Lee Peltier

Lee Peltier

Peltier playing for Leicester City
Personal information
Full name	Lee Anthony Peltier
Date of birth	11 December 1986 (1986-12-11)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	2
Youth career
	Tranmere Rovers
	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2008	Liverpool	0	(0)
2007	→ Hull City (loan)	7	(0)
2007–2008	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	34	(0)
2008–2009	Yeovil Town	35	(1)
2009–2011	Huddersfield Town	82	(1)
2011–	Leicester City	26	(1)
National team‡
2004	England U18	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 7, 2011

Lee Anthony Peltier (born 11 December 1986 in Liverpool) is an English footballer, currently playing for Leicester City, having started his career with Liverpool. He can play as a defender or a midfielder but presently plays mainly as a right back.

Career

Liverpool

Peltier attended St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School in Toxteth, Liverpool where the football team excelled,with the help of such great players as Christopher Carmichael, Jonathan O'Brien, Daniel Hayes, Scott Fowler (brother of Robbie Fowler) and Christopher Scoullar, all winning the Merseyside Schools Cup in 1996. He was a regular member of Liverpool's reserve team squad and was highly rated by the Melwood staff. In August 2006 he was named in the first-team squad for the first time, as an unused substitute for a Champions League qualifier against Maccabi Haifa. Two months later he made his debut in a League Cup tie against Reading on 25 October 2006.

He made his UEFA Champions League debut for Liverpool against Galatasaray on 5 December 2006. He played the full ninety minutes at right back, Liverpool lost 3–2. On 16 March 2007, Peltier was subject to an emergency loan cover agreement, and transferred to Hull City until the end of the season.

On 14 July 2007, Peltier scored his first goal for Liverpool against Crewe Alexandra in a pre-season friendly.

Yeovil Town

Peltier was signed on loan by Yeovil Town on 29 July. Peltier made his debut for Yeovil in a 1–0 away defeat at Huddersfield Town on the opening day of the season.

His loan spell ended on 31 December 2007, but Yeovil remained keen to bring him back for the remainder of the season, and on 31 January 2008, he completed a permanent deal, signing a three year contract, for a "small" fee. Peltier was a regular at right back for Yeovil throughout the 2007–08 season making 37 appearances for Yeovil during his first season at the club with 34 of them coming in the league.

Huddersfield Town

On 30 June 2009, he joined fellow Football League One side Huddersfield Town on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, taking up the number 2 shirt vacated by Andy Holdsworth. He made his debut in the 2–2 draw against Southend United at Roots Hall on 8 August 2009. Peltier was voted the Players Player of the Season, in his first Season at Huddersfield Town.

Peltier was switched from right back to left back for Huddersfield's game against Millwall due to the usual left back Dean Heffernan being out with a dead leg. He was Town's fist choice left back keeping the position for the remainder of the regular season. Peltier helped Town to reach the play-offs in League One playing at left back for the fist leg at home to Millwall, but was forced to return to his usual position of right back for the second leg at the New Den due to an injury to Tom Clarke in the first leg of the play off semi final. On 16 November 2010, he scored his first ever goal for Huddersfield in their FA Cup first round replay against Cambridge United at the Galpharm Stadium, where Town came from 1–0 down to win 2–1. His first league goal for Town came in their 3–1 win against Milton Keynes Dons at stadium:mk on 22 April 2011. On 18 May 2011, Peltier scored his third goal for Town in their victory over Bournemouth in the League One play-off semi-final.

Leicester City

On 22 June 2011 Peltier signed for Championship side Leicester City, becoming Sven-Göran Eriksson's first signing of the summer after agreeing a three year deal at the King Power Stadium. The fee was reported to be around £750,000 as part of a package worth over £1 million. On 6 August 2011, Peltier scored the winning goal during his league début, against Coventry City, in the opening game of Leicester's 2011–12 season.

External links

• Thisisanfield.com player profile
• Lee Peltier career stats at Soccerbase