Peter Grant (born 11 March 1994) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Career

Grant began his career with

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

, but was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan to

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and

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before being released by the club in May 2014. In July 2014, Grant signed for

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club

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

. In his first season at Falkirk, the club reached the

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, where they played

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

. Grant scored in the final, making it 1–1, although Falkirk went on to lose 2–1. His second season at the club ended early when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in a match against

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in January 2016. It was the second time Grant had sustained this injury, having injured his left knee as a seventeen-year-old at Peterborough. He was released by Falkirk after the 2017–18 season. Grant signed for

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

in June 2018. Plymouth cancelled his contract by mutual consent in January 2019. Grant then signed for

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side

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

until the end of the 2018–19 season, when he was released. On 8 July 2019, Grant signed for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

. After spells with Queen's Park and

, Grant joined

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

on loan in February 2023.

Personal life

Grant is the son of Peter Grant, who played for

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in the 1980s and 1990s. His brother Ray is also a footballer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Peter 1994 births Living people Falkirk F.C. players Men's association football defenders Scottish Professional Football League players Scottish men's footballers Peterborough United F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players Histon F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Bellshill Footballers from Norfolk Anglo-Scots Queen's Park F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players