Mark Hughes

Name: Mark Anthony Hughes
Born: 16 September 1983, Dungannon
Height: 5.10 ft (1.78 m)
Weight: 12.04 st (78 kg)
Position: Midfielder/Right-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 2 Full Caps (2006), 1 Under-23 Cap (2004), 12 Under-21 Caps (2002-2005), Youth Caps.

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Tottenham H	01/2-04/5	Aug-01	Trainee	0 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Northampton T	04/5	Aug-04	Loan	3 (0)/ 0	-	-	-
Oldham Athletic	04/5-05/6	Nov-04	Nominal	55 (5)/ 1	7(0)/0	1(0)/0	2(3)/0
Thurrock	06/7	Jul-06	Free	10 (-)/ 0	Conference South
Chesterfield	06/7	Nov-06	Loan	2 (0)/ 1	1(0)/0	-	-
Stevenage Boro	06/7	Jan-07	Free	8 (2)/ 2	Conf Nat'l		3(0)/0
Chester City	07/8-08/9	Aug-07	Free	64 (5)/ 4	2(0)/0	1(0)/0	3(0)/0
Barnet	08/9-11/2	Feb-09	Free	123 (5)/ 7	5(0)/0	4(0)/1	8(0)/1
Eastleigh	12/3	Aug-12	Free	32 (1)/ 3	Conference South
Chelmsford City	13/4-15/6	Jul-13	Free	97 (2)/10	Conference South
Eastbourne Boro	16/7	c/s-16	Free	38 (0)/11	National League South
Bishop's Stort'd	17/8	May-17	Free	-	Southern League
Cheshunt	18/9-19/0	c/s-18	Free	55 (-)/13	Isthmian League
Billericay Town	21/2	Jan-21	Free	-	Isthmian League
			£0	487(20)/52	15(0)/0	6(0)/1	16(3)/1

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Biography:

A tough-tackling midfielder, also capable at right-back, Mark Hughes came through the ranks at Tottenham and was a regular in the Northern Ireland at various youth levels. After a brief loan spell with Nortmapton he impressed while on a temporary deal at Oldham where the deal became permanent. Established as a regular at Boundary Park, Lawrie Sanchez included Hughes in the young Northern Ireland squad for the USA tour in 2006. He played in both matches, coming on as a substitute against Uruguay and Romania.

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Shortly after his return from the US, Hughes, having fallen out of favour, secured an early release from his contract at Oldham. Initially signed by Conference South club, Thurrock, he returned to the Football League on an emergency two month loan with Chesterfield in November. Although he scored on his Spireites debut against Gillingham, he was unable to convince boss Roy McFarland to offer him a permanent deal and he returned to Thurrock.

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Hughes signed for Stevenage Borough in January 2007, but was released the following May. He returned to the Football League for the 2007/08 season after a successful trial with Chester City and in February 2009 he was released to join Barnet. For the Bees he played under Lawrie Sanchez during the 2011/12 season as captain and scored the goal that secured their League status on the closing day of the season against Burton.

Hughes was released when his contract expired in the summer of 2012. He joined non-league Eastleigh. He was then captain at Chelmsford until his release in June 2016.

Hughes began his coaching career as player-assistant manager with Bishop's Stortford in 2017/18. The following season he took on a similar role with Cheshunt and in 2021 he joined Billericay Town as assistant to Kevin Watson.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

21-05-2006 Uruguay ........... N L 0-1 FR sub

26-05-2006 Romania ........... N L 0-2 FR sub

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

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
27-04-2004 Serbia & Montenegro H D 0-0 FR sub

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

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
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