Jordan Hunter (footballer)

Jordan Hunter

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 25)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Atherton Collieries
Youth career
	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Sunderland	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ South Shields (loan)	27	(1)
2020–2023	South Shields	61	(0)
2023–2024	Gateshead	25	(3)
2024	→ South Shields (loan)	11	(1)
2024–2025	Chester	26	(0)
2025–	Atherton Collieries	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:10, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Jordan Hunter (born 6 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One West club Atherton Collieries. ^[1]

Career

Hunter signed for Sunderland in July 2018, having left Liverpool the previous month. ^[2] He made his senior debut on 13 November 2018, in the EFL Trophy. ^[3] He moved on loan to South Shields in August 2019. ^[4]

He left Sunderland at the end of the 2019–20 season after rejecting a two-year contract offer, returning to South Shields on a permanent basis in July 2020 on a three-year deal. ^[5]

On 5 June 2023, Hunter signed for National League club Gateshead on a two-year contract. ^[6] In February 2024 he returned to South Shields on loan. ^{[7] [8]}

In June 2024 he signed for Chester. ^[9]

On 13 June 2025, Hunter joined Northern Premier League Division One West side Atherton Collieries. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of end of 2024–25 season

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
Sunderland	2018–19 [1]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	1	0
	2018–19 [1]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
South Shields (loan)	2019–20 [11]	NPL Premier Division	27	1	2	0	2	0	5 [b]	0	36	1
South Shields	2020–21 [12]	NPL Premier Division	6	0	4	0	0	0	1 [c]	0	11	0
	2021–22 [13]	NPL Premier Division	23	0	1	0	0	0	1 [d]	0	25	0
	2022–23 [14]	NPL Premier Division	32	0	2	0	0	0	3 [e]	0	37	0
	Total		61	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	73	0
Gateshead	2023–24 [1]	National League	25	3	1	0	—		1 [c]	0	27	3
South Shields (loan)	2023–24 [1]	National League North	11	1	—		—		0	0	11	1
Chester	2024–25 [1]	National League North	26	0	2	0	—		1 [c]	0	29	0
Career total			150	5	12	0	2	0	13	0	177	5

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Four appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Durham Senior Cup
3. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in NPL Premier Division play-offs
5. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Durham Senior Cup

Honours

South Shields

• Northern Premier League: 2022–23 ^[15]

References

1. Jordan Hunter at Soccerway . Retrieved 10 January 2024.
2. James Hunter (2 July 2018). "Sunderland sign Liverpool youngster Jordan Hunter to strengthen their development squad". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
3. "Games played by Jordan Hunter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
4. Carruthers, Mark (20 August 2019). "Sunderland youngster Jordan Hunter joins South Shields on loan". nechronicle.
5. "Coup for South Shields as defender snubs Sunderland to sign for non-league side". www.shieldsgazette.com.
6. "Heed Hunted! Jordan Hunter Signs!". gateshead-fc.com. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
7. McGraghan, Jack (9 February 2024). "Jordan Hunter joins South Shields on loan until end of the season". Gateshead FC.
8. Aberdeen, Dominic (9 February 2024). "Jordan Hunter returns on loan". South Shields FC.
9. "Blues sign Jordan Hunter from Gateshead". 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
10. "New Signing: Jordan Hunter". athertoncollieries.co.uk. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
11. "South Shields | Appearances | Jordan Hunter | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages".
12. "South Shields | Appearances | Jordan Hunter | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages".
13. "South Shields | Appearances | Jordan Hunter | 2021-2022 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
14. "South Shields | Appearances | Jordan Hunter | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
15. "Shields clinch title after 1-0 win at Whitby". South Shields FC. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

External links

• Jordan Hunter – UEFA competition record ( archive )