Aaron Hughes

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

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Newcastle United|1996–97|rowspan="9"|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|1997–98|4|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|8|0|||||
|1998–99|14|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|17|0|||||
|1999–00|27|2|4|0|0|0|3|0|34|2|||||
|2000–01|35|0|2|0|3|0|—|40|0||||||
|2001–02|34|0|5|1|3|0|6|2|48|3|||||
|2002–03|35|1|1|0|0|0|12|0|48|1|||||
|2003–04|34|0|2|0|0|0|11|0|47|0|||||
|2004–05|22|1|2|0|2|0|10|0|36|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Aston Villa|2005–06|rowspan="2"|Premier League|35|0|4|0|2|0|—|41|0||
|2006–07|19|0|1|0|3|0|—|23|0||||||
|rowspan="8"|Fulham|2007–08|rowspan="7"|Premier League|30|0|1|0|1|0|—|32|0||
|2008–09|38|0|5|0|1|0|—|44|0||||||
|2009–10|34|0|5|0|0|0|17|0|56|0|||||
|2010–11|38|1|3|0|2|0|—|43|1||||||
|2011–12|19|0|1|0|0|0|10|1|29|1|||||
|2012–13|24|0|3|1|1|0|—|28|1||||||
|2013–14|13|0|2|0|2|0|—|17|0||||||
|Queens Park Rangers|2013–14|Championship|11|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|0|||
|Brighton & Hove Albion|2014–15|Championship|10|0|0|0|3|0|—|13|0||||
|Melbourne City|2015–16|A-League|6|1|0|0|—|—|6|1|||||
|Kerala Blasters|2016|Indian Super League|11|1|—|—|—|11|1||||||
|rowspan="4"|Heart of Midlothian|2016–17|rowspan="3"|Scottish Premiership|8|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|12|0|
|2017–18|19|0|3|0|1|0|—|23|0||||||
|2018–19|5|0|0|0|2|0|—|7|0||||||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="21"|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|||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Aaron Hughes
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: Aaron Hughes 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Hughes lining up for Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland in 2012
- **fullname**: Aaron William Hughes
- **birth place**: Cookstown, Northern Ireland
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1996–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Newcastle United
- **years1**: 1997–2005
- **clubs1**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps1**: 205
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2005–2007
- **clubs2**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps2**: 54
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2007–2014
- **clubs3**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps3**: 196
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2014
- **clubs4**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps4**: 11
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2014–2015
- **clubs5**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2015–2016
- **clubs6**: Melbourne City FC, Melbourne City
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2016–2017
- **clubs7**: Kerala Blasters FC, Kerala Blasters
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2017–2019
- **clubs8**: Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian
- **caps8**: 32
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 525
- **totalgoals**: 7
- **nationalteam1**: Northern Ireland national under-16 football team, Northern Ireland U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: Northern Ireland national under-18 football team, Northern Ireland U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1997–1998
- **nationalteam3**: Northern Ireland national football B team, Northern Ireland B
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1998–2018
- **nationalteam4**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **nationalcaps4**: 112
- **nationalgoals4**: 1