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Aaron Hughes, born Aaron William Hughes on 8 November 1979 in Cookstown, is a Northern Irish association football player who plays as a defender and centre-back, wearing number 3. He began his career in 1997 and has played in the Premier League for Aston Villa F.C., Newcastle United F.C., Fulham F.C., and Queens Park Rangers F.C. Hughes represented Northern Ireland at UEFA Euro 2016 and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He speaks English.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Aaron Hughes is referenced by 141 other articles, and connects out to UEFA Europa League, Aston Villa F.C. and Newcastle United F.C..
It sits within the topics 1979 births, A-League Men players and Association footballers from County Tyrone.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 2014
- Queens Park Rangers
- Full name
- Aaron William Hughes
- Date of birth
- ( 1979-11-08 ) 8 November 1979 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Cookstown , County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Position
- Defender
- 1996 1998
- Newcastle United
- Years
- Team
- 1997 2005
- Newcastle United
- 2005 2007
- Aston Villa
- 2007 2014
- Fulham
- 2014 2015
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- 2015 2016
- Melbourne City
- 2016 2017
- Kerala Blasters
- 2017 2019
- Heart of Midlothian
- 1997 1998
- Northern Ireland B
- 1998 2018
- Northern Ireland
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cookstown
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Heart of Midlothian F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Aaron Hughes 2012.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Aaron Hughes
- date of birth
- 1979-11-08
- sport number
- 3
- birth name
- Aaron William Hughes
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 25637
- name in native language
- Aaron Hughes
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Aaron William Hughes (born 8 November 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Hughes played mainly at centre back, but was also used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is renowned for his disciplined defending, having made 455 Premier League appearances without getting sent off, which is the second-most in the history of the league, behind only Ryan Giggs.
He began his career with Newcastle United, making his debut in 1997 and playing 279 games for the club across all competitions. He remained with the club until 2005, when he was transferred to Aston Villa for £1 million, and two years later he was signed by his former international manager Lawrie Sanchez to play for Fulham. He spent six and a half seasons at Fulham, reaching the UEFA Europa League final in 2010. After leaving the club in January 2014, he had brief spells in the Championship with Queens Park Rangers and Brighton & Hove Albion, and abroad with Melbourne City FC and Kerala Blasters FC.
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