# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aaron-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:49:34.628Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aaron-hughes"
name: "Aaron Hughes"
slug: "aaron-hughes"
description: "Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Hughes played mainly at centre back, but was also used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is renowned for his disciplined defending, having made 455 Premier League appearances without getting sent off, which is the second-most in the history of the league, behind only Ryan Giggs."
tagline: "Northern Irish footballer (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aaron_Hughes_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1979-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           21.25846933333334
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump