Barry Hunter (born 18 November 1968) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer, recently he works as a chief scout for Premier League club Liverpool.
Hunter was born in Coleraine, and made his name with Wrexham before transferring to Reading for £400,000. On ending his playing career at Portadown, he had a short spell as the caretaker-assistant manager at Swindon Town under Ady Williams. Williams and Hunter were replaced by Paul Sturrock and Kevin Summerfield.
He joined Premier League Blackburn Rovers as a senior scout in 2006. Responsible for team assessments and player recruitment. He was recruited by Norwich City Manager Glenn Roeder as the clubs chief scout in June 2008. In December 2008, Hunter moved to Manchester City as a Senior scout/ regional scouting manager.
In September 2012, Hunter moved to Liverpool as the club's chief scout.
In 2007 he achieved Certificate in Applied Management from Warwick University
In 2017 he completed the FA Level 5 for Technical Directors.
References
- ^ a b c "Barry Hunter: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
- Barry Hunter at Soccerbase
- Barry Hunter management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Barry Hunter – UEFA competition record (archive)
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