Carl Fletcher: Former Wales captain appointed manager of Leyton Orient

Former Wales captain Carl Fletcher has been appointed as Leyton Orient’s new head coach.

The 39-year-old has put pen to paper on a two-year contract at Brisbane Road with the League Two newcomers.

Fletcher joins from AFC Bournemouth, having worked as a loan player manager.

He takes over from Ross Embleton, who was in caretaker charge of the O’s. 

“The board went through the interview process with Carl and he kept coming out on top,” said Leyton Orient’s Director of Football, Martin Ling. 

“He has leadership skills, which he obviously had as a Captain of many teams he was at including his country. Everything that we were looking for, he ticked every box”

“Everyone we spoke to said everything we wanted to hear. We spoke to Stephen Purches at Bournemouth, we had people speak to Eddie Howe and Charlie Daniels. 

“We spoke to a couple players who played under him at Plymouth as well as the people at board level at Bournemouth and they all said the same thing – they believe he’s going to make a top-class football manager.”

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