffield United, helping the club achieve two promotions in three years, moving up from [[EFL League One|League One]] to the Premier League. In February 2024, Fleck joined [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.
==Early life==
Fleck was born in [[Glasgow]] and was brought up in the city's [[Yoker]] (Langy) district;<ref name=cut>[https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/latest-blades-news/sheffield-united-why-john-fleck-delving-his-past-try-and-take-care-future-148073 Sheffield United: Why John Fleck is delving into his past to try and take care of the future], [[Sheffield Star]], 24 January 2019</ref> he was educated at [[Knightswood Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1961&newsCategoryID=3&newsID=1682 |title=Victory Shield Squad for Wales |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=17 October 2005 |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031085351/https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1961&newsCategoryID=3&newsID=1682 |archive-date=31 October 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/scotland-players-old-schools-send-good-luck-messages Scotland players' old schools send good luck messages], Henry Hepburn, [[TES (magazine)]], 11 June 2021</ref> His uncle, former [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] international [[Robert Fleck]], played for [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich]] in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1026918.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214175833/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1026918.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2009 |title=Smith relishes Rangers' 'biggest test' |publisher=FIFA |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>
==Club career==
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===Chesterfield===
On 10 September 2024, Fleck joined [[EFL League Two|League Two]] club [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]] on a contract until the end of the season.<ref>
==International career==
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On 10 October 2019, Fleck gained his first senior Scotland [[Cap (sports)|cap]] in a 4–0 defeat to [[Russia national football team|Russia]] in [[Moscow]].<ref name="ScotRussia">{{cite news |last1=Forsyth |first1=Roddy |title=Sorry Scotland thrashed by Russia to leave Nations League as their only Euro 2020 hope |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/10/scotland-thrashed-russia-leave-nations-league-euro-2020-hope/ |access-date=13 October 2019 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
In May 2021, Fleck was named in the 26-man Scotland squad for the [[
==Career statistics==
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'''Sheffield United'''
*[[EFL League One]]: [[2016–17 EFL League One|2016–17]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Anderson |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2017–2018 |year=2017 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-4722-3397-4 |pages=326–327}}</ref>
*[[EFL Championship]] second-place promotion: [[2018–19 EFL Championship|2018–19]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=John |last1=Anderson |title=Football Yearbook 2019–20 |year=2019 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-4722-6111-3 |
'''Individual'''
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