Barry Hunter (born 18 November 1968) is a former Northern Ireland international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, recently he works as a chief scout for Premier League club Liverpool. Hunter was born in

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

, 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 Adrian Williams (born 16 August 1971) is a former Wales international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ameri ...

. Williams and Hunter were replaced by Paul Sturrock and

Kevin Summerfield Kevin Summerfield (born 7 January 1959) is an English football coach and retired player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion as a forward, making his first team debut in 1977, before joining Birmingham City five years later. A few m ...

. 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

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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.

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* * 1968 births Living people People from Coleraine, County Londonderry Football managers from Northern Ireland Association footballers from Northern Ireland Crusaders F.C. players Portadown F.C. players Reading F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff Rushden & Diamonds F.C. managers Southend United F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Northern Ireland international footballers People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution Association football defenders Sportspeople from County Londonderry {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub