Arnold Hunter

{{Short description|Northern Irish football referee}}

{{for|the pioneer in Australian Aboriginal health|Arnold "Puggy" Hunter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

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| caption = Hunter in 2015

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Enniskillen

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| otheroccupation = http://www.fwrefs.co.uk/

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| league1 = NIFL Premiership

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| role1 = Referee

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| internationalyears1 = 2011–

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

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Arnold Hunter (born 15 March 1980) is a Northern Irish professional football referee.{{cite web |url=http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=7391 |title=referee - Arnold Hunter - bio |website=WorldReferee.com |access-date=1 March 2016 |archive-date=30 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730154040/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=7391 |url-status=dead }} He has been a full international for FIFA since 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nir/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813034827/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nir/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2007 |title=Education & Technical - Referees by Association |website=FIFA.com |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016}}

Hunter became a referee following a playing career, in which he took part as a goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/13868590.Hunter_enjoys_first_taste_of_the_Europa_League/ |title=Hunter enjoys first taste of the Europa League (From Impartial Reporter) |website=Impartialreporter.com |date=30 October 2014 |access-date=1 March 2016}} On 7 July 2011, Hunter made his European debut in a match between FC Lusitanos and NK Varaždin in a UEFA Europa League first qualifying round match.{{cite web|url=http://www.voetbal.com/wedstrijdverslag/europa-league-qual-2011-2012-1-runde-fc-lusitanos-la-posa-nk-varazdin/ |title=FC Lusitanos la Posa - NK Varaždin 0:1 (Europa League KW 2011/2012, 1e Ronde) |website=Voetbal.com |access-date=1 March 2016}} His first international match was between Armenia and Malta on 7 June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=3895 |title=Armenia football team lost to Malta 0:1, 7 June 2013 |website=Eu-football.info |access-date=1 March 2016}} Hunter's first Europa League group stage appointment was for the match between Villarreal and Apollon Limassol in October 2014.