Aaron Hughes

Preceded by	Northern Ireland Captain	Succeeded by
Steve Lomas	2004 - 2011	Steven Davis
Preceded by	Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year	Succeeded by
Neil Lennon	2002	Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland's captain for close to a decade, Aaron Hughes' leadership got off to a disastrous start with a 5-0 defeat by Spain, but thereafter he led the team to a number of historic results...

Name: Aaron William Hughes
Born: 8 November 1979, Cookstown
Height: 6.00 ft
Weight: 11.02 st
Position: Defender
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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (1998-date), 2 'B' Caps (1997-1998); 5 Under-18 Caps / 1 Goal; 2 Under-16 Caps; 11 Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Fulham) UEFA Europa League Runners-Up 2009/10.
Awards: Northern Ireland International Player of the Year 2002.
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Club Career:
Clubs........... --Seasons-- -League-- -FACup- Lge Cup Europe
Coagh United
Newcastle United 97/98-04/05 193(12)/4 15(4)/1 .9(1)/0 39(6)/2
Aston Villa..... 05/06-06/07 .50 (4)/0 .5(0)/0 .5(0)/0
Fulham.......... 07-08- date
Totals.......... ........... 243(16)/4 20(4)/1 14(1)/0 39(6)/2
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Biography:
To follow.
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On 27 June 2007 Aaron Hughes teamed up with his former international boss, Lawrie Sanchez, at Fulham.

No player has captained Northern Ireland more times.

In August 2011 became the first Northern Ireland player to make 400 appearances in the English Premier League.

Hughes announced that he would retire from international football at the end of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. However, he reversed that decision in February 2012.

Irish FA Bio
Aston Villa Bio
Wikipedia Article
Whiteside Can't Jump

BBC Video - 13th Anniversary of debut
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
25-03-1998 Slovakia...... H W 1-0 FR
22-04-1998 Switzerland... H W 1-0 FR
03-06-1998 Spain......... A L 1-4 FR. sub
15-09-1998 Turkey........ A L 0-3 ECQ
10-10-1998 Finland....... H W 1-0 ECQ
31-03-1999 Moldova....... A D 0-0 ECQ sub
27-04-1999 Canada........ H D 1-1 FR
29-05-1999 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR
18-08-1999 France........ H L 0-1 FR
04-09-1999 Turkey........ H L 0-3 ECQ
23-02-2000 Luxemburg..... A W 3-1 FR
26-04-2000 Hungary....... H L 0-1 FR
16-08-2000 Yugoslavia.... H L 1-2 FR
02-09-2000 Malta......... H W 1-0 WCQ
07-10-2000 Denmark....... H D 1-1 WCQ
11-10-2000 Iceland....... A L 0-1 WCQ
28-02-2001 Norway........ H L 0-4 FR
24-03-2001 Czech Republic H L 0-1 WCQ
02-06-2001 Bulgaria...... H L 0-1 WCQ
06-06-2001 Czech Republic A L 1-3 WCQ
01-09-2001 Denmark....... A D 1-1 WCQ
05-09-2001 Iceland....... H W 3-0 WCQ
13-02-2002 Poland........ N L 1-4 FR
17-04-2002 Spain......... H L 0-5 FR
12-10-2002 Spain......... A L 0-3 ECQ
16-10-2002 Ukraine....... H D 0-0 ECQ
12-02-2003 Finland....... H L 0-1 FR
29-03-2003 Armenia....... A L 0-1 ECQ
02-04-2003 Greece........ H L 0-2 ECQ
03-06-2003 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR
11-06-2003 Spain......... H D 0-0 ECQ
06-09-2003 Ukraine....... A D 0-0 ECQ
10-09-2003 Armenia....... H L 0-1 ECQ
11-10-2003 Greece........ A L 0-1 ECQ
18-02-2004 Norway........ H L 1-4 FR
18-08-2004 Switzerland... A D 0-0 FR
04-09-2004 Poland........ H L 0-3 WCQ
08-09-2004 Wales......... A D 2-2 WCQ
09-10-2004 Azerbaijan.... A D 0-0 WCQ
13-10-2004 Austria....... H D 3-3 WCQ
09-02-2005 Canada........ H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2005 England....... A L 0-4 WCQ
30-03-2005 Poland........ A L 0-1 WCQ
17-08-2005 Malta......... A D 1-1 FR
03-09-2005 Azerbaijan.... H W 2-0 WCQ
07-09-2005 England....... H W 1-0 WCQ
16-08-2006 Finland....... A W 2-1 FR
02-09-2006 Iceland....... H L 0-3 ECQ
06-09-2006 Spain......... H W 3-2 ECQ
07-10-2006 Denmark....... A D 0-0 ECQ
11-10-2006 Latvia........ H W 1-0 ECQ
06-02-2007 Wales......... H D 0-0 FR
24-03-2007 Liechtenstein. A W 4-1 ECQ
28-03-2007 Sweden........ H W 2-1 ECQ
17-10-2007 Sweden........ A D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2007 Denmark....... H W 2-1 ECQ
21-11-2007 Spain......... A L 0-1 ECQ
06-02-2008 Bulgaria...... H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2008 Georgia....... H W 4-1 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic H D 0-0 WCQ
11-10-2008 Slovenia...... A L 0-2 WCQ
15-10-2008 San Marino.... H W 4-0 WCQ

11-02-2009 San Marino.... A W 3-0 WCQ
28-03-2009 Poland........ H W 3-2 WCQ
01-04-2009 Slovenia...... H W 1-0 WCQ
12-08-2009 Israel........ H D 1-1 FR
05-09-2009 Poland........ A D 1-1 WCQ
09-09-2009 Slovakia...... H L 0-2 WCQ
14-10-2009 Czech Republic A D 0-0 WCQ
14-11-2009 Serbia........ H L 0-1 FR
03-09-2010 Slovenia...... A W 1-0 ECQ
08-10-2010 Italy......... H D 0-0 ECQ
12-10-2010 Faroe Islands. A D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2010 Morocco....... H D 1-1 FR
25-03-2011 Serbia........ A L 1-2 ECQ
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands. H W 4-0 ECQ 1 goal
02-09-2011 Serbia........ H L 0-1 ECQ
06-09-2011 Estonia....... A L 1-4 ECQ
Still active

Summary: 77(2)/1. Won 22, Drew 22, Lost 35.

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
28-03-1997 Portugal...... H W 2-0 FR sub
11-02-1998 Rep of Ireland A W 1-0 FR

Summary: 1(1)/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Pictures by Roy Cathcart and Chopper1 from the OWC forum.