Sam Hughes (footballer)
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Sam Hughes with Stockport County in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Joseph Hughes | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | West Kirby, England | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Peterborough United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ashville | |||
| Wirral Schoolboys | |||
| –2012 | West Kirby Wasps | ||
| 2012–2015 | Chester | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Chester | 55 | (5) |
| 2015 | → Witton Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Salford City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Burton Albion | 88 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Stockport County | 8 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2025– | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:39, 24 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Samuel Joseph Hughes (born 15 April 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One side Peterborough United.
Hughes began his senior career with Chester after joining their youth system in 2012. Following a short loan with Witton Albion, he broke into the first-team in the 2015–16 season. He became the youngest ever captain for Chester and was inducted in their team of the decade, before leaving for Leicester City in 2017. He played regularly for their development team, and was loaned to Salford City in 2019. In 2020, he was loaned to Burton Albion, but his loan was cut short after he suffered a knee injury. He returned to Burton on loan in 2021, but would not play until he recovered from injury in January 2022. His loan was made permanent later that month. He won the Burton Player of the Year award in the 2022–23 season. He left for Stockport County following the expiry of his contract in 2024. However, he struggled for gametime, and joined Peterborough United on loan in January 2025. The loan was made permanent in the summer of that year.