1979 - Today
Aaron William Hughes (born 8 November 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Hughes played mainly at centre back, but was also used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is renowned for his disciplined defending, having made 455 Premier League appearances without getting sent off, which is the second-most in the history of the league, behind only Ryan Giggs.He began his career with Newcastle United, making his debut in 1997 and playing 279 games for the club across all competitions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aaron Hughes has received more than 780,397 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Aaron Hughes is the 10,839th most popular soccer player (down from 9,706th in 2019), the 6,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,855th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Aaron Hughes ranks 10,839 out of 16,880. Before him are Oleg Ivanov, Joffre Guerrón, Václav Černý, Cristian Darío Álvarez, Diogo Luís Santo, and Miho Fukumoto. After him are Jordyn Huitema, Yasuhiro Toyoda, Stjepan Jukić, Sotaro Yasunaga, Sandro André da Silva, and José Pedro Santos.
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 10,833
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 10,834
1997 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,835
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,836
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,837
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,838
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,839
2001 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,840
1976 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,841
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,842
1976 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,843
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 10,844
1976 - Present
HPI: 28.56
Rank: 10,845
Among people born in 1979, Aaron Hughes ranks 842. Before him are Kim Eun-jung, Park Dong-hyuk, Tomáš Zdechovský, Brett Lancaster, Ivan Heshko, and Oscar Loya. After him are Stjepan Jukić, Chuck Comeau, Andrew Scheer, Paolo Castellini, Fernando Fernández, and Chris Gayle.
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 836
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.61
Rank: 837
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.60
Rank: 838
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.60
Rank: 839
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 840
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 841
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 842
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 843
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 844
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.52
Rank: 845
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.51
Rank: 846
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.50
Rank: 847
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.50
Rank: 848
Among people born in United Kingdom, Aaron Hughes ranks 6,588 out of 7,765. Before him are Nadine Dorries (1957), Sammy Nelson (1949), Tom Forsyth (1949), Steve McMahon (1961), Darius Vassell (1980), and Roy Aitken (1958). After him are Carlton Cole (1983), Fran Healy (1973), Ross Turnbull (1985), William Dalrymple (1965), Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), and Oli McBurnie (1996).
1957 - Present
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 6,582
1949 - Present
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 6,583
1949 - 2020
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 6,584
1961 - Present
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 6,585
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.61
Rank: 6,586
1958 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 6,587
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 6,588
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 6,589
1973 - Present
HPI: 28.53
Rank: 6,590
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.53
Rank: 6,591
1965 - Present
HPI: 28.52
Rank: 6,592
1984 - Present
HPI: 28.48
Rank: 6,593
1996 - Present
HPI: 28.46
Rank: 6,594
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Aaron Hughes ranks 593. Before him are Conor Coady (1993), Sammy Nelson (1949), Tom Forsyth (1949), Steve McMahon (1961), Darius Vassell (1980), and Roy Aitken (1958). After him are Carlton Cole (1983), Ross Turnbull (1985), Oli McBurnie (1996), George Burley (1956), David Narey (1956), and Steven Fletcher (1987).
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 587
1949 - Present
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 588
1949 - 2020
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 589
1961 - Present
HPI: 28.62
Rank: 590
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.61
Rank: 591
1958 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 592
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.57
Rank: 593
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 594
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.53
Rank: 595
1996 - Present
HPI: 28.46
Rank: 596
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.42
Rank: 597
1956 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Rank: 598
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.29
Rank: 599