Ronan Hughes

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Ronan Hughes
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2015 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2022 Hamilton Academical 45 (3)
2018–2019Stirling Albion (loan) 29 (1)
2020Stirling Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023 East Kilbride 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Ronan Hughes (born 15 December 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who used to play for East Kilbride as a midfielder.

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Club career

Hughes turned professional with Hamilton Academical in January 2015. [1] He had first joined the club at the age of 10, [2] and played for them every youth level. [3] He made his senior debut on 11 May 2016. [4] He moved on loan to Stirling Albion in September 2018. [5]

In June 2019 he signed a contract extension with Hamilton, until summer 2020. [6] He scored his first goals for Hamilton when he scored twice in a 5-3 defeat to St Johnstone on 17 October 2020. [7]

He returned to Stirling Albion on loan in January 2020. [8]

He was released by Hamilton at the end of his contract in May 2022, [9] signing for East Kilbride in June 2022. [10]

International career

Born in Scotland, and involved in national training squads at under-14 level [11] but never capped for higher age groups, Hughes is also eligible to play for Wales at international level through his father's origins. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2015–16 [4] Premiership 2000000020
2016–17 [13] 2000200040
2017–18 [14] 3010000040
2018–19 [15] 0000000000
2019–20 [16] 80004000120
2020–20 [17] 162101000182
2021–22 [18] Championship 141104210203
Total4533011210605
Stirling Albion (loan) 2018–19 [15] League Two 291000000291
Stirling Albion (loan) 2019–20 [16] League Two5000000050
Career total7943011210946

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