Robert McHugh (born 16 July 1991) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a striker for St Cadoc's. McHugh has previously played for

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

and Queen's Park, as well as loan spells with Queen of the South,

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

and

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

Career

Motherwell

Born in

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, McHugh made his Motherwell debut when he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Hibernian in May 2008. McHugh scored his first Motherwell goal when he took the field as a substitute in an 8–1 win over

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in the

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second round, scoring Motherwell's eighth goal in that match. He also scored the first goal as Motherwell beat Inverness CT 3–2 after extra time in the third round of the 2009–10 League Cup. On 21 January 2011, McHugh joined First Division side

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on loan until 27 March 2011. However, a broken wrist meant the loan would not happen, and so he stayed at the

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club. On 26 March 2013, McHugh signed a new two-year contract with Motherwell, lasting until summer 2015. On 2 June 2015, Motherwell announced that McHugh was amongst the players leaving the club, with his contract having expired.

Queen of the South (loan)

On 13 January 2014, McHugh signed a six-month loan with

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

club Queen of the South. On 3 May 2014, McHugh scored a goal notable amongst supporters of

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

by scoring a 95th-minute equaliser for Queen of the South against

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...

. McHugh's goal sent Cowdenbeath into the relegation play-offs and secured Alloa's place in the

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. His scoring form continued into the Scottish Premiership play-offs as he scored both goals in the 2–1 quarter-final first leg home win against

on 6 May 2014. Four days later he scored in the return leg as Queen of the South were knocked out 4–3 on aggregate after a 3–1 defeat.

Airdrieonians (loan)

On 31 March 2015, McHugh signed for

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club

on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. He made his debut on 4 April 2015, in a 2–0 win away to

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

Falkirk

On 14 July 2015, McHugh signed for

, agreeing a two-year contract having played as a trialist for the club in friendlies against

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and

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, scoring twice in both matches. After his contract ended in May 2017, McHugh was released by the club.

Morton

McHugh subsequently signed a two-year contract with

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side

on 2 June 2017. On 10 August 2019, he scored his first career

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in Morton's 4–1 win at home against

Queen's Park

After a third successful season at

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, McHugh joined the newly professional Queen's Park in June 2020.

Career statistics

References

External links

Robert McHugh profile
at Motherwell FC official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:McHugh, Bob 1991 births Airdrieonians F.C. players Men's association football forwards Falkirk F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Living people Motherwell F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Scottish footballers Scottish Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Glasgow Queen's Park F.C. players East Kilbride F.C. players Lowland Football League players