47 Facts About Chris Hughton

Christopher William Gerard Hughton was born on 11 December 1958 and is a professional football manager and former player.

Chris Hughton is the current head coach of the Ghana national team.

Chris Hughton earned 53 caps representing the Republic of Ireland, scoring one goal and starting in all three of Ireland's games at UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany.

From 1993 to 2007, Chris Hughton served as coach and then assistant manager for Tottenham.

Chris Hughton joined Newcastle United as first team coach in 2008, and, following their relegation, became caretaker manager.

Chris Hughton led Newcastle back to the Premier League in his first season in charge, along the way breaking a number of records and securing the permanent managerial position.

Chris Hughton managed Birmingham City for a single season, leading them to fourth place in the league, before joining Norwich City in June 2012.

Three years later in 2017, Chris Hughton led the club to promotion to the Premier League for the first time in its history.

Chris Hughton successfully avoided relegation for two successive seasons before being dismissed in May 2019 due to a run of poor form.

Chris Hughton was appointed as manager of Nottingham Forest in October 2020, before being dismissed in September 2021 after a poor start to the season.

Chris Hughton acted as technical advisor to the Ghana national team for the period of their World Cup qualifiers in March 2022.

Chris Hughton first joined Tottenham Hotspur's youth system in 1971 at the age of 13.

Chris Hughton signed as a part-time footballer in 1977, and trained as a lift engineer.

Chris Hughton started off playing as a winger in the early days at the club.

Chris Hughton then became a full back who played on either side, even though he is naturally right-footed, before settling into the left-back position.

Chris Hughton is considered one of the best full-backs to have played for the club.

Chris Hughton played 398 games for Tottenham in all competitions, scoring 19 goals.

Chris Hughton was a member of the Tottenham side that won both the 1981 and the 1982 FA Cups, the 1984 UEFA Cup, and finished runners-up in the 1982 League Cup.

Chris Hughton did however played in the 1987 FA Cup Final after Danny Thomas was injured, finishing as runners-up in the competition.

Chris Hughton played two seasons at West Ham, making 43 appearances in all competitions without scoring, and helped them win promotion from Division Two in 1991.

Chris Hughton played for a year for Brentford, before retiring at the age of 34 due to a knee injury in early 1993.

Chris Hughton made his debut for Ireland in October 1979 in a friendly against the United States.

Chris Hughton won 53 caps for the Republic from 1979 to 1991.

Chris Hughton was awarded a testimonial, staged on 29 May 1995 at Lansdowne Road.

Chris Hughton served as the national team's assistant manager under Brian Kerr, from February 2003 to October 2005.

From June 1993 to October 2007, Chris Hughton was a coach at Tottenham Hotspur, initially in charge of the under-21 team, then the reserve side in 1999, being promoted to the first team two years later.

On 25 October 2007, Chris Hughton was dismissed as assistant manager along with then manager Jol, following a UEFA Cup home defeat, in the group stages, to Getafe.

On 22 February 2008, Chris Hughton was appointed first team coach at Newcastle United by director of football Dennis Wise, joining Kevin Keegan's coaching staff, working primarily on defence with Steve Round.

On 8 September 2008, Chris Hughton was named caretaker manager of Newcastle following the departures of Keegan, Terry McDermott and Adam Sadler.

Chris Hughton was promoted to assistant manager after the Magpies appointed Colin Calderwood as first team coach on 26 January 2009.

Chris Hughton's league start to his managerial career was the best in Newcastle's history.

On 5 April 2010, Newcastle, under Chris Hughton's control, confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League prior to a match against Sheffield United, after Nottingham Forest failed to win their match against Cardiff City.

Chris Hughton received praise for his calm management style to stabilise the club, shrewd signings and guiding Newcastle back to the Premier League.

Since leaving Norwich, Chris Hughton was offered, and rejected, assistant manager roles at various Premier League clubs.

In May 2016, Chris Hughton signed a new four-year contract which would run until June 2020.

Brighton and Chris Hughton lost their next two games to Norwich City and Bristol City.

On 9 March 2018, Chris Hughton won Premier League Manager of the Month award for February and became the first black manager to win the prize.

On 6 October 2020, Chris Hughton was appointed manager of EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest, following Sabri Lamouchi's dismissal earlier in the day.

Ahead of the new season, Chris Hughton was faced with the task of rebuilding his Forest side into a team capable of challenging for promotion.

Chris Hughton was faced with seven players out of contract, five loan players returning to their parent clubs and four more players told that they were free to leave, meaning a substantial rebuild was required.

Chris Hughton felt that improving Nottingham Forest's attacking threat should be their main priority in the summer transfer window.

On 16 September 2021, Chris Hughton was dismissed after gaining just one point in Forest's opening seven matches of the season.

In February 2022, Chris Hughton accepted a role as technical advisor to the Ghana national team's coaching staff for the period of their World Cup qualifiers in March.

In May 2022, Chris Hughton was appointed in the same role until the end of December 2022 alongside Otto Addo as head coach and George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani as assistant coaches, the same set-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup final play-off matches against Nigeria.

On 12 February 2023, Chris Hughton was appointed as head coach of the Ghana national team.

Chris Hughton was educated locally, at St Bonaventure's Catholic School, and completed a four-year apprenticeship as a lift engineer before turning professional with Tottenham Hotspur.

Chris Hughton wrote a column for the Workers' Revolutionary Party publication News Line in the 1970s.