Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Thompson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2008 | Linfield | 129 | (89) |
| 2008–2010 | 42 | (5) | |
| 2010 | → Linfield (loan) | 21 | (10) |
| 2010–2015 | Linfield | 60 | (33) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2015 | Northern Ireland | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:44, 11 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Peter Thompson (born 2 May 1984) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker.
He has also been capped 8 times by Northern Ireland.
Thompson made his debut for Linfield in the 2001–02 season as a substitute. However, the following season he started 6 games and appeared as a sub on a further 9 occasions, scoring twice . The 2003–04 season was equally uninspiring with only nine games, all as a sub, and no goals.
With his career seemingly going nowhere in 2004–05, Thompson managed to force his way into the team, hitting 27 goals in 43 starts, inspiring Linfield onto an outstanding 'Clean Sweep' of 4 domestic trophies.
He was the Irish Premier League's top goalscorer in the 2005–06 season, scoring 25 goals in the league.
The 2006–07 season was equally fruitful with 31 goals in 51 games and in his final season with the Irish Champions, he hit a very impressive 44 goals in 48 starts.
In the 2008–09 season he only appeared in one competitive match, when Linfield lost 2–0 to an excellent Dinamo Zagreb side. He did however score 2 goals in two friendly games at the start of the season.
On 17 July 2008, Linfield gave Thompson permission to negotiate terms with Stockport County after agreeing a fee for the striker believed to be in the region of £100,000 plus add-ons. Norwich City were also keen to sign Thompson but could not reach an agreement with Linfield. Thompson left Linfield as a Goalscoring Legend with 152 goals in 235 games, including 33 sub appearances, averaging 1 goal every 1.45 games. Fans bade Thompson an emotional farewell in a flood of messages published on the Linfield website, in which the club branded him one of their greatest players and an exemplary sportsman.
He officially signed for the Cheshire club the following day and was handed the number nine shirt, worn previously by Stockport strikers Kevin Francis, Brett Angell and Luke Beckett.
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