Richard Hughes (footballer)

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Richard Hughes
Personal information
Full name Richard Daniel Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool FC
(Sporting Director)
Youth career
1992–1993 Atalanta
1993–1997 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Arsenal 0 (0)
1998–2002 AFC Bournemouth 131 (14)
2002–2011 Portsmouth 131 (1)
2003 → Grimsby Town (loan) 12 (1)
2012–2014 AFC Bournemouth 26 (1)
Total 300 (17)
International career
2004–2005 Scotland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Daniel Hughes (born 25 June 1979) is a Scottish professional football executive and former player who is currently working as a sporting director for Premier League club Liverpool FC.

Hughes played as a defensive midfielder,[2] and started his professional career as a junior in Italy for Atalanta, before moving to Arsenal and Bournemouth. He most prominently featured for Portsmouth from 2002 until 2011 and had a brief loan spell with Grimsby Town in 2003. After a year out of the game, Hughes signed again for Bournemouth. He finally retired from playing in May 2014, aged 34. He was capped five times by Scotland.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ a b "The Big Interview: Richard Hughes". Portsmouth.co.uk.