Peter Lérant

Peter Lérant (born 30 January 1977) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He most recently served as the assistant manager of Žilina.

Career After playing two seasons with DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda in the Mars Superliga, he signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1998, but for the next two years he managed only to play for the reserves team. In the summer of 2000, he moved to Swiss club FC Lucerne, and after the winter break he continued in Greece with Panionios. In 2001, he signed with Austria Wien but in January 2002 he moved to GAK. From 2002 to 2003, he played for Hungarian side Újpest. In 2004, he moved to Croatia, signing with Prva HNL club HNK Rijeka where he would find stability and stay for almost three seasons. He played with Polish Ekstraklasa club Wisla Plock before coming to Slovenia in 2007 to play with Gorica. In 2009, he joined Bulgarian side Minyor Pernik.

International career From 1999 to 2000, Lerant made 11 appearances for the Slovakia under-21 team. In February 2000, he was part of the unofficial Slovak team in the Cyprus International Football Tournament where he played in all three games.

He represented the Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He played in the team which finished fourth at the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Bratislava.

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Honours GAK Graz Austrian Cup: 2001–02

HNK Rijeka Croatian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06