Aaron Hughes
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"Aaron William Hughes" is a Northern Irish professional association football/footballer who plays for English club Brighton & Hove Albion F.C./Brighton & Hove Albion and the Northern Ireland national football team/Northern Ireland national team as a Defender (association football)/defender. Hughes plays mainly at centre back, but can also be used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is renowned for his disciplined defending, having made over 450 Premier League appearances without getting sent off, which is the second-most in the history of the league, behind only Ryan Giggs.

Hughes began his career with Newcastle United, making his debut in 1997 and remaining with the club until 2005, when he was transferred to Aston Villa for £1 million. Two years later he was signed by his former international manager Lawrie Sanchez to play for Fulham F.C./Fulham, where he remained until 2014 and reached the UEFA Europa League final in 2010. Following a brief spell at Queens Park Rangers he joined Brighton in the summer of 2014.

He made his full international debut aged 18 in 1999 and has since earned 94 caps for Northern Ireland, the third most in the nation's history. Hughes captained the national team from 2003 up to international retirement in 2011, but returned to the team the following year.

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Talk of other players being ready to quit is wide of the mark.

/> Birmingham game on 16 October, but I don't know whether that is possible, it is too early to say, but that is the target.

It was something I needed done. I felt it go in the second half of the Chelsea game at the weekend.

The hernia has been fixed now and I don't want to break it again, so it would be pointless playing on Sunday if it puts me back again and I'd be out even longer.

I can't say too much about what happened with George McCartney because I do not know the full story and it is none of my business anyway.

I am sure it would have been easy to get out of the Malta trip as it was a friendly match but everyone wanted to be there.

Hopefully it will not be too long before I'm back.

I want to put an end to all this talk of players not wanting to play for Sanchez - it is simply not true.