12 Facts About Robert Fleck

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Robert William Fleck was born on 11 August 1965 and is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.

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Robert Fleck gained four caps for Scotland and featured in the 1990 World Cup.

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Robert Fleck went into management in 2000 with Dr Kenny Muir with a spell as player-managers of Non-league Gorleston, and later having a four-year spell in charge of Diss Town.

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Robert Fleck was made a member of Norwich City's Hall of Fame.

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Robert Fleck scored 66 goals in 181 appearances in his first spell with the club, earning a call-up to the Scotland Squad, winning 4 caps, including 2 at the 1990 World Cup.

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Robert Fleck helped them finish fourth in the league in 1989, when they reached the FA Cup semi-final, though Fleck and his team-mates were unable to compete in the following season's UEFA Cup due to the ongoing ban on English clubs in European competitions that followed the Heysel disaster of 1985.

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Robert Fleck helped the Canaries reach another FA Cup semi-final in 1992, where they surprisingly lost to Second Division underdogs Sunderland, Robert Fleck returned from injury to play in this game but he was clearly unfit.

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The move proved unsuccessful; Robert Fleck scored just four goals in 48 appearances and was loaned out to Bolton Wanderers and Bristol City.

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Robert Fleck won the Norfolk Senior Cup again in 2003 and 2005.

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Robert Fleck returned to employment with Norwich City in May 2007, when he joined the club's scouting network.

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Robert Fleck is a teaching assistant at the Parkside School, "a Norwich school for children with complex needs", a career move that developed from running coaching sessions for children at the school.

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Robert Fleck is married to a "Norfolk girl" and has an adult daughter who is a beautician.