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

Career

Club

Peltier attended St. Anthony's College in Trinidad playing on his school's football team as the striker position. and had trials with Club Brugge,

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and

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. In 2007, English Premiership club

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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. In April 2011 he signed with AS Trenčín and made his debut on 10 April 2011. On 19 June 2012, Slovan Bratislava confirmed the signing of Peltier from AS Trenčín on a four-year contract. On 7 February 2016, Peltier signed for

Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 19 ...

of the

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. Little over a week later, Peltier and Irtysh Pavlodar agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent due to family circumstances. On 30 July 2018, Peltier re-joined Alashkert, but left the club 6-weeks later to join Saudi second tier club Al-Mujazzal.

International

He also represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Under 17, Under 20 levels and played for Scorpion United scoring 6 goals. Peltier made his international debut for the

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on 26 January 2008 against

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coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Peltier scored his first international hat-trick at the

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in October 2011 during a World Cup qualifier. He announced his international retirement on June 7, 2021.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 January 2016''

International goals

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

Honours

;Slovan Bratislava * Slovak Super Liga (2):

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, 2013–14 *

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External links

Slovan Bratislava profileAS Trenčín profile
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References