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October 31, 2017updated 09 Nov 2017 2:39pm

Mark Hughes Net Worth

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Welsh Football Manager and former professional footballer Mark Welsh, OBE has an estimated net worth of £12.5 million. He is the current manager of Premier League club Stoke City.

Born on November 1, 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Hughes started his career when he joined Manchester United after leaving school in 1980.

How did Hughes become a millionaire?

Amid his playing career he was most noted for two spells at Manchester United, however he also played for Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and additionally the English clubs Chelsea, Southampton, Everton lastly Blackburn Rovers. . He also made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals for Wales. He resigned from playing in 2002.
He managed a further 20 goals in the 1985–86 season, where they led until February having won their first 10 league games of the season. That season saw him score 17 goals in the Football League First Division.

Hughes won numerous medals during playing profession, including two Premier League title awards, four FA Cups, three League Cups and two European Cup Winners’ Cups. He likewise gathered a FA Cup runners-up decoration and a League Cup runners-up award. Hughes was the main player to win the PFA Players’ Player of the Year grant twice, in 1989 and 1991.

His first managerial post was in 1999 when he became Wales manager. He remained there until 2004. Hughes then spent four years in charge of Blackburn Rovers directing them to sixth spot in 2005–06. He assumed responsibility of Manchester City in June 2008 for eighteen months before spending the 2010–11 season at Fulham.
He joined Queens Park Rangers in January 2012, helping them hold their Premier League status in 2011–12. Notwithstanding some prominent signings in the late spring of 2012, Rangers started the 2012–13 season in extremely poor structure, and Hughes was sacked on 23 November 2012.

Hughes became Stoke City manager on 30 May 2013.

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