Lester Peltier

Lester Stefan Peltier (born 13 September 1988) is a Trinidadian international footballer who plays as a forward .

Lester Peltier

Personal information
Full name	Lester Stefan Peltier
Date of birth	(1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Youth career
	St. Anthony's College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	San Juan Jabloteh
2010–2011	Ma Pau	8	(1)
2011–2012	AS Trenčín	25	(11)
2012–2015	Slovan Bratislava	91	(15)
2016	Irtysh Pavlodar	0	(0)
2016	Příbram	5	(0)
2017	Maasmechelen	0	(0)
2017	Alashkert	17	(2)
2018	Banants	13	(6)
2018	Alashkert	1	(0)
2018–2019	Al-Mujazzal		(10)
2019	Al-Orobah	11	(5)
2019–2020	Al Hala		(7)
2020	Al-Taqadom		(7)
International career
2005–2006	Trinidad and Tobago U17	22	(0)
2007–2008	Trinidad and Tobago U20	8	(0)
2008–2019	Trinidad and Tobago	41	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 September 2018

Career

Club

Peltier attended St. Anthony's College in Trinidad playing on his school's football team as the striker position.^[1] and had trials with Club Brugge, Arsenal, Millwall and Cardiff City.^[2] In 2007, English Premiership club Portsmouth offered Peltier a four-year contract after a successful trial, but could not conclude the deal due to his failure to attain a work permit.^[3] In April 2011 he signed with AS Trenčín and made his debut on 10 April 2011.^[4] On 19 June 2012, Slovan Bratislava confirmed the signing of Peltier from AS Trenčín on a four-year contract.^[5]

On 7 February 2016, Peltier signed for Irtysh Pavlodar of the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[6] Little over a week later, Peltier and Irtysh Pavlodar agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent due to family circumstances.^[7]

On 30 July 2018, Peltier re-joined Alashkert,^[8] but left the club 6-weeks later to join Saudi second tier club Al-Mujazzal.^[9]

International

He also represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Under 17, Under 20 levels and played for Scorpion United scoring 6 goals.^[10] Peltier made his international debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team on 26 January 2008 against Puerto Rico coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Peltier scored his first international hat-trick at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in October 2011 during a World Cup qualifier.

He announced his international retirement on 7 June 2021.^[11]

Personal life

Lester's brother, Johan, is also a professional footballer,^[12] currently playing for Junior Sevan.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 July 2018^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trenčín	2010–11	1. liga	7	1	0	0	-		-		7	1
	2011–12	Slovak Super Liga	25	11	1	0	-		-		26	11
	Total		32	12	1	0	-	-	-	-	33	12
Slovan Bratislava	2012–13	Fortuna Liga	29	10	4	3	2	0	-		35	13
	2013–14		25	2	5	2	2	0	-		32	4
	2014–15		29	3	2	0	8	0	1	0	40	3
	2015–16		8	0	2	2	2	0	-		12	2
	Total		91	15	13	7	14	0	1	0	119	22
Irtysh Pavlodar	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
1. FK Příbram	2015–16	Czech First League	5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
Maasmechelen	2016–17	Belgian First Amateur Division	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Alashkert	2016–17	Armenian Premier League	10	0	0	0	-		0	0	10	0
	2017–18		7	2	1	0	-		2	0	10	2
	Total		17	2	1	0	-	-	2	0	20	2
Banants	2017–18	Armenian Premier League	13	6	2	0	–		–		15	6
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	-		2	0	2	0
	Total		13	6	2	0	-	-	2	0	17	6
Alashkert	2018–19	Armenian Premier League	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
Career total			159	35	17	7	14	0	5	0	195	42

International

Trinidad and Tobago national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	2	0
2009	0	0
2010	7	1
2011	6	4
2012	2	0
2013	5	0
2014	7	0
2015	5	0
2016	1	0
Total	35	5

Statistics accurate as of match played 8 January 2016^[14]

International goals

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 November 2010	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella	Guyana	1–0	2–1	2010 Caribbean Championship qualifier
2	11 October 2011	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain	Barbados	1–0	4–0	2014 World Cup qualifier
3.				2–0
4.				3–0
5.	15 November 2011	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Marabella	Guyana	2–0	3–0	2014 World Cup qualifier
6.	13 November 2014	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay	French Guiana	3–0	4–2	2014 Caribbean Cup

Honours

Slovan Bratislava^[14]

• Slovak Super Liga (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
• Slovak Cup (1): 2012–13

External links

• Slovan Bratislava profile
• AS Trenčín profile
• Lester Peltier at Soccerway