Lee Hughes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Hughes
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	May 22, 1976(1976-05-22)
Age	48
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Lee Hughes Biography

Lee Hughes is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on May 22, 1976 in England, United Kingdom. English striker best known for his time at clubs such as Notts County, with whom they took home the Football League Two title in 2010. He was selected in the PFA Team of the Year in Football League Two and Football League First Division.

He was a teammate with the forward He has been teammates with fellow striker Luke Rodgers at Forest Green Rovers FC. at Forest Green Rovers FC.

Hughes spent four years at West Bromwich Albion as a schoolboy from ages 11 to 15, though was not offered a youth team contract. He then had unsuccessful trials at numerous clubs, though came close to being offered a contract by Swansea City. He instead started his career playing semi-professionally for Conference club Kidderminster Harriers, whilst holding down a part-time job as a roofer. Although Hughes scored 34 goals in the 1996–97 season, Kidderminster failed to gain promotion to the Football League after finishing five points behind champions Macclesfield Town. At this point in his career Hughes was regarded as one of England’s finest semi-professionals and was called up to the England national football C team. In total, Hughes scored 70 goals in 139 games for Kidderminster in all competitions.

A strong striker with excellent finishing abilities, Hughes represented the England semi-professional team once in 1996. After being released as a youth footballer, Hughes worked as a roofer alongside his father. He started his career in the Conference with Kidderminster Harriers, before winning a £380,000 move to boyhood club West Bromwich Albion in August 1997. He finished as the club’s top-scorer for four seasons running, earning a place on the PFA Team of the Year in 1998–99 after finishing as the highest scorer in the top four divisions of English football. He was sold to Coventry City for £5 million in August 2001, before returning to West Brom for half of that figure twelve months later. He failed to impress in the Premier League as Albion suffered relegation, but helped the club to make an immediate return to the top-flight as runners-up in the First Division in 2003–04.

His wife was Anna Kuzmanic from 2000 to 2008. His daughter Mia was born in the year 2000.

Lee Hughes Net Worth

Lee Hughes is one of the richest Soccer Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Hughes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a roofer before joining West Bromwich Albion in 1987.

He was sentenced to three years in prison following the accidental death of Douglas Graham in a car accident in November 2003.

Lee Hughes (born 22 May 1976) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Grantham Town.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Lee Hughes height 6 ft 0 in Lee weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Lee Hughes Dating?

According to our records, Lee Hughes married to Anna Kuzmanic. As of December 1, 2023, Lee Hughes’s is not dating anyone.

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He married air hostess Anna Kuzmanic in June 2000 in the Croatian town of Trogir. The couple had two children together but split up in 2008; the split was described as “very amicable”. His eldest, Mia, was born in November 2000. Hughes was declared bankrupt in March 2018.

Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lee Hughes celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.

Hughes was sold to Gordon Strachan’s Coventry City for a club record transfer fee of £5,000,001 (the unusual figure was because any offer exceeding £5 million would trigger an escape clause in his West Brom contract) in August

2001. His wages at Highfield Road were reported to be £15,000 a week. Hughes scored 14 goals in 40 games, including a hat-trick in a 6–1 win at Crewe Alexandra, and finished the 2001–02 season as the club’s top-scorer. Coventry rejected a loan offer from West Bromwich Albion in March 2002, and ended the season outside the play-offs.

Does Lee Hughes still play football?

Lee Hughes retired from football this summer at the age of 44 with a career and a life that reads like a film script.

How old is Lee Hughes?

46 years (May 22, 1976)