| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Vincent Peters[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-08-21)21 August 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right back,utility player | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maidenhead United (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Brentford | 36 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | →Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | →Crawley Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2007 | →AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | →Margate (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Margate | 48 | (8) |
| 2009–2015 | Braintree Town | 186 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | Maidenhead United | 62 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| England Futsal | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Brentford Women | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ryan Vincent Peters (born 21 August 1987) is an English retired semi-professionalfootballer who played as aright back. He began his career atBrentford in theFootball League and after his release in 2008, he dropped intonon-League football and played until his retirement in 2019. He is currently assistant manager atMaidenhead United.
After beginning his career as aforward andwinger, Peters graduated from theBrentfordyouth team to the first team during the2004–05League One season and made his senior debut as a 51st-minute substitute forJay Tabb in a 3–0 defeat toPeterborough United on 21 August 2004.[3] He made his first start for the club in the following match, lasting 54 minutes of a 2–0 League Cup first round defeat toIpswich Town, before being substituted for Jay Tabb.[4] After a period away onloan in late 2004,[5] Peters returned to the team in early 2005 and signed a one-year professional contract,[3] with the option of a further year, effective from the end of the 2004–05 season.[6] He scored the first senior goal of his career in a 3–3 draw withSheffield Wednesday on 25 February 2005.[3] Peters finished the 2004–05 season with 12 appearances and one goal.[3]
Over the course of the2005–06 and2006–07 seasons,[7][8] Peters failed to break through into the first team and after Brentford's relegation toLeague Two and the appointment of new managerTerry Butcher in 2007,[9] he fell out of favour.[10] He made six appearances in the first two months of the2007–08 season before leaving on loan and then being released in January 2008.[10][11] During3+1⁄2 seasons atGriffin Park, Peters made 47 appearances and scored two goals.[2]
While a Brentford player, Peters had loan spells atConference Premier clubsGravesend & Northfleet,Crawley Town andIsthmian League Premier Division clubAFC Wimbledon.[12][13][14] He joined Isthmian League Premier Division clubMargate on loan in October 2007 and joined the club on a permanent transfer in January 2008.[11][15] He moved up to theConference South to joinBraintree Town in 2009 and one season later,[15] he won the firstsilverware of his career when the Iron won the2010–11 Conference South title.[16][17] He played on for four further seasons at Braintree Town before leavingCressing Road at the end of the2014–15 season, by which time he had made 202 appearances and scored two goals for the club.[16] Peters dropped back down to the National League South to follow former Braintree Town managerAlan Devonshire toMaidenhead United in May 2015.[18] In hissecond season with the Magpies, he helped the club to the National League South title.[16] He played on into the2018–19 season, which was his last as a player.[16]
Peters was capped byEngland Futsal in 2008.[15]
In 2012, Peters returned to Brentford to work in the club's Community Sports Trust and as of October 2020,[19] he was the Trust's Elite Development Programme coach.[20][21] From 2015 to May 2017, he coached Brentford Women.[22][23] In May 2015, Peters joined National League South club Maidenhead United as player-first teamcoach and he was promoted into the role of assistant manager at the end of the 2018–19 season.[18][24] In November 2025, it was announced that Peters would take over asinterim manager on 30 November 2025.[25]
Peters isgodfather to former Brentford teammateKarleigh Osborne's son.[26]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 2004–05[3] | League One | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2005–06[7] | League One | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2006–07[8] | League One | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2007–08[10] | League Two | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) | 2004–05[3] | Conference Premier | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Crawley Town (loan) | 2006–07[27] | Conference Premier | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2006–07[28] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Margate | 2007–08[29] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 30 | 2 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09[30] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 34 | 7 | ||
| Total | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 65 | 9 | |||
| Braintree Town | 2009–10[31] | Conference South | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[16] | Conference South | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[16] | Conference Premier | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[16] | Conference Premier | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[16] | Conference Premier | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15[16] | Conference Premier | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Total | 186 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 202 | 2 | |||
| Maidenhead United | 2015–16[16] | National League South | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[16] | National League South | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[16] | National League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[16] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 72 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 356 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 396 | 14 | ||
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