Patrick Peters (born 7 November 1987) is a German

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

FC Singen 04 The FC Singen 04 is a German association football club from the city of Singen, Baden-Württemberg. Established 4 August 1904. the club merged with Fußball-Club Radolfzell in 1908 to form FC Radolfzell-SIngen. That union was ended on 10 March ...

Career

Early career

Peters was born in

Malchin Malchin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It offers some notable landmarks, such as two Brick Gothic town gates, a medieval defense tower, the Gothic town church of St. Johannis ...

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

. He left his parents at age thirteen to attend boarding and sports schools. He began his career in 2001 with his hometown team, FC Tollense Neubrandenburg, transferring in 2004 to Carl Zeiss Jena and playing in the B-Junioren Bundesliga.

Professional career

After two years with Carl Zeiss Jena, Peters was scouted by the Swiss club FC Bazenheid in 2006. Peters next signed with

FC Gossau FC Gossau is a Swiss football club from the city of Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen. It currently plays in the Challenge League, the second-highest level of Swiss football. History After its foundation in 1906, FC Gossau spent the first 65 ...

July 2007 and was subsequently released only three months later to join FC Herisau. After half a year with FC Herisau, Peters signed a contract with

FC Tuggen FC Tuggen is a Swiss football club from the town of Tuggen in Canton Schwyz, the German-speaking region of Switzerland. The club was founded in 1966 and currently plays in 1. Liga Promotion, the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. ...

on 30 June 2009. On 15 April 2009, Peters signed a two-year contract with

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...

and joined his current club on 1 July 2009. On 18 December 2010, he returned to FC Tuggen.Patrick Peters wechselt zum FC Tuggen

References

1987 births Living people People from Malchin German men's footballers Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Men's association football central defenders Regionalliga players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 players FC Gossau players FC Tuggen players VfB Lübeck players SC Brühl players USV Eschen/Mauren players FC 08 Villingen players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub