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Liam Michael Hughes (born 10 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Matlock Town. He previously played for Cambridge United before joining Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2016.

Liam Hughes

Personal information
Full name	Liam Michael Hughes[1]
Date of birth	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Rotherham, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Worksop Town
Youth career
	Scunthorpe United
2007–2011	Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Cambridge United	161	(13)
2012	→ Corby Town (loan)	3	(3)
2016	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	9	(0)
2016–2017	Barrow	47	(5)
2017–2018	Guiseley	5	(0)
2018	Billericay Town	13	(1)
2018–2019	Darlington	22	(1)
2019	Gainsborough Trinity	4	(0)
2019	Stratford Town	5	(0)
2019–2020	Bradford Park Avenue	17	(2)
2020	Frickley Athletic	4	(0)
2020–	Matlock Town	27	(12)
2021	→ Kettering Town (loan)	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:19, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rotherham, Hughes joined Cambridge United's youth setup in 2007, aged 15, after a stint Rotherham United, Leeds United and Scunthorpe United youth system. Initially a defender, he was converted to a more attacking role during his time at the Academy, and made his first-team debut on 9 November 2010, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw with Grimsby Town.

On 4 April 2011 Hughes signed a two-year professional deal with Cambridge United,[3] but struggled to appear regularly as a starter. On 21 November 2012 he was loaned to Corby Town for a month,[4] and after scoring six goals in five matches he returned to Cambridge.

Hughes signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 30 January 2014.[5] He played his first match in the Football League on 16 August, starting in a 2–1 loss away to Portsmouth.[6] His contract with Cambridge United was cancelled by mutual consent on 30 January 2016,[7] and Hughes signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle of the Scottish Premiership two days later.[8]

In June 2016 he joined Barrow.[9] He moved on to Guiseley in November 2017,[10] before signing for Billericay Town in February 2018.[11]

On 16 May 2018 he joined Darlington.[12] He left Darlington by mutual consent on 7 March 2019 and signed for Gainsborough Trinity the same day.[13]

Hughes left Gainsborough in July 2019 and signed for Stratford Town, once again linking up with Darlington manager Tommy Wright.[14] He left Stratford in October and signed for Bradford Park Avenue; he made his debut on 12 October in a 3–2 defeat at home to Hereford.[15] In February 2020, he joined Frickley Athletic on dual registration.[16]

After joining Matlock Town ahead of the 2020-21 season,[17] Hughes joined Kettering Town on a one-month loan deal in January 2021.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 February 2022

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cambridge United	2010–11[19]	Conference Premier	18	2	0	0	—		0	0	18	2
	2011–12[19]		21	2	1	0	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	0	26	2
	2012–13[19]		36	4	0	0	—		0	0	36	4
	2013–14[19]		40	2	4	0	—		11[lower-alpha 3]	1	55	3
	2014–15[20]	League Two	30	3	5	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	37	3
	2015–16[2]		16	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	18	0
	Total		161	13	11	0	1	0	17	1	190	14
Corby Town (loan)	2012–13[19]	Conference North	3	3	0	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	2	6	5
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2015–16[2]	Scottish Premiership	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Barrow	2016–17[19]	National League	38	5	4	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	0	45	5
	2017–18[19]	National League	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
	Total		47	5	4	0	—		3	0	54	5
Guiseley	2017–18[19]	National League	5	0	1	0	—		0	0	6	0
Billericay Town	2017–18[21]	Isthmian League	13	1	0	0	2	1	—		15	2
Darlington	2018–19[19][22]	National League North	22	1	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	1
Gainsborough Trinity	2018–19[23]	Northern Premier League	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Stratford Town	2019–20[21]	Southern League Premier Division Central	5	0	1	1	1	0	—		7	1
Bradford Park Avenue	2019–20[19]	National League North	17	2	—		—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	19	2
Frickley Athletic	2019–20[24]	Northern Division One East	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Matlock Town	2020–21[25]	Northern Premier League	5	3	3	1	—		0	0	8	4
	2021–22[26]	Northern Premier League	22	9	1	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	1	26	10
	Total		27	12	4	1	—		3	1	34	14
Kettering Town (loan)	2020–21[19]	National League North	1	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
Career total			318	37	24	2	4	1	30	4	376	44

Honours

Cambridge United

• FA Trophy: 2013–14[27]

References

External links

• Profile at the Cambridge United F.C. website
• Liam Hughes at Soccerbase
• Liam Hughes at Soccerway

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