Matty Hughes

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Matty Hughes
Personal information
Full name Matthew Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33)[1][2]
Place of birth Billinge, England[1]
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Golborne Sports
2012–2014 Skelmersdale United 58 (25)
2014–2015 Fleetwood Town 11 (0)
2014Chester (loan) 8 (4)
2015Chester (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2017 AFC Fylde 73 (9)
2017–2018 Chorley 29 (1)
2018–2021 Chester 41 (7)
2020–2021Lancaster City (dual registration) 0 (0)
2021 Stalybridge Celtic 0 (0)
2021–2022 Warrington Rylands 19 (1)
2022–2024 Golborne Sports 10 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:20, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Matthew Hughes (born 17 July 1992) is an English footballer. He played in the English Football League for Fleetwood Town.

Career

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Hughes began his career playing at the Everton academy until he was released in 2012. He played amateur football with Golborne Sports becoming top goal scorer in half a season before joining Skelmersdale United in November 2012. He impressed for the Northern Premier League side and became a prolific goalscorer which earned him a move to Fleetwood Town in January 2014.[3] He made his Football League debut on 22 February 2014 in a 1–0 defeat away at Mansfield Town.[4] He spent two loan spells with Chester during the 2014–15 season, making 26 appearances.[5] At the end of the season, Fleetwood Town announced that they would not be renewing Hughes' contract.[5]

On 30 May 2015, AFC Fylde announced they had signed Hughes on a two-year contract.[6]

In August 2017 he moved to Chorley.[7]

In May 2018 he rejoined Chester.[8]

In December 2020 he joined on dual registration terms after a series of bad injuries.[9]

In June 2021 he joined Stalybridge Celtic[10] and was an unused substitute for two Northern Premier League matches before leaving the club at the end September.[11]

References

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