Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 | Stirling Macedonia | (19 [1] ) | |
1988–1990 | Floreat Athena FC | ||
–1991 | South China AA | (10 [2] ) | |
1991–1995 | Sarawak FA | ||
1996 | Inglewood United FC | ||
Managerial career | |||
Inglewood United FC | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Enshrined into the Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Merit for Players category in 2016, [3] Hunter helped Inglewood United claim the 1996 State Premier League title and coached them for two seasons. [3]
Roped in to Sarawak from South China in early 1991, he was nicknamed "Kerbau", which means "Buffalo", in Malay due to his build and was one of the club's first foreign footballers. [2] Steering them to their first domestic trophy, the 1992 Malaysia FA Cup, the Australian was regarded by fans as the best foreign player to have ever represented Sarawak in its history, forming a strike partnership with Shamsurin Abdul Rahman. [2]
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