 Hunter playing for Bristol Rovers in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shaquille Junior Anthony Hunter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1995[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]
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]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||
- ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the Somerset Premier Cup
References
- 1 2 3 "Shaquille Hunter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "PLAYER PROFILE". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "City and Liverpool battling for Shaq". The Mirror. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Exeter 2-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Teenager Shaquille Hunter parts company with Bristol Rovers". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- 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.
- ↑ "Three more pen City deals". Pichero non-league. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Shaquille Hunter at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
External links
- Shaquille Hunter at Soccerbase