Peter Vincenti
Jèrriais footballer (born 1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Ian Vincenti (born 7 July 1986) is a Jèrriais professional footballer who plays for Jersey Football Combination club St. Peter. He primarily plays as a winger, although he has also been deployed in attacking midfield, and as a forward. Vincenti is the vice-chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Ian Vincenti[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-07-07) 7 July 1986 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Saint Peter, Jersey[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St. Peter | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | First Tower United | ||
2004–2005 | St. Peter | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | St. Peter | ||
2007–2008 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Stevenage | 64 | (5) |
2010 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Aldershot Town[lower-alpha 1] | 103 | (14) |
2013–2017 | Rochdale | 131 | (27) |
2017–2018 | Coventry City | 24 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Hereford (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2020– | St. Peter | 31 | (9) |
International career | |||
Jersey U18 | |||
Jersey | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:18, 22 July 2021 (UTC) |
Vincenti began his career as a youth player for First Tower United, where he played for one year, before moving to his hometown club St. Peter. He spent two years with St. Peter. Vincenti joined Millwall on a short-term contract following a successful trial period. However, he did not to break into the first-team and left the club when his contract expired in January 2008. He subsequently signed for Stevenage Borough the same month, and was part of the side that won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium during the 2008–09 season. The following season, he helped the club earn promotion to the Football League by winning the Conference Premier. In October 2010, Vincenti joined Conference Premier club Mansfield Town on an initial three-month loan.
Shortly after returning to his parent club, he signed for Aldershot Town, spending two-and-a-half years with the club and making over 100 appearances. In May 2013, Vincenti signed for League Two club Rochdale, and helped the club achieve promotion to League One in his first season. After four seasons at Rochdale, Vincenti joined League Two club Coventry City in July 2017, where he won promotion to League One via the play-offs during his one season there. In August 2018, Vincenti was released from his contract at Coventry and joined newly promoted League Two club Macclesfield Town. Vincenti was loaned to National League North club Hereford in September 2019 for three months. He left Macclesfield when his contract expired and rejoined his first club, St. Peter, in September 2020. Vincenti has also represented the Jersey national team, and played for his country at the Island Games in 2007.
In 2023 Vincenti made his debut for the WGCS in a much hyped grudge match against Le Judge in the scorching heat at the Royal Jersey. Battling through injury and adversity, Vincenti single handedly won the first 5 holes in his match play and the lead proved unassailable as his twosome finished with a 5&4 victory as WGCS embarrassed Le Judge with a 210-161 comprehensive victory.