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

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:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	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	- 97/98-04/05 05/06-06/07 07/08-13/14 13/14 14/15 15/16 2016 16/17- date	- Aug-96 May-05 Jun-07 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jan-17	Youth Youth £1.0m £1.0m Free Free Free Free Free	- 193(12)/4 50 (4)/0 191 (5)/1 11 (0)/0 7 (3)/0 5 (1)/1 11(-)/1 -	- 15(4)/1 5(0)/0 20(1)/1 - - (Australia) (India) -	- 9(1)/0 5(0)/0 7(0)/0 - 3(0)/0 - - -	- 39(6)/2 - 26(1)/1 - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -

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:

95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104

111

112

25/03/1998

22/04/1998

03/06/1998

15/09/1998

10/10/1998

31/03/1999

27/04/1999

29/05/1999

18/08/1999

04/09/1999

23/02/2000

26/04/2000

16/08/2000

02/09/2000

07/10/2000

11/10/2000

28/02/2001

24/03/2001

02/06/2001

06/06/2001

01/09/2001

05/09/2001

13/02/2002

17/04/2002

12/10/2002

16/10/2002

12/02/2003

29/03/2003

02/04/2003

03/06/2003

11/06/2003

06/09/2003

10/09/2003

11/10/2003

18/02/2004

18/08/2004

04/09/2004

08/09/2004

09/10/2004

13/10/2004

09/02/2005

26/03/2005

30/03/2005

17/08/2005

03/09/2005

07/09/2005

16/08/2006

02/09/2006

06/09/2006

07/10/2006

11/10/2006

06/02/2007

24/03/2007

28/03/2007

17/10/2007

17/11/2007

21/11/2007

06/02/2008

26/03/2008

06/09/2008

10/09/2008

11/10/2008

15/10/2008

11/02/2009

28/03/2009

01/04/2009

12/08/2009

05/09/2009

09/09/2009

14/10/2009

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
04/06/2016
16/06/2016
21/06/2016
25/06/2016
11/10/2016

30/05/2018

03/06/2018

Slovakia

Switzerland

Spain

Turkey

Finland

Moldova

Canada

Rep. Ireland

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Turkey

Luxemburg

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Yugoslavia

Malta

Denmark

Iceland

Norway

Czech Rep.

Bulgaria

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Denmark

Iceland

Poland

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Ukraine

Finland

Armenia

Greece

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Ukraine

Armenia

Greece

Norway

Switzerland

Poland

Wales

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Austria

Canada

England

Poland

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Azerbaijan

England

Finland

Iceland

Spain

Denmark

Latvia

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Liechtenstein

Sweden

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Spain

Bulgaria

Georgia

Slovakia

Czech Rep.

Slovenia

San Marino

Poland

Slovenia

Israel

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Slovakia

Czech Rep.

Serbia

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Faroe Islands

Morocco

Serbia

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Serbia

Estonia

Norway

Russia

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Portugal

Azerbaijan

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Turkey

Uruguay

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Greece

Romania

Scotland
Qatar
Wales
Slovenia
Belarus
Slovakia
Ukraine
Germany
Wales
Germany

Panama

Costa Rica

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D
W
W
D
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1-4

0-3

1-0

0-0

1-1

1-0

0-1

0-3

3-1

0-1

1-2

1-0

1-1

0-1

0-4

0-1

1-3

1-1

3-0

1-4

0-5

0-3

0-0

0-1

0-2

0-0

0-1

1-4

0-0

0-3

2-2

0-0

3-3

0-1

0-4

0-1

1-1

2-0

1-0

2-1

0-3

3-2

0-0

1-0

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4-1

2-1

1-1

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0-1

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1-2

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0-2

0-0

0-1

1-0

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1-2

4-0

0-1

1-4

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0-2

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0-2

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1-1
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3-0
0-0
2-0
0-1
0-1
0-2

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ECQ

WCQ

ECQ

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ECQ

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112 caps; 47 as captain

Northern Ireland B Cap Details:

28/03/1997

11/02/1998

Portugal

Rep..Ireland

2-0

1-0

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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
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