Aaron Hughes

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Aaron Hughes
MBE
Hughes lining up for Northern Ireland in 2012
Personal information
Full name Aaron William Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1979-11-08) 8 November 1979 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Cookstown, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–1998 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2005 Newcastle United 205 (4)
2005–2007 Aston Villa 54 (0)
2007–2014 Fulham 196 (1)
2014 Queens Park Rangers 11 (0)
2014–2015 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 (0)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 6 (1)
2016–2017 Kerala Blasters 11 (1)
2017–2019 Heart of Midlothian 32 (0)
Total 525 (7)
National team
Northern Ireland U16 2 (0)
Northern Ireland U18 5 (1)
1997–1998 Northern Ireland B 2 (0)
1998–2018 Northern Ireland 112 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Aaron Hughes (born 8 November 1979) is a former Northern Irish football player.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1996–97[3] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997–98[4] 4 0 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 8 0
1998–99[5] 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
1999–00[6] 27 2 4 0 0 0 3[b] 0 34 2
2000–01[7] 35 0 2 0 3 0 40 0
2001–02[8] 34 0 5 1 3 0 6[c] 2 48 3
2002–03[9] 35 1 1 0 0 0 12[a] 0 48 1
2003–04[10] 34 0 2 0 0 0 11[d] 0 47 0
2004–05[11] 22 1 2 0 2 0 10[b] 0 36 1
Total 205 4 19 1 10 0 44 2 278 7
Aston Villa 2005–06[12] Premier League 35 0 4 0 2 0 41 0
2006–07[13] 19 0 1 0 3 0 23 0
Total 54 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 64 0
Fulham 2007–08[14] Premier League 30 0 1 0 1 0 32 0
2008–09[15] 38 0 5 0 1 0 44 0
2009–10[16] 34 0 5 0 0 0 17[e] 0 56 0
2010–11[17] 38 1 3 0 2 0 43 1
2011–12[18] 19 0 1 0 0 0 10[e] 1 29 1
2012–13[19] 24 0 3 1 1 0 28 1
2013–14[20] 13 0 2 0 2 0 17 0
Total 196 1 20 1 7 0 27 1 250 3
Queens Park Rangers 2013–14[20] Championship 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2014–15[21] Championship 10 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
Melbourne City 2015–16[22] A-League 6 1 0 0 6 1
Kerala Blasters 2016[18] Indian Super League 11 1 11 1
Heart of Midlothian 2016–17[23] Scottish Premiership 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2017–18[24] 19 0 3 0 1 0 23 0
2018–19[18] 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
Total 32 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 42 0
Career total 525 7 51 2 28 0 71 3 675 12
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in the Champions League
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  3. Appearances in the Intertoto Cup
  4. One appearance in the Champions League and ten in the UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 Appearances in the Europa League

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25][26]
National team Year Apps Goals
Northern Ireland 1998 5 0
1999 5 0
2000 6 0
2001 6 0
2002 4 0
2003 8 0
2004 6 0
2005 6 0
2006 5 0
2007 6 0
2008 6 0
2009 8 0
2010 4 0
2011 4 1
2012 5 0
2013 4 0
2014 6 0
2015 2 0
2016 8 0
2017 5 0
2018 3 0
Total 112 1

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  10. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  13. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  14. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  16. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  17. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 "A. Hughes". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  20. 20.0 20.1 "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  21. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  22. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  23. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  24. "Games played by Aaron Hughes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  25. "Aaron Hughes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  26. "Aaron Hughes". Irishfa.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011.