Answer the following question: Benjamin Murray Hunt is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Bishop's Stortford having signed in March 2012 following spells at Gloucester City Lewes Dover Athletic and Weston-super-Mare.He was a youth player at West Ham United and made regular appearances in their reserve side but never made the progression into their first team. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete