 Hughes playing for Kidderminster Harriers in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Hughes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1976[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Smethwick, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1991 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 1991–1994 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Kidderminster Harriers | 139 | (70) |
| 1997–2001 | West Bromwich Albion | 156 | (79) |
| 2001–2002 | Coventry City | 42 | (15) |
| 2002–2004 | West Bromwich Albion | 55 | (11) |
| 2007–2009 | Oldham Athletic | 55 | (25) |
| 2009 | → Blackpool (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Notts County | 128 | (59) |
| 2013–2014 | Port Vale | 31 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | (15) |
| 2015 | Kidderminster Harriers | 13 | (3) |
| 2015 | Ilkeston | ||
| 2015–2017 | Worcester City | 48 | (28) |
| 2017 | AFC Telford United | 13 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Worcester City | 13 | (10) |
| 2018–2019 | Halesowen Town | ||
| 2019–2020 | Mickleover Sports | 19 | (6) |
| 2020 | Grantham Town | 6 | (1) |
| 2020 | Nuneaton Borough | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Cradley Town | 1 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Stourport Swifts | 19 | (4) |
| Total | 782 | (347) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | England Semi-Pro | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Worcester City | ||
| 2019 | Halesowen Town (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lee Hughes (born 22 May 1976) is an English former professional footballer. A strong striker with excellent finishing abilities, Hughes represented the England semi-professional team once in 1996. After being released as a youth team footballer, Hughes worked as a roofer alongside his father. He started his career in the Conference with Kidderminster Harriers before winning a £380,000 move to boyhood club West Bromwich Albion in August 1997. He finished as the club's top-scorer for four seasons running, earning a place on the PFA Team of the Year in 1998–99 after finishing as the highest scorer in the top four divisions of English football. He was sold to Coventry City for £5 million in August 2001 before returning to West Brom for half of that figure twelve months later. He failed to impress in the Premier League as Albion suffered relegation but helped the club to make an immediate return to the top flight as runners-up in the First Division in 2003–04.
In August 2004, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal crash on 23 November 2003. Following his release from prison in 2007, he returned to the professional game with Oldham Athletic of League One. He signed for Notts County in July 2009 and was named on the PFA Team of the Year after scoring 30 league goals as the club won the League Two title in 2009–10. He left Notts County to sign for Port Vale in January 2013 and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. In January 2014, he signed for Forest Green Rovers on an 18-month deal. In January 2015, he returned to Kidderminster Harriers and moved on to Ilkeston and then Worcester City in the summer. He became a prolific goalscorer into his 40s and signed with AFC Telford United in February 2017. He began his management career as joint-manager of Worcester City, alongside John Snape, in May 2017. In March 2018, he joined Halesowen Town as a player, where he remained until moving on to Mickleover Sports in August 2019. He later played for Grantham Town, Nuneaton Borough, Cradley Town and Stourport Swifts.
- ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 307. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- ^ "Lee Hughes' profile at Notts County FC". Notts County F.C. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.