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Aaron Hughes


Preceded by
Succeeded by
2004 - 2011
Preceded by
Succeeded by
2002


courtesy of Neil Fentie
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: 112 Full Caps / 1 Goal (1998-2018), 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; (with QPR) Football League Championship Play-Off Winner 2013/14 (unused sub); (with Kerala) Indian Super League Runner-Up 2016.
Awards: Northern Ireland International Player of the Year 2002.
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Club Career:
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Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Other
Coagh United
Newcastle Utd
Aston Villa
Fulham
QPR
Brighton & H.A.
Melbourne City
Kerala Blasters
Heart of Midl'n
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May-05
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Jul-16
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Youth
Youth
£1.0m
£1.0m
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Free
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50 (4)/0
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11 (0)/0
7 (3)/0
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5(0)/0
20(1)/1
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Biography:

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. When he played his 455th and final Premier League match in January 2014 he had never been sent-off, a record only bettered by Ryan Giggs.

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.

He has featured in every defensive role for Northern Ireland and is now the second most capped player of all time, and the most capped outfield player.

In 2015 Hughes signed for A-League side Melbourne City. In 2016 he joined Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters as their marquee player and helped them to the championship final where they lost out to Atletico de Kolkata on penalties.

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:
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28/02/2001
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12/10/2002
16/10/2002
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29/03/2003
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11/06/2003
06/09/2003
10/09/2003
11/10/2003
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13/10/2004
09/02/2005
26/03/2005
30/03/2005
17/08/2005
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07/09/2005
16/08/2006
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24/03/2007
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26/03/2008
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15/10/2008
11/02/2009
28/03/2009
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14/11/2009
03/09/2010
08/10/2010
12/10/2010
17/11/2010
25/03/2011
10/08/2011
02/09/2011
06/09/2011
29/02/2012
07/09/2012
11/09/2012
16/10/2012
14/11/2012
06/02/2013
26/03/2013
14/08/2013
15/11/2013
30/05/2014
04/06/2014
07/09/2014
11/10/2014
14/10/2014
14/11/2014
25/03/2015
31/05/2015
24/03/2016
28/03/2016
27/05/2016
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11/10/2016
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03/06/2018
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112 caps; 47 as captain

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
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28/03/1997
11/02/1998
Portugal
Rep..Ireland
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Summary: 1(1)/0. Won 2, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Pictures by Roy Cathcart and Chopper1 from the OWC forum.





Happy 41st Birthday to Aaron Hughes MBE 🎉🎈🎊🎂🎊🎈🎉 112 caps... Leader.. Captain.. Legend

Posted by Northern Ireland Football Museum on Sunday, 8 November 2020

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