Shaquille Junior Anthony Hunter (born 29 August 1995) is an English former semi-professional

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who played as a winger.

Career

Hunter was born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

, West Midlands. He began his career with

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

, firstly as an unused substitute in a second round

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tie against

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profes ...

on his 16th birthday. In 2012, it was reported that

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clubs

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and

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were all interested in Hunter. He made his professional debut in a 2–1 defeat against

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on 3 August 2013. He left Rovers in December 2013 due to disciplinary problems. In September 2014 he joined

Mangotsfield United Mangotsfield United Football Club is a football club based in Mangotsfield, Bristol, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cossham Street. History The club was formed in 1951 after Mangotsfield Football Club closed down its r ...

, before having a brief spell with

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, although he failed to make any first team appearances for them. He spent the 2016 pre-season on trial with

Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...

, eventually signing a one-year deal at the club.

Personal life

Hunter attended

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was ta ...

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Shaquille 1995 births Living people Black British sportsmen Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Bristol Rovers F.C. players Mangotsfield United F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Bath City F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Alumni of De Montfort University