English Football League First Division club Millwall on 20 August 2003, where he was set to replace regular target-man Mark McCammon. He struggled with injuries during his spell in England. Genk In 2005, Peeters was poised for a return to Belgium, and after negotiating with Westerlo, he eventually signed with Genk after being convinced by technical director Ariël Jacobs. Peeters had to compete with fellow strikers Kevin Vandenbergh, Paul Kpaka and Nenad Stojanović. He scored nine goals for Genk, who finished the season in fifth place. Return to Lierse Peeters was set for a return to childhood club Lierse after one season with Genk. Initially, Genk chairman Jos Vaessen was willing to let him leave on a free transfer, but this offer was withdrawn afterwards. In the end, 32-year-old Peeters was involved in an trade with Oleksandr Yakovenko, who was then playing for Lierse. Peeters did make many appearances for Lierse. The club finished second to last in the 2006–07 league table and suffered relegation to the Belgian Second Division via the play-offs. In October 2008, he announced his retirement from professional football after suffering an achilles tendon injury. International career Peeters made his debut for the Belgium national team on 25 February 1998 in a friendly against the United States, which was won 2–0 thanks to a brace by Nico Van Kerckhoven. Peeters came on as a substitute for Luc Nilis after 84 minutes. He participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification but did not make the final squad for 2002 FIFA World Cup main tournament. On 28 February 2001, he scored a hat-trick against San Marino at the King Baudouin Stadium. Managerial career He became manager of Gent one week after being released by Cercle Brugge in October 2012 but was fired in January 2013. Peeters was appointed as manager of English side, Charlton Athletic, in May 2014 on a 12-month contract. In January 2015 after only 25 games in charge he was dismissed. His Senior Professional Development Coach Patrick Van Houdt and Performance Analyst Guy Kiala were also fired. At the time Charlton had won once in the previous 12 games and had slipped to 14th in the Championship table. In 2015, Bob Peeters got a new chance at Lokeren, replacing Peter Maes who left to Genk. After 12 league games, with only 3 victories, he got sacked by the owner of the club, in spite