Shaquille Hunter

Shaquille Hunter

Hunter playing for Bristol Rovers in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Shaquille Junior Anthony Hunter[1]
Date of birth	(1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Bristol Rovers	3	(0)
2014–2015	Mangotsfield United
2015	Bristol City	0	(0)
2016–2017	Bath City	27	(4)
2017–2018	Weston-super-Mare	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Shaquille Junior Anthony Hunter (born 29 August 1995) is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a winger.

Career

Hunter was born in Birmingham, West Midlands.[1] He began his career with Bristol Rovers, firstly as an unused substitute in a second round Football League Cup tie against Leyton Orient on his 16th birthday.[2] In 2012, it was reported that Premier League clubs Fulham, Liverpool and Manchester City were all interested in Hunter.[3] He made his professional debut in a 2–1 defeat against Exeter City on 3 August 2013.[4] He left Rovers in December 2013 due to disciplinary problems.[5] In September 2014 he joined Mangotsfield United, before having a brief spell with Bristol City, although he failed to make any first team appearances for them.[6]

He spent the 2016 pre-season on trial with Bath City,[6] eventually signing a one-year deal at the club.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017 [8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bristol Rovers	2013–14	League Two	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Mangotsfield United	2014–15	SFL - Division One S & W	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Bath City	2016–17	National League South	27	4	2	0	–		4[a]	1	33	5
Weston-super-Mare	2017–18	National League South	10	1	0	0	–		1	0	11	1
Career total			41	5	2	0	1	0	5	1	49	6

1. Two appearances in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the Somerset Premier Cup

References

1. "Shaquille Hunter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
2. "PLAYER PROFILE". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012.
3. "City and Liverpool battling for Shaq". The Mirror. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
4. "Exeter 2-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
5. "Teenager Shaquille Hunter parts company with Bristol Rovers". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
6. Steve Cotton (3 July 2016). "Former Bristol Rovers and City man Shaquille Hunter scores pre-season wonder-goal". Bristol Post. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
7. "Three more pen City deals". Pichero non-league. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
8. Shaquille Hunter at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

External links

• Shaquille Hunter at Soccerbase