Gavin Peers
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gavin Peers | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Mansfield Town | 13 | (2) |
| 2006–2016 | Sligo Rovers | 275 | (19) |
| 2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 19 | (0) |
| 2018 | Derry City | 19 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Glentoran | 40 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Republic of Ireland U23 | 2 | (1) |
| 2010 | League of Ireland XI | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2022 | |||
Gavin Peers (born 10 November 1985) is an Irish football coach and former player.
Career
Peers started his footballing career at
The following year was much better with Peers playing consistently and Sligo having a fantastic season that saw him play in both the FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup finals. He played a major role in the 2010 FAI Cup victory by scoring the winning goal in the 1-0 semi-final win over Bohemian at Dalymount Park. Following the departure of Conor O'Grady at the end of the 2010 season Peers became the club's longest serving player.
Sligo Rovers repeated the FAI Cup success in 2011 this time beating Shelbourne in the final. Peers had one of his most consistent seasons making a career-best 46 appearances over the season. The next season brought even more success as Sligo won the league title with the centre-back pairing of Peers and Jason McGuinness a major part of the success.
He scored against FC Spartak Trnava in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.[1]
2013 brought FAI Cup glory again but this time the final would be a bittersweet occasion for Peers as he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury. Despite this he signed a new two-year contract at the end of the season which kept him at the club for 10 seasons. He has made the 5th most appearances in the history of the club.
Peers was awarded a testimonial by Sligo where he scored in a 3-3- draw with Portsmouth F.C. in July 2016 [1].
After 346 appearances in 11 seasons at
Peers signed for Glentoran of the NIFL Premiership in January 2019.[6]
He signed for Warrenpoint Town F.C. in August 2020 [2] where he spent two seasons before retiring.
In December 2022, Peers was announced as first-team coach at Longford Town in a role he remained at until resigning in April 2024.
International career
Peers, a former youth international was selected by Pat Fenlon for the Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team in 2007 and on his only appearance scored the opening goal against Slovakia.[7]
In 2010, he was selected for the League of Ireland XI for the opening game at the Aviva Stadium.[8]
Honours
- Sligo Rovers
- 2012
- FAI Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2013
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2010
- Setanta Sports Cup (1): 2014
- Glentoran
Career statistics
Professional appearances – correct as of 7 January 2020.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup
|
Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mansfield Town | 2005–06 | EFL League Two | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[a] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Sligo Rovers | 2006 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2009 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2010 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 46 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2013 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2014 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0[c] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Sligo Rovers Total | 274 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 346 | 26 | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2017 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Derry City | 2018 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Glentoran | 2018–19 | NIFL Premiership | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 0[f] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[f] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
| Glentoran Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Career Total | 358 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 441 | 29 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
- ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in Setanta Sports Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in County Antrim Shield
References
- ^ "Spartak Trnava-Sligo 2013 History | UEFA Europa League".
- ^ "Club News : Peers Joins Saints From Sligo". stpatsfc.com.
- ^ "Pat's announce signing of Sligo defender Peers". RTÉ.ie. 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2017 Domestic Friendlies - Bluebell United -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2017 Leinster Senior Cup Fourth Round - Bray Wanderers -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Gavin Peers joins Glentoran". www.glentoran.com.
- ^ "Brennan runs the show as Irish sink 'young' Slovaks – Independent.ie".
- ^ "Airtricity League XI v Manchester United - Unknown - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland Fixtures". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland – G.Peers". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links
- Gavin Peers at Soccerway