Peter Leven

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Peter McDonald Leven (born 27 September 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is a first team coach for Aberdeen, Leven also recently spent time as Caretaker of Aberdeen. Leven played as a midfielder for Kilmarnock, Chesterfield, Milton Keynes Dons and Oxford United. He made over 300 career appearances and represented Scotland at the under-21 level.

Playing career

Rangers

Leven was a youth player with Rangers and as a 16-year-old appeared on the bench four times for the first team, including an Old Firm match. A year later he suffered a serious knee injury in a pre-season game, which ruled him out for two years.

Kilmarnock

Leven signed for Kilmarnock in 2004, he establish himself in the first team. He played 65 times for Kilmarnock and at the end of the 2006–07 season he rejected Kilmarnock's contract offer to head down south.

Chesterfield

Leven joined Chesterfield on a free transfer in 2007. As Aaron Downes made a poor start to the 2007–08 season, Leven was given the captaincy of League Two side Chesterfield. He appeared in 44 of their 49 games in the 2007–08 season. The club turned down numerous offers from Brighton up to £125,000 in the January transfer window. Chesterfield then failed to gain promotion and he turned down a contract extension.

Milton Keynes Dons

Leven joined Milton Keynes Dons in June 2008 on a free transfer.[1] He won the League 1 Sports Writers Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season, his last for MK Dons. At the end of his contract at the Dons, Leven declined to accept the contract extension the club offered him and left as a free agent.[2]

Oxford United

There was interest in Leven from several clubs, including Millwall[3] and Crystal Palace,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". but in July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with League Two side Oxford United. Leven set up both Oxford United goals in their 2–1 away win over arch-rivals Swindon on 21 August 2011, their first victory at the County Ground for 38 years.[4] On 29 October 2011 during a home game against Port Vale, with the game at 1–1, Leven intercepted the ball inside his own half and lobbed the opposition keeper from the halfway line, which turned out to be the winning goal[5] and one of the best ever goals scored at the Kassam Stadium.[6]

Retirement

While a free agent, Leven was linked with Paul Ince's Blackpool, but in August 2014 he signed for non-league Jarrow Roofing BCA. Leven retired soon after joining Roofing at the age of 29, having struggled throughout his career with knee problems.[7]

Coaching career

During 2014-15, Leven worked as an academy coach at Middlesbrough.[8][9] Leven was appointed to a coaching position at Scottish Premier league club Kilmarnock in June 2015 joining the club as Assistant Manager.[10] He left the club on 1 October 2017, when manager Lee McCulloch also departed.[11]

In April 2018, joined Belarusian club Dynamo Brest.[12] Initially employed as head of the academy and B team, he was promoted quickly to first-team assistant manager in August 2018, with an emphasis on overseeing tactics and training under Head Coach Marcel Lička.[13] Brest won the 2019 Belarusian Premier League and 2 super cups, only losing 1 game in 36 matches all season and Qualified for UEFA Champions League football breaking a long period of dominance by BATE Borisov.[12] Leven left the club in March 2020.

After leaving Belarus, Leven took up a coaching position at Russian club FC Orenburg again assisting Lička.[14] Orenburg would gain promotion to the Russian Premier League after winning the relegation play-offs.[15]

Leven joined the coaching staff at Aberdeen in June 2023.[16] He was made caretaker manager after Barry Robson was sacked, taking charge of one game (a 1-1 draw with Celtic) before Neil Warnock was appointed interim manager.[17][18] Leven reverted to being the first team coach under Warnock,[18] but was again placed in caretaker charge a month later.[19] After a good run of results and a 3-3 (6-5 on pens) loss to Celtic in the Scottish Cup, Leven stepped back as Caretaker for the arrival of permanent appointment Jimmy Thelin.

Career statistics

All stats from soccerbase[20]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers 2000–01 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kilmarnock 2004–05 Scottish Premier League 32 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 36 5
2005–06 Scottish Premier League 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
2006–07 Scottish Premier League 27 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 31 1
Total 65 5 3 0 7 1 0 0 75 6
Chesterfield 2007–08 League Two 42 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 5
Total 42 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 5
Milton Keynes Dons 2008–09 League One 42 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 10
2009–10 League One 31 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 40 4
2010–11 League One 40 8 2 0 3 0 1 0 46 8
Total 113 22 6 0 4 0 7 0 130 22
Oxford United 2011–12 League Two 39 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 42 6
2012–13 League Two 20 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 25 6
Total 59 10 5 1 1 0 2 1 67 12
Career totals 279 42 15 1 13 1 9 1 316 45
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Honours

Aberdeen Scottish Cup winners 24/25

References

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  8. ↑ Peter Leven says Oxford United have signed an 'unbelievable talent', oxfordmail.co.uk, 28 November 2014
  9. ↑ Peter Leven details his remarkable coaching journey which has led him to Belarus, dailyrecord.co.uk, 29 April 2018
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