William James Hughes is a footballer who plays as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 for Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

.

Career

Born in Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, Hughes moved to Derby at the age of 2. After playing football with local side Mickleover

Mickleover

Mickleover is a suburb located two miles west of the city centre and is the most westerly suburb of the City of Derby in the United Kingdom.-History:...

 Jubilee, he signed for Derby as a first year scholar in the summer of 2011. Hughes made his debut for the club's reserves side as a 70th minute substitute in a 6-1 Central League win over Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 and made two additional appearances in the Central League Cup. It was his "outstanding" performance in a 1-0 over Port Vale reserves

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 in the competition which bought him to Clough's attention for possible inclusion in the Rams first team squad against Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

 four days later. Hughes made his full debut for Derby as a 90th-minute substitute for Jamie Ward

Jamie Ward

Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...

. Despite entering the game late with the scores level, there was still time for Hughes first team debut to end in defeat as a 94th-minute goal saw Peterborough win 3-2.

Statistics

(correct as of 5 November 2011)

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	2011–12 Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

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