John Hughes
Personal information
Full name	John Hughes
Date of birth	9 September 1964 (1964-09-09) (age 45)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Hibernian (Manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1995 1995–1996 1996–2000 2000–2002 2002–2005	Berwick Rangers Swansea City Falkirk Celtic Hibernian Ayr United Falkirk	041 (14)[1] 024 0(4)[2] 134 0(7)[3] 032 0(2)[4] 072 0(4)[5] 048 0(2)[6] 078 0(5)[3]
Teams managed
2003–2009 2009–	Falkirk Hibernian
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Hughes (born 9 September 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional footballer and is currently manager of Hibernian.

[edit] Playing career

Hughes is the son of a former Leith Dockworker. During his playing career he played for several clubs, initially playing as a striker for Newtongrange Star , Berwick Rangers and Swansea City. He established himself as a central defender at Falkirk before joining Celtic. He played for Hibernian and Ayr United before returning to Falkirk in a joint player and coaching role.

Hughes shares his name with former Celtic, Crystal Palace and Sunderland player John 'Yogi' Hughes. As a result, Hughes is often referred to as 'Yogi' himself. He famously performed a streak during his first stint at Falkirk whilst team-mate Mo Johnston was being interviewed for STV's Scotsport.^[7]

[edit] Coaching career

Hughes landed his first managerial job in 2003 when he was appointed co-manager of Falkirk along with then team-mate Owen Coyle. Coyle subsequently left Falkirk to join Ian McCall at Dundee United, leaving Hughes in sole charge. Hughes then guided Falkirk to promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2005.^[8] As well as maintaining the club's SPL status for four seasons, Hughes led Falkirk to the 2009 Scottish Cup Final.^[8] He was appointed Hibernian manager in the following close season, to succeed Mixu Paatelainen.^[8]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• John Hughes career stats at Soccerbase
• John Hughes management career stats at Soccerbase