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Barry Hunter

Name: Barry Victor Hunter
Born: 18 November 1968, Coleraine
Height: 6.03 ft
Weight: 12.09 st
Position: Central Defender

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 14 Full Caps/1 Goal (1995-1999), 2 'B' Caps (1994-1999), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Wrexham) Welsh Cup Winner 1994/95; (with Rushden) Football League Division Three Champion 2002/03.
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Club Career: 

Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Other
Coleraine
-
-
Youth
0 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
-
Newcastle United
87/8-88/9
-
Youth
0 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
-
Coleraine
88/9
-
Free
0 (0)/ 0
-
-
-
-
Crusaders
88/9-92/3
-
Free
74 (1)/ 3
-
-
-
-
Wrexham
93/4-95/6
Aug-93
£50k
88 (3)/ 4
7(1)/1
6(0)/0
2(0)/0
13(0)/1
Reading
96/7-00/1
Jul-96
£400k
76 (8)/ 4
3(1)/1
5(0)/1
-
6(1)/0
Southend United
98/9
Feb-99
Loan
5 (0)/ 2
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-
-
-
Rushden & Diamonds
01/2-05/6
Sep-01
Free
106 (6)/ 6
5(0)/0
2(0)/0
-
-
Portadown
06/7
-
Free
* 5 (0)/ 0
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-
-
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TOTALS
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£450k
363(18)/19
15(2)/2
13(0)/1
2(0)/0
19(1)/1
* all games.

Coaching Career:
Rushden & Diamonds caretaker-manager Mar/04-Apr/04; manager Jan/05-May/06
Swindon Town assistant-manager Oct/06-Nov/06
Blackburn Rovers senior scout 2006-2008

Norwich City chief scout Jun/08-Dec/08
Manchester City senior scout/regional scouting manager Dec/08-Jun/12
Liverpool chief scout Jun/12-date

Biography:
Part or the Hunter footballing dynasty which includes his father Victor and uncles Allan and Iam McFaul.

To follow.
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-04-1995 Latvia....... A W 1-0 ECQ
03-09-1995 Portugal..... A D 1-1 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein A W 4-0 ECQ
15-11-1995 Austria...... H W 5-3 ECQ 1 Goal
24-04-1996 Sweden....... H L 1-2 FR
29-05-1996 Germany...... H D 1-1 FR
05-10-1996 Armenia...... H D 1-1 WCQ
09-11-1996 Germany...... A D 1-1 WCQ
14-12-1996 Albania...... H W 2-0 WCQ
22-01-1997 Italy........ A L 0-2 FR
11-02-1997 Belgium...... H W 3-0 FR
27-04-1999 Canada....... H D 1-1 FR
29-05-1999 Rep. Ireland. A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France....... H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey....... H L 0-3 ECQ
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Summary: 15/1. Won 6, Drew 5, Lost 4.

Photo courtesy of greenandwhitearmy.net (taken after 1-1 draw in Nuremburg, 9/11/1996)

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