1. Lee Anthony Peltier was born on 11 December 1986 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
39 Facts About Lee Peltier
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Lee Peltier started his career with his hometown club Liverpool, making his professional debut as a teenager in 2006.
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Lee Peltier fell out of favour in his second season at the club and, after a brief loan spell with Nottingham Forest, he rejoined Huddersfield Town.
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Lee Peltier is a former England under-18 international, winning three caps in 2004.
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Lee Peltier first attended football matches at Tranmere Rovers and later Liverpool after joining the club's academy.
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Lee Peltier joined the Liverpool Academy in 1997 at the age of ten and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2004.
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Lee Peltier made his professional debut in a League Cup tie against Reading on 25 October 2006.
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On 16 March 2007, Lee Peltier was subject to an emergency loan cover agreement, and subsequently joined Championship side Hull City until the end of the season in order to gain first team experience.
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Lee Peltier agreed to join the club following encouragement from his mother.
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Lee Peltier made 21 appearances in all competitions during his loan spell without scoring.
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Lee Peltier ended the season having made 38 appearances in all competitions, including his original loan spell, and won the club's Young Player of the Year award.
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Lee Peltier was switched from right-back to left-back for Huddersfield's game against Millwall due to the usual left-back Dean Heffernan suffering from a dead leg.
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Lee Peltier was Huddersfield's first choice left-back keeping the position for the remainder of the regular season.
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Lee Peltier helped the side to reach the play-offs in League One playing at left-back for the first 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.
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Lee Peltier made 53 appearances for the club during the season, helping the side reach the League One play-offs.
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Lee Peltier had been recommended to Eriksson by his assistant Derek Fazackerley who had previously worked with Peltier at Huddersfield where Fazackerley had worked as Lee Clark's assistant.
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In July 2012, after the club signed Belgian right-back Ritchie De Laet, Leicester announced that Lee Peltier was not part of Pearson's long-term planning.
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Lee Peltier became the club's tenth signing of the summer, with manager Neil Warnock making his signing a priority after missing out on his original target Joel Ward.
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Lee Peltier became an established first team player in his first season, making 41 league appearances, under managers Neil Warnock, Neil Redfearn and Brian McDermott primarily as a centre-back partnering Tom Lees.
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On 27 March 2014, Lee Peltier completed his loan move to Nottingham Forest, only hours after their sacking of Billy Davies as manager.
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Lee Peltier attempted to back out of the move after being informed that Warnock was not going to be appointed and had hoped to join Bolton Wanderers instead, who submitted a late bid to sign him.
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However, the transfer had already been processed and Lee Peltier eventually completed his move to Forest without Warnock.
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Lee Peltier made seven appearances for Forest without scoring during his loan spell.
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Lee Peltier later commented that "I didn't realise how much I wasn't enjoying my football until I joined them ", believing that instability over Leeds' ownership under Massimo Cellino had directly affected the player's performances.
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On 23 June 2014, Peltier left Leeds United, after reaching a mutual agreement with the club to cancel the last year of his contract.
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Lee Peltier took the number 37 shirt which he wore during his loan spell at Nottingham Forest at the end of the previous season.
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However, following the dismissal of Robins, Lee Peltier fell out of favour under new manager Chris Powell who preferred Tommy Smith.
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Lee Peltier made only four further appearances under Powell, ending his second spell with Huddersfield having made 12 appearances in all competitions.
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On 24 January 2015, Lee Peltier signed for Cardiff City on a deal until the summer of 2018, reuniting with his former Yeovil manager Russell Slade.
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In February 2017, Lee Peltier underwent an operation on his ankle, which resulted in a long-term absence from the first-team squad.
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On 31 January 2020, Lee Peltier signed for Cardiff's fellow Championship side West Bromwich Albion.
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Lee Peltier rejoined the club in September 2020, and made his debut for the club in the EFL Cup against Harrogate.
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On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Lee Peltier would leave West Bromwich Albion following the conclusion of his contract, thus ending an 18-month spell at the club.
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On 2 July 2021, Lee Peltier joined Middlesbrough on a one-year contract.
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On 28 July 2022, Lee Peltier joined Rotherham United on a one-year contract.
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Lee Peltier is a former youth international player having represented his native England at international level.
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Lee Peltier was capped at under-18 level three times during his time as a player at hometown club Liverpool but has not been capped at a higher level than under-18s to date.
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In 2012, Lee Peltier was approached by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association to represent the Benna Boys at international level.
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In March 2009, Lee Peltier was shopping with fellow footballer Victor Anichebe in Knutsford when the pair were stopped by police officers after being accused of theft.