Shaquille Hunter

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Shaquille Hunter
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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 27) [1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]

Personal life

Hunter attended De Montfort University in Leicester, graduating with a Masters of Business Administration MBA. In 2019 he founded soft-drink company "Sip Shack" that as of September 2021 had reached 250,000 sales nationwide. [8]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bristol Rovers 2013–14 League Two 3000100040
Mangotsfield United 2014–15 SFL - Division One S & W 1000–0010
Bath City 2016–17 National League South 27420–4 [lower-alpha 1] 1335
Weston-super-Mare 2017–18 National League South 10100–10111
Career total415201051496
  1. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the Somerset Premier Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 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. ↑ "DMU graduate hoping to take the drinks industry by storm as sales pass a quarter of a million". www.dmu.ac.uk. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Shaquille Hunter at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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