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Aaron Hughes
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| Aaron Hughes | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aaron Hughes | |
| Date of birth | November 8, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Cookstown, Northern Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Aston Villa | |
| Number | 18 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–2005 2005–present |
Newcastle United Aston Villa |
205 (4) 50 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998–present | Northern Ireland | 51 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Aaron Hughes (born November 8, 1979 in Cookstown, County Tyrone) is a Northern Irish football player who plays for Aston Villa and captains the Northern Ireland national team.
Hughes can play centre back, right back or left back, he is also able to play anywhere in midfield. He is usually employed in a right back role for his club and at centre half for his country.
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Hughes came through the Newcastle United ranks to become a regular in the Newcastle starting eleven, he made his first team début in the Nou Camp in a match between Newcastle United and Barcelona on November 26, 1997.
His league début came against Sheffield Wednesday later in the same season. His first team appearances after this were few and far between, yet he had established himself in the team by the 1999/2000 season.
On May 20, 2005 Hughes was sold to fellow Premier League side Aston Villa for a fee of £1.5m.
He made his Northern Ireland debut on 25 March 1998 against Slovakia and on April 17, 2002 he was awarded the captaincy of his country on his 24th cap against Spain in Belfast. He has been a regular captain for the Northern Irish team ever since.
- Hughes never plays in any shirt but the number 18 shirt, even at international level.
| Aston Villa F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Sørensen | 2 Delaney | 3 Samuel | 4 Mellberg | 5 Laursen | 6 Barry | 8 McCann | 9 Ángel | 10 Carew | 11 Petrov | 12 Davis | 13 Taylor | 15 Agbonlahor | 16 Bouma | 17 Young | 18 Hughes | 19 Ridgewell | 20 Sutton | 21 Cahill | 22 Moore | 23 Berger | 24 Bardsley | 25 Olejnik | 26 Gardner | 27 Osbourne | 28 Maloney | 29 O'Halloran | Manager: O'Neill |