Dwight Peters

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1986|08|23}}

| birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana

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| position = Midfield

| currentclub = Alpha United

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| clubs1 = BeterVerwagting Triumph United

| clubs2 = Guyana Defence Force

| years1 = 2003–2004

| years2 = 2005

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| nationalteam1 = Guyana

| nationalyears1 = 2008–

| nationalcaps1 = 32

| nationalgoals1 = 6

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| clubs3 = Western Tigers

| clubs4 = Caledonia AIA

| clubs5 = Guyana Defence Force

| clubs6 = Alpha United

| years3 = 2006

| years4 = 2007

| years5 = 2008

| years6 = 2009–

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Dwight Peters (born 23 August 1986) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alpha United and the Guyana national team.

Career

Peters began his career with BeterVerwagting Triumph in 2003, before joining Guyana Defence Force two years later.{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/26679/Dwight_Peters.html|title=Dwight Peters|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en|access-date=2016-03-23}} A short stay with Western Tigers led to a move to Trinidad & Tobago to join Caledonia ANA in 2007, before returning to Guyana Defence Force for a second spell a year later.

He then moved to Alpha United in 2009, where he was part of the Guyana Super National League winning squad for five consecutive seasons until 2014.

Peters made his international debut for Guyana on 22 June 2008, falling to Suriname in a 2-1 defeat during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.{{Cite web|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/guyanavssuriname6222008.html|title=Guyana vs Suriname - World Cup Qualifier - Caribbean Football|website=caribbeanfootballdatabase.com|access-date=2016-03-23}} His first international goal then came on 10 August 2008 in the Caribbean Cup, scoring a 90th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Suriname.{{Cite web|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/matches/2008/guyanavssuriname8102008.html|title=Guyana vs Suriname - Caribbean Championships 2008 - Caribbean Football|website=caribbeanfootballdatabase.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}

He scored his first international brace in his nation's opening fixture of the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification campaign, during a 7-0 rout of Anguilla.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/caribbean-cup/9809-cuba-grenada-and-guyana-triumph-as-scotiabank-cfu-men-s-caribbean-cup-begins|title=Cuba, Grenada and Guyana triumph as Scotiabank CFU Men's Caribbean Cup begins {{!}} Caribbean Cup|last=Admin|first=CFU Web|website=www.cfufootball.org|access-date=2016-03-23}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/26679/Dwight_Peters.html|title=Peters, Dwight|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=23 February 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	10 August 2008	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	{{fb\|SUR}}	align=center \| 1–1	align=center \| 1–1	2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.	26 September 2010	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	{{fb\|TRI}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–3	Friendly
3.	15 October 2010	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	{{fb\|ANT}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 3–2	2010 Caribbean Cup qualification
4.	2 May 2012	Stade Omnisports, Le Lamentin, Martinique	{{fb\|MTQ\|snake}}	align=center \| 2–2	align=center \| 2–2	Friendly
5.	rowspan="2" \| 22 March 2016	rowspan="2" \| Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|AIA}}	align=center \| 1–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 7–0	rowspan="2" \| 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
6.	align=center \| 3–0

References

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Guyanese men's footballers

Category:Western Tigers FC players

Category:Guyana Defence Force FC players

Category:Guyana men's international footballers

Category:21st-century Guyanese sportsmen