David Hughes
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1972 (53 years old)
St Albans, EnglandPosition
Midfielder
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Retired
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5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
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David Robert Hughes (born 30 December 1972) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer.
As a player, he was a midfielder who notably spent six seasons in the Premier League with Southampton. He also had spells with non-league sides Eastleigh and Sutton United. He briefly managed Eastleigh in a player/manager capacity whilst with the club.
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Southampton
Hughes was born in St Albans and, after playing youth football with Weymouth, joined Southampton in March 1991, initially as a trainee. He signed a professional contract in August 1991, but did not make his first-team debut until 5 February 1994 (in a 2–1 defeat away to Oldham Athletic) shortly after the appointment of Alan Ball as Saints' manager. He was never a regular member of the first team squad and appeared more often as a substitute than a starter.
In his nine years at The Dell he suffered an incredible catalogue of injuries including broken legs (twice), fractured ribs and back problems which required surgery. When fit, he was an industrious midfielder who could both burst into the box and clear up in defence.
He was a rare goal-scorer, but scored twice in consecutive matches, firstly away to Queens Park Rangers on 28 December 1994 with an acrobatic scissors-kick, and again at home to Manchester United three days later with a right-foot shot, both games ending 2–2.
His career at Southampton finally ended after a knee injury picked up in the August 2000 pre-season at Aldershot. In his six playing seasons at the Saints, Hughes made a total of 64 appearances, scoring three goals.
He also played at Youth level for England and at Under-21 level for Wales.
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 Southampton | 1991-2000 | Permanent | 53 app | 3 gls | |
 Eastleigh | 2002-2008 | Permanent | 250 app | 38 gls | |
 Sutton United | 2008-2009 | Permanent | 28 app | 5 gls |
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