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Germain Hughes
Anguillan footballer
Germain Hughes (born 15 November 1996) is an Anguillan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for TT Premier Football League club Cunupia F.C. and captains the Anguilla national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Germain Hughes | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Blowing Point, Anguilla | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coggeshall Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Salsa Ballers FC | 60 | (8) |
| 2015–2018 | UWI Blackbirds | 36 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Heather St John's | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | Leo | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Roaring Lions | 25 | (4) |
| 2022 | Coggeshall Town | ||
| 2022–2023 | Roaring Lions | ||
| 2023– | Cunupia | (1) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Anguilla U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Anguilla U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012– | Anguilla | 20 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 April 2023 | |||
Hughes started his career at local side Salsa Ballers before accepting a scholarship at the University of the West Indies. During his studies he played in Barbados for UWI Blackbirds. In 2017 he was invited to the 2018 MLS Caribbean Combine,[2] watched by MLS clubs, but did not earn a contract. After a year in England, he moved to Gibraltar to play for Leo on 16 June 2019.[3] However, the club folded before the season started, leaving Hughes without a club.[4] He then came back to Anguilla and joined the Roaring Lions FC, in the Anguilla Football League. Winning two championship with them in 2020 and 2021 before moving back to England in 2022. He then went on trials in England before joining the Coggeshall Town FC at the end of the 2022 season.[5]
Hughes made his senior international debut on 10 October 2012 in a 2–0 away defeat to Saint Kitts and Nevis in Caribbean Cup qualification,[6][7] becoming the youngest player to represent Anguilla at 15 years old.[8] Ever since their 5–0 loss against Guatemala in the Nations League, he had been the captain of the team.
International
- As of matches played 24 March 2023.[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anguilla | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
- Scores and results list Anguilla's goal tally first.
| No. | Date2023-03-04 | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
|
Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The valley, Anguilla |  Saint Martin |
1-0 | 2-2 | Friendly |
- "Anguilla – G. Hughes – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- MLS invites 22 players to 2018 Caribbean Combine Major League Soccer. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Germain Hughes signs Leo FC on Twitter. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Leo FC withdraw from the National League Archived 11 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Football Gibraltar. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "Germain Hughes signs with Coggeshall Town FC". theanguillan.com. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- "St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Anguilla – 10 October 2012 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- "St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Anguilla (2:0)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- Germain Hughes on Linkedin Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Germain Hughes at National-Football-Teams.com
- Germain Hughes at Soccerway
- Germain Hughes at ESPN FC
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