Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In professional sports, scouts are experienced talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization. Wikipedia

A professional sports talent-scout Wikipedia Disambiguation

Professional employed by a sports team to analyze the performance of athletes outside the team Wikidata

A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team. Wiktionary

One who identifies promising talent. Wiktionary (translation)

A person who locates and recruits talented people in a specific field, especially in entertainment or sports. Wiktionary

Person. Wiktionary (translation)