The England International Database

Full Name:: Emlyn Walter Hughes
Born:: 28th August 1947, Barrow-in-Furness
Died:: 9th November 2004, Sheffield aged 57
England Career:: 1969 - 1980
Positions:: Left Back, Midfielder, Right Back, Defensive Midfielder and Centre Back
Clubs (and caps):: Liverpool (59) & Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)
FA Legacy Number:: 861
Career Summary:: Emlyn Hughes (28th August 1947 - 9th November 2004) was an international footballer who represented England 62 times scoring 1 goal. His first cap was against Netherlands on 5th November 1969 at 22 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 24th May 1980 aged 32. Hughes, born on 28th August 1947, in Barrow-in-Furness, has a FA Legacy Number of 861 and played as a Left Back, Midfielder, Right Back, Defensive Midfielder and Centre Back for his country.

England Career Statistics

Debut:: v Netherlands (FR) on 5th November 1969 aged 22 years, 2 months, 8 days
Last Cap:: v Scotland (HC) on 24th May 1980 aged 32 years, 8 months, 27 days
First Goal:: v Wales (HC) on 20th May 1972 aged 24 years, 8 months, 23 days
First Captaincy:: v Wales (HC) on 11th May 1974 aged 26 years, 8 months, 14 days
Career Length:: 10 years, 200 days
Starts:: 59
Substitute:: 3
Withdrawn:: 1
Full Games:: 58

England Match Statistics

FriendlyFR 21 0 8 0 0
British Home ChampionshipHC 20 1 8 0 1
European Championship QualifierECQ 13 0 5 0 0
World Cup QualifierWCQ 8 0 2 0 1
Competitive 41 1 15 0 2

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Away 33 1 11 0 1
Home 29 0 12 0 1

Match Results
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Won 32 1 11 0 2
Drawn 20 0 9 0 0
Lost 10 0 3 0 0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Left Back 27 1 1 0 1
Centre Back 21 0 15 0 1
Midfielder 7 0 2 0 0
Right Back 6 0 4 0 0
Defensive Midfielder 1 0 1 0 0

Managers
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Alf Ramsey 29 1 0 0 1
Ron Greenwood 15 0 13 0 1
Don Revie 11 0 3 0 0
Joe Mercer 7 0 7 0 0

Totals
62
1
23
0
2

England Team Mates (Top 10)

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30 Matches

Colin Bell
29 Matches

Mick Channon
27 Matches

Kevin Keegan
27 Matches

Martin Peters
25 Matches

Ray Clemence
25 Matches

Bobby Moore
24 Matches

Peter Shilton
21 Matches

Alan Ball
21 Matches

Roy McFarland
20 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
199 sources from 62 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SCO, 2 - 0, 24th May 1980 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 62.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 27 days.
NIR, 1 - 1, 20th May 1980 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 61.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 23 days.
ESP, 2 - 0, 26th Mar 1980 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 60.
Age: 32 years, 6 months, 29 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 10th Jun 1979 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 59.
Age: 31 years, 9 months, 13 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1979 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 58.
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 26 days.
NIR, 4 - 0, 7th Feb 1979 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 57.
Age: 31 years, 5 months, 10 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 25th Oct 1978 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 56.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 28 days.
DEN, 4 - 3, 20th Sep 1978 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 55.
Age: 31 years, 0 months, 23 days.
HUN, 4 - 1, 24th May 1978 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 54.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 27 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 20th May 1978 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 53.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 23 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 16th May 1978 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 52.
Age: 30 years, 8 months, 19 days.
FRG, 1 - 2, 22nd Feb 1978 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 51.
Age: 30 years, 5 months, 25 days.
ITA, 2 - 0, 16th Nov 1977 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 50.
Age: 30 years, 2 months, 19 days.
LUX, 2 - 0, 12th Oct 1977 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 49.
Age: 30 years, 1 month, 15 days.
SUI, 0 - 0, 7th Sep 1977 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 48.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 10 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 15th Jun 1977 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 47.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 18 days.
ARG, 1 - 1, 12th Jun 1977 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 46.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 15 days.
BRA, 0 - 0, 8th Jun 1977 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 45.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 11 day.
SCO, 1 - 2, 4th Jun 1977 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 44.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 7 days.
WAL, 0 - 1, 31st May 1977 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 43.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 3 days.
LUX, 5 - 0, 30th Mar 1977 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 42.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 2 days.
ITA, 0 - 2, 17th Nov 1976 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 41.
Age: 29 years, 2 months, 20 days.
NIR, 0 - 0, 17th May 1975 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 40.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 20 days.
CYP, 1 - 0, 11th May 1975 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 39.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 14 days.
POR, 0 - 0, 20th Nov 1974 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 38.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 23 days.
TCH, 3 - 0, 30th Oct 1974 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 37.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 2 days.
YUG, 2 - 2, 5th Jun 1974 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 36.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 8 days.
BUL, 1 - 0, 1st Jun 1974 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 35.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 4 days.
GDR, 1 - 1, 29th May 1974 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 34.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 1 day.
ARG, 2 - 2, 22nd May 1974 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 33.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 25 days.
SCO, 0 - 2, 18th May 1974 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 32.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 21 day.
NIR, 1 - 0, 15th May 1974 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 31.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 18 days.
WAL, 2 - 0, 11th May 1974 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 30.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 14 days.
ITA, 0 - 1, 14th Nov 1973 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 29.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 17 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 17th Oct 1973 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 28.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 20 days.
AUT, 7 - 0, 26th Sep 1973 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 27.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 29 days.
ITA, 0 - 2, 14th Jun 1973 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 26.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 17 days.
URS, 2 - 1, 10th Jun 1973 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 25.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 13 days.
POL, 0 - 2, 6th Jun 1973 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 24.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 9 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 19th May 1973 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 23.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 22 days.
WAL, 3 - 0, 15th May 1973 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 22.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 18 days.
SCO, 5 - 0, 14th Feb 1973 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 21.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 17 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 24th Jan 1973 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 20.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 24 days.
WAL, 1 - 0, 15th Nov 1972 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 19.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 18 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 27th May 1972 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 30 days.
NIR, 0 - 1, 23rd May 1972 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 26 days.
WAL, 3 - 0, 20th May 1972 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 23 days.
FRG, 0 - 0, 13th May 1972 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 16 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 29th Apr 1972 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 1 day.
GRE, 2 - 0, 1st Dec 1971 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 13.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 4 days.
SUI, 1 - 1, 10th Nov 1971 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 12.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 13 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 19th May 1971 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 11.
Age: 23 years, 8 months, 22 days.
MLT, 5 - 0, 12th May 1971 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 10.
Age: 23 years, 8 months, 15 days.
GRE, 3 - 0, 21st Apr 1971 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 9.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 24 days.
MLT, 1 - 0, 3rd Feb 1971 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 8.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 6 days.
GDR, 3 - 1, 25th Nov 1970 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 28 days.
SCO, 0 - 0, 25th Apr 1970 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 6.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 28 days.
NIR, 3 - 1, 21st Apr 1970 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 5.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 24 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 18th Apr 1970 (HC) Liverpool, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 21 day.
BEL, 3 - 1, 25th Feb 1970 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 5 months, 28 days.
POR, 1 - 0, 10th Dec 1969 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 13 days.
NED, 1 - 0, 5th Nov 1969 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 2 months, 8 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.