Peter Nicholas (footballer)

Peter Nicholas
Personal information
Full name Peter Nicholas
Date of birth (1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Crystal Palace 127 (7)
1981–1983 Arsenal 60 (1)
1983–1985 Crystal Palace 47 (7)
1985–1987 Luton Town 102 (1)
1987–1988 Aberdeen 39 (3)
1988–1991 Chelsea 80 (2)
1991–1993 Watford 40 (1)
Total 495 (22)
International career
1979–1992 Wales 73 (2[2])
Managerial career
2000–2001 Barry Town
2002–2004 Newport County
2005–2009 Llanelli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Nicholas (born 10 November 1959) is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international, now football manager.

He was capped 73 times at senior level for Wales between 1979 and 1991.

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ Alpuin, Luis Fernando Passo (20 February 2009). "Wales – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2009.