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Bob Peeters
Personal information
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Lierse 119 (24)
1997–2000 Roda JC 93 (39)
2000–2003 Vitesse 77 (17)
2003–2005 Millwall 25 (3)
2005–2006 Racing Genk 21 (9)
2006–2008 Lierse 25 (5)
Total 360 (97)
International career
Belgium 13 (4)
Managerial career
2010– Cercle Brugge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bob Peeters (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔp ˈpeː.tərs]) (born 10 January 1974 in Lier) is a former football striker and current manager of Cercle Brugge, notorious for his height (1.96 m). Born in Belgium, he started his professional career for Lierse S.K. in the 1992-1993 season. After five years he moved to Dutch club Roda JC, who sold him in 2000 to Vitesse Arnhem. After three years Peeters was transferred to Millwall F.C.. In 2005 he moved back to Belgium, playing for K.R.C. Genk (2005–2006) and Lierse S.K. (2006–2008).

During the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, during which he was injured, he was a journalist who interviewed people for television. He participated in the World Cup 2002 qualifying campaign but did not make the final squad for Korea - Japan.

Peeters is married with Ils and the couple has two children: a daughter Saar (born 21 October 2001) and a son Wout (born 7 July 2003).

He also hosts the Belgian version of Wipeout on Belgian channel, vtm.

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