Ronan Hughes

Ronan Hughes
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Scotland
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stranraer
Number 15
Youth career
2009–2015 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 Hamilton Academical 45 (3)
2018–2019 → Stirling Albion (loan) 29 (1)
2020 → Stirling Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023 East Kilbride
2025– Stranraer 23 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026

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

Club career

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

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

He returned to Stirling Albion on loan in January 2020.

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

International career

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

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2015–16 Premiership 2000000020
2016–17 2000200040
2017–18 3010000040
2018–19 0000000000
2019–20 80004000120
2020–20 162101000182
2021–22 Championship 141104210203
Total 4533011210605
Stirling Albion (loan) 2018–19 League Two 291000000291
Stirling Albion (loan) 2019–20 League Two 5000000050
Career total 7943011210946

References

  1. ↑ "Lee Lynch Signs, Ronan Hughes turns Pro". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton starlet linked with a move down south". Daily Record. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ronan Hughes Joins a good list". Hamilton Academical F.C. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Loan signing". Stirling Albion F.C. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Contract Extension News". www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical Football Club.
  7. ↑ "Hamilton 3-5 St Johnstone". BBC. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ↑ FC, Hamilton Accies (31 January 2020). "Midfielder @ronanhughes6 has moved to Stirling Albion on a temporary transfer until the end of the season".
  9. ↑ "Squad Update". 24 May 2022.
  10. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (2 June 2022). "Ex-Hamilton Accies star snapped up in trio of East Kilbride signings". Daily Record.
  11. ↑ "Booth names under-14 squad for training camp". Scottish Junior Football Association. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. ↑ Editor 1, Y. F. S. "Scotland's most exciting football prospects". www.youthfootballscotland.co.uk. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Ronan Hughes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2021.