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This article is about the Welsh international footballer. For other people, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation).

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Mark Hughes
OBE
Personal information
\n Hughes as manager of Stoke City in 2015
Full name	\nLeslie Mark Hughes^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1963-11-01) 1 November 1963 (age 61)^[1]
Place of birth	\nRuabon, Wales
Height	\n5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nForward
Team information
Current team	\nCarlisle United (Head coach)
Youth career
1978\u20131980	\nManchester United
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1980\u20131986	\nManchester United	\n89	\n(37)
1986\u20131988	\nBarcelona	\n28	\n(4)
1987\u20131988	\n\u2192 Bayern Munich (loan)	\n18	\n(6)
1988\u20131995	\nManchester United	\n256	\n(83)
1995\u20131998	\nChelsea	\n95	\n(25)
1998\u20132000	\nSouthampton	\n52	\n(2)
2000	\nEverton	\n18	\n(1)
2000\u20132002	\nBlackburn Rovers	\n50	\n(6)
Total	\n	\n606	\n(164)
International career
1984\u20131999	\nWales	\n72	\n(16)
Managerial career
1999\u20132004	\nWales
2004\u20132008	\nBlackburn Rovers
2008\u20132009	\nManchester City
2010\u20132011	\nFulham
2012	\nQueens Park Rangers
2013\u20132018	\nStoke City
2018	\nSouthampton
2022\u20132023	\nBradford City
2025\u2013	\nCarlisle United
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Mark Hughes OBE^[3] (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the head coach of EFL League Two club Carlisle United.\n

During his playing career he usually operated as a forward or midfielder. He had two spells at Manchester United, and also played for Barcelona and Bayern Munich, as well as the English clubs Chelsea, Southampton, Everton and finally Blackburn Rovers. He made 72 appearances for Wales scoring 16 goals. He won a host of winners' medals during his playing career, including two Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. He also collected an FA Cup runners-up medal and a League Cup runners-up medal. Hughes was the first player to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year award twice, in 1989 and 1991, as well as having been the only person to have scored in the FA Community Shield, League Cup final, and FA Cup final in the same season (1993\u201394). He retired from playing in 2002.\n

Hughes was appointed manager of Wales in 1999 and remained in the role until 2004. He failed to qualify for a World Cup or European Championship during his five years in charge, although his reign coincided with a marked improvement in results. Wales came particularly close to securing 2004 European Championship qualification. Hughes then spent four years in charge of Blackburn, guiding them to sixth place in 2005\u201306. He took charge of Manchester City in June 2008 for a year and a half before spending the 2010\u201311 season at Fulham. He joined Queens Park Rangers in January 2012, helping them retain their Premier League status in 2011\u201312. Despite some high-profile signings in the summer of 2012, QPR began the 2012\u201313 season in very poor form, and Hughes was dismissed on 23 November 2012.^[4]\n

Hughes was appointed manager of Stoke City on 30 May 2013. He guided the club to three consecutive ninth-place Premier League finishes in 2013\u201314, 2014\u201315 and 2015\u201316. Progress at Stoke stalled in the 2016\u201317 season, with the club finishing 13th in the table. Following a poor start to the 2017\u201318 season, with the club in the relegation zone heading into the new year, he was dismissed by Stoke on 6 January 2018, hours after an FA Cup third round exit to League Two side Coventry City.^[5] He was appointed manager of Southampton on 14 March 2018, signing a contract until the end of the season, with Southampton one point above his former club Stoke in 17th place at the time of his appointment.^[6] He guided the club to safety at the end of the 2017\u201318 season, but was dismissed in December 2018 with the club at 18th in the table.^[7]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other^[A]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Manchester United\n	1983\u201384\n	First Division\n	11	4	0	0	2	1	4^[c]	0	0	0	17	5\n
1984\u201385\n	First Division\n	38	16	7	3	2	3	8^[d]	2	\u2014	55	24\n
1985\u201386\n	First Division\n	40	17	3	1	2	0	\u2014	4	0	49	18\n
Total\n	89	37	10	4	6	4	12	2	4	0	121	47\n
Barcelona\n	1986\u201387\n	La Liga\n	28	4	2	0	\u2014	7^[d]	1	\u2014	36	5\n
Bayern Munich (loan)\n	1987\u201388\n	Bundesliga\n	18	6	3	1	\u2014	2^[e]	0	0	0	23	7\n
Manchester United\n	1988\u201389\n	First Division\n	38	14	7	2	3	0	\u2014	3^[f]	0	51	16\n
1989\u201390\n	First Division\n	37	13	8	2	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	48	15\n
1990\u201391\n	First Division\n	31	10	3	2	9	6	8^[c]	3	1^[g]	0	52	21\n
1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	39	11	3	1	6	0	4^[c]	2	1^[h]	0	53	14\n
1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	41	15	2	0	3	1	2^[d]	0	\u2014	48	16\n
1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	36	12	7	4	8	5	2^[e]	0	1^[g]	1	54	22\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	34	8	6	2	0	0	5^[i]	2	1^[g]	0	46	12\n
Total\n	256	83	36	13	32	12	21	7	7	1	352	116\n
Chelsea\n	1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	31	8	6	4	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	39	12\n
1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	35	8	7	5	2	1	\u2014	\u2014	44	14\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	29	9	1	0	6	2	3^[c]	1	1^[g]	1	40	13\n
Total\n	95	25	14	9	10	3	3	1	1	1	123	39\n
Southampton\n	1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	32	1	2	0	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	36	1\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	20	1	2	0	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	25	1\n
Total\n	52	2	4	0	5	0	\u2014	\u2014	61	2\n
Everton\n	1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	9	1	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	9	1\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	9	0	0	0	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	10	0\n
Total\n	18	1	0	0	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	19	1\n
Blackburn Rovers\n	2000\u201301\n	First Division\n	29	5	5	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	34	5\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	21	1	3	0	6	1	\u2014	\u2014	30	2\n
Total\n	50	6	8	0	6	1	\u2014	\u2014	64	7\n
Career total\n	606	164	77	27	60	20	45	11	12	2	799	224\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Wales\n	1984	5	3\n
1985	6	3\n
1986	1	0\n
1987	5	1\n
1988	5	1\n
1989	5	0\n
1990	4	1\n
1991	7	0\n
1992	8	1\n
1993	6	2\n
1994	3	0\n
1995	3	0\n
1996	5	4\n
1997	3	0\n
1998	3	0\n
1999	3	0\n
Total	72	16\n

