{{short description|Guyanese footballer}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dwight Peters | fullname = Dwight Peters | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1986|08|23}} | birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana | height = | position = Midfield | currentclub = Alpha United | clubnumber = | clubs1 = BeterVerwagting Triumph United | clubs2 = Guyana Defence Force | years1 = 2003–2004 | years2 = 2005 | caps1 = | caps2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | nationalteam1 = Guyana | nationalyears1 = 2008– | nationalcaps1 = 32 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | club-update = 14:15, 23 March 2016 (UTC) | clubs3 = Western Tigers | clubs4 = Caledonia AIA | clubs5 = Guyana Defence Force | clubs6 = Alpha United | years3 = 2006 | years4 = 2007 | years5 = 2008 | years6 = 2009– | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = }} '''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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{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}}</ref>
{| 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 |}
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