Sergio Mario Peter (born 12 October 1986) is a German former professional

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who played as a winger.

Early career

Born in

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...

, Rhineland-Palatinate, Peter began his career with TSV Mannheim Schönau and joined local heavyweight

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...

in 2003. After a successful year with Waldhof Mannheim, Peter left the club and signed a contract with Youth Academy Brockhall in July 2004.

Career

Peter came through the Youth Academy at Blackburn Rovers and joined Belgian side

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

on loan from January 2005 until the end of the season. He only made a couple of appearances but he signed a professional contract with Blackburn on 7 July 2005. Playing predominantly as a left-sided

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, Peter impressed in the Blackburn reserves, soon forcing his way into the first team. Peter made his full debut in the

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third round tie with

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

on 7 January 2006, a game Blackburn won 3–0, with Peter setting up all three goals and named

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. He went on to make his league debut on 21 January 2006 as a substitute in a 1–0 win away to

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

. In his final appearance for Blackburn, Peter came on as an extra time substitute as they lost in the 2007

semi finals to

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. It was revealed by

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

on 2 January 2009 that Sergio was expected to sign for

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

within 24 hours. and the move was completed that very same day.

References

External links

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Sergio Peter Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, Sergio Living people 1986 births Footballers from Ludwigshafen Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Premier League players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic German expatriate sportspeople in England German expatriate men's footballers