Ian Hughes
Personal information
Full name	Ian Hughes
Date of birth	2 August 1974 (1974-08-02) (age 35)
Place of birth	Bangor, Wales
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Bury
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1997 1997-2003 2003-2004 2004-2008	Bury Blackpool Huddersfield Town Bacup Borough	160 (1) 160 (4) 013 (1) 00? (?)
National team
199?	Wales U-21	015 (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ian Hughes (born 2 August 1974 in Bangor, Gwynedd) is a professional footballer whose last club was Bacup Borough. He plays as a defender and is a former Welsh under-21 international.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Club career 1.2 International career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club career

Hughes began his career at Bury where he was in the youth team. He played in central defence for the club in six years between 1991 and 1997 making 202 appearances in all competitions for the Shakers and scoring two goals.

In December 1997 he moved to Blackpool for a transfer fee of £200,000. He became the Seasiders club captain^[1] making 191 appearances in total, scoring six goals between 1997 and 2003.

In the 2000–01 season he scored in the Third Division Play-Off final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff as the Seasiders beat Leyton Orient to earn promotion.^[2] The following season he helped Blackpool win the LDV Vans Trophy at the same venue.^[3]

After spending the 2002-03 season struggling with injuries which had seen him out of action for six months from October 2002 to April 2003,^[4] he was released at the end of the season,^[5]

After a short trial, in July 2003^[6] he moved to Huddersfield Town where he stayed for one season.

Hughes signed for North West Counties Football League club Bacup Borough in August 2004 where he was club captain.^[7]

[edit] International career

Hughes played fifteen games for Wales at under-21 level.

[edit] Honours

Blackpool

• Football League Third Division Play-Off winner: 2000–01
• LDV Vans Trophy winner: 2001–02

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ian Hughes career stats at Soccerbase