Germain Hughes

{{Short description|Anguillan footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Germain Hughes | image = | fullname = Germain Hughes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Blowing Point, Anguilla|Blowing Point]], [[Anguilla]] | height = 1.82 m | currentclub = [[Roaring Lions FC|Roaring Lions]] | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]] | years1 = 2010–2015 | caps1 = 60 | goals1 = 8 | clubs1 = [[Salsa Ballers FC]] | years2 = 2015–2018 | caps2 = 36 | goals2 = 2 | clubs2 = [[UWI Blackbirds FC|UWI Blackbirds]] | years3 = 2018–2019 | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = [[Heather St John's F.C.|Heather St John's]] | years4 = 2019 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = [[Leo F.C.|Leo]] | years5 = 2020– | caps5 = 43 | goals5 = 37 | clubs5 = [[Roaring Lions FC|Roaring Lions]] | years6 = 2022 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = [[Coggeshall Town F.C.|Coggeshall Town]] | nationalyears1 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam1 = Anguilla U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2015–2017 | nationalteam2 = [[Anguilla national under-20 football team|Anguilla U20]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2012– | nationalteam3 = [[Anguilla national football team|Anguilla]] | nationalcaps3 = 36 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | club-update = 2 September 2025 | ntupdate = 15 June 2025 | years7 = 2023 | clubs7 = [[Cunupia F.C.|Cunupia]] | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 1 }}

'''Germain Hughes''' (born 15 November 1996) is an [[Anguilla]]n professional footballer who plays as a [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielder]] for [[TT Premier Football League]] club [[Cunupia F.C.]] and [[Captain (association football)|captains]] the [[Anguilla national football team|Anguilla national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jermaine-hughes/137062/|title=Anguilla – G. Hughes – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=7 November 2018}}</ref>

On 7 June 2015, he made his 36th international appearance and became the most capped player in Anguilla's team history. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Anguilla vs El Salvador - June 7, 2025 - WC Qualification 2026 Canada / Mexico / USA - Soccer {{!}} Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2025-06-07/anguilla-vs-el-salvador/3269923/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=GSA Website |language=en}}</ref>

==Club career== Hughes started his career at local side [[Salsa Ballers FC|Salsa Ballers]] before accepting a scholarship at the [[University of the West Indies]]. During his studies he played in [[Barbados]] for [[UWI Blackbirds FC|UWI Blackbirds]]. In 2017 he was invited to the 2018 [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] Caribbean Combine,<ref>[https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/12/18/mls-invites-22-players-2018-caribbean-combine MLS invites 22 players to 2018 Caribbean Combine] Major League Soccer. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.</ref> watched by MLS clubs, but did not earn a contract. After a year in England, he moved to [[Gibraltar]] to play for [[Leo F.C.|Leo]] on 16 June 2019.<ref>[https://twitter.com/leofcgibraltar/status/1140295706411974656 Germain Hughes signs] Leo FC on Twitter. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.</ref> However, the club folded before the season started, leaving Hughes without a club.<ref>[http://footballgibraltar.com/2019/08/leo-fc-withdraw-from-the-national-league/ Leo FC withdraw from the National League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911181400/http://footballgibraltar.com/2019/08/leo-fc-withdraw-from-the-national-league/ |date=11 September 2020 }} Football Gibraltar. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theanguillian.com/2022/05/germain-hughes-signs-with-coggeshall-town-fc/|title=Germain Hughes signs with Coggeshall Town FC|website=theanguillan.com|date=24 May 2022|accessdate=14 August 2022}}</ref>

==International career== Hughes made his senior international debut on 10 October 2012 in a 2–0 away defeat to [[Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team|Saint Kitts and Nevis]] in [[2012 Caribbean Cup qualification|Caribbean Cup qualification]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/11/nc-america/caribbean-cup/st-kitts-and-nevis/anguilla/1395290/|title=St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Anguilla – 10 October 2012 – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/4530/Saint_Kitts_Nevis_Anguilla.html|title=St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Anguilla (2:0)|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> becoming the youngest player to represent Anguilla at 15 years old.<ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/germain-hughes-347000120 Germain Hughes on Linkedin] Retrieved 16 June 2019.</ref> Ever since their 5–0 loss against [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]] in the [[2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C#Group C|Nations League]], he had been the captain of the team.

In June 2025, Germain Hughes became Anguilla's most-capped player, having made 36+ appearances for the national team.<ref>[https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/germain-hughes/59046/ Germain Hughes - Player Info]</ref>

==Career statistics== ===International===  {{updated|matches played 4 September 2024.}}<ref>{{NFT player|49002|access-date=}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="8"|[[Anguilla national football team|Anguilla]] |2012||3||0 |- |2015||2||0 |- |2018||2||0 |- |2019||4||0 |- |2021||4||0 |- |2022||4||0 |- |2023||3||1 |- |2024||4||1 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!26!!2 |}

: ''Scores and results list Anguilla's goal tally first.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Germain Hughes |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 4 March 2023 || [[Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre]], [[The Valley, Anguilla|The Valley]], Anguilla || {{fb|SMN}} || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]] |- | align="center"|2 || 4 September 2024 || [[TCIFA National Academy]], [[Providenciales]], Turks and Caicos Islands || {{fb|TCA}} || align="center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C]] |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{GSA player | id = germain-hughes/59046 | name = Germain Hughes }} *{{Soccerway|jermaine-hughes/137062}} *{{ESPN FC|217702/germain-hughes}}

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