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition\n
1	2 May 1984	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales	$\"\"$ England	1\u20130	1\u20130	1983\u201384 British Home Championship\n
2	22 May 1984	Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales	$\"\"$ Northern Ireland	1\u20130	1\u20131	1983\u201384 British Home Championship\n
3	14 November 1984	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	$\"\"$ Iceland	2\u20131	2\u20131	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
4	30 April 1985	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales	$\"\"$ Spain	2\u20130	3\u20130	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
5	5 June 1985	Brann Stadion, Bergen, Norway	$\"\"$ Norway	2\u20134	2\u20134	Friendly\n
6	10 September 1985	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	$\"\"$ Scotland	1\u20130	1\u20131	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
7	9 September 1987	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	$\"\"$ Denmark	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification\n
8	1 June 1988	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta, Malta	$\"\"$ Malta	2\u20132	3\u20132	Friendly\n
9	17 October 1990	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	$\"\"$ Belgium	3\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification\n
10	14 October 1992	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	1\u20130	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
11	17 February 1993	Tolka Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland	1\u20130	1\u20132	Friendly\n
12	28 April 1993	Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic	$\"\"$ RCS	1\u20130	1\u20131	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
13	2 June 1996	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	$\"\"$ San Marino	2\u20130	5\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
14	3\u20130\n
15	31 August 1996	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales	$\"\"$ San Marino	2\u20130	6\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16	5\u20130\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Wales\n	3 August 1999\n	13 October 2004\n	41\n	12\n	15\n	14\n	029.27\n	^[202]^[203]\n
Blackburn Rovers\n	15 September 2004\n	4 June 2008\n	188\n	82\n	47\n	59\n	043.62\n	^[204]\n
Manchester City\n	4 June 2008\n	19 December 2009\n	77\n	36\n	16\n	25\n	046.75\n	^[61]^[204]\n
Fulham\n	29 July 2010\n	2 June 2011\n	43\n	14\n	16\n	13\n	032.56\n	^[65]^[204]\n
Queens Park Rangers\n	10 January 2012\n	23 November 2012\n	34\n	8\n	6\n	20\n	023.53\n	^[204]\n
Stoke City\n	30 May 2013\n	6 January 2018\n	200\n	71\n	48\n	81\n	035.50\n	^[204]\n
Southampton\n	14 March 2018\n	3 December 2018\n	27\n	5\n	10\n	12\n	018.52\n	^[180]^[204]\n
Bradford City\n	24 February 2022\n	4 October 2023\n	82\n	31\n	26\n	25\n	037.80\n	^[204]\n
Carlisle United\n	6 February 2025\n	Present\n	3\n	0\n	1\n	2\n	000.00\n	^[204]\n
Total\n	695\n	259\n	185\n	251\n	037.27\n	\n

Club career

Manchester United

Barcelona

Bayern Munich (loan)

Return to Manchester United

Chelsea

Southampton

Everton

Blackburn Rovers

International career

Managerial career

Wales

Blackburn Rovers

Manchester City

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

Stoke City

2013\u201314

2014\u201315

2015\u201316

2016\u201317

2017\u201318

Southampton

Bradford City

Carlisle United

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

References

External links

Mark Hughes

Talks

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