Phil Hughes (footballer)

Phil Hughes
Personal information
Full name	Philip Anthony Hughes
Date of birth	19 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1981–1983	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1985	Leeds United
1985–1987	Bury
1987–1991	Wigan Athletic
1991	Rochdale
1991–1992	Scarborough
	Guiseley
Total
International career
1986–1987	Northern Ireland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Anthony Hughes (born 19 November 1964) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He left school in 1981 to sign for Manchester United as an apprentice, keeping goal as they finished FA Youth Cup runners-up in 1982, but leaving the following year without signing a professional contract. A two-year spell at Leeds United followed, after which he spent two years at Bury and four years at Wigan Athletic, before finishing his career in the mid-1990s with Scarborough. He earned three caps for the Northern Ireland national football team between 1986 and 1987, and was included in the 1986 FIFA World Cup team as a back-up goalkeeper. Since his retirement from professional football in 1992, Hughes has worked as a goalkeeping coach for a number of clubs. While playing part-time for Guiseley, he also worked as a policeman.

^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[1] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

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