High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steven Mark "Steve" Fletcher (born 26 July 1972) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Football League One club Bournemouth, where he holds the club record for appearances. Fletcher began his career at Hartlepool United and made his first team debut in 1990. Two years later, he moved to Bournemouth, where he would play for the next 15 seasons, scoring 88 league goals in 493 appearances. Fletcher joined Chesterfield in 2007 and spent one season with the club before moving to Crawley Town. Fletcher returned to Bournemouth in 2009 and became the club`s assistant manager in 2011. Having resigned from that position eleven months later, he went on to have his first loan spell, spending a month with Plymouth Argyle. Fletcher has been described as a target man.