Peter Lorimer

Peter Patrick Lorimer (born 14 December 1946 in Dundee, Scotland ) is a former Scottish footballer.

The attacker Peter Lorimer came to Leeds United in 1962 at the age of 15 and gave in September 1962 already made ​​his debut in the first team. He is the youngest player in the history of Leeds United, who played in the first team. After that he no longer played but two years in the first team, but his record is likely to last forever. His breakthrough he experienced at Leeds in 1966. This season he played 34 times for Leeds. In 1968 he won the League Cup and his first title a year later he was with the English champions Leeds. In the same year he was first appointed to the Scottish national football team. His greatest successes came in 1974 when he won the English championship was again, and for the Football World Cup in 1974 went to Germany and in 1975, when he reached the final of the European Cup of Champions. At the World Cup he left unhappy without defeat in the first round. Overall, Lorimer has denied 21 caps for Scotland.

In the European Cup final his team lost 0-2 against FC Bayern Munich. In 1979 he left Leeds and first played at York City. After an interlude in Canada at the Vancouver Whitecaps, he finished his career in 1983 at Leeds United.

Title ( achievements)

  • English Champion: 1969, 1974
  • FA Cup Winners: 1972
  • UEFA Cup: 1968, 1971
  • UEFA Cup: 1967 (Finale )
  • League Cup: 1968
  • FA Charity Shield: 1969
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