Caspar Dennis Shankly Hughes (born 9 June 1993) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He plays as a midfielder for Nantwich Town having started his career at Crewe Alexandra.

Career

Hughes was born in

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

. He made his debut for Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Two game against Stockport County at the

Alexandra Stadium Gresty Road or the Alexandra Stadium, currently known as the Mornflake Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Crewe, Cheshire, England. The home ground of Crewe Alexandra, it has an all-seated capacity of 10,153. History Cre ...

on 30 April 2011, which ended in a 2–0 win for Crewe. He came on as a late substitute for Ashley Westwood. Hughes joined Chasetown of the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

on a short-term loan on 6 January 2012, and joined their divisional rivals Nantwich Town on a month's loan on 2 March. He was released by Crewe at the end of the 2011/12 season, subsequently rejoining Nantwich Town on a permanent contract. He started the 2013–2014 season with AFC Fylde who had gained promotion from the Northern Evostik Premiership. The club was in the English Conference North for seasons 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 where Hughes established himself as a right-back. Hughes later rejoined Nantwich, and played in the side defeated by Fylde in the first round of the F.A. Cup in November 2019.

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* 1993 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Chasetown F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players AFC Fylde players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Footballers from Crewe {{England-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub