Rosie Hughes is a Welsh

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who plays for

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in the Adran Premier League. She previously played for

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community (Wales), community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, the community � ...

and Denbigh Town. She was the top goalscorer for Llandudno in the league for three years, and the top scorer in the Adran North league from 2021 to 2023.

Club career

Hughes is from

Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay () is a town, Community (Wales), community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic counties of Wales, historic county boundaries of Denbighshire (h ...

, and started playing for her first official football team when she joined Colwyn Bay girls and the age of only 9. She then after Colwyn Bay folded, joined Mochdre, and at approx 12 years old, without her mother's guidance found herself following her teammates to play for the

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. of Kinmel

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U16, making it to the

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final with them in the 2011 season and winning the Cup in the 2012 season. She later joined the Llandudno Ladies, playing in the Welsh Premier Women's League, and was their highest scorer for three seasons. In 2018 she joined Denbigh Town, playing with them until the 2020 season was cut short. She scored 18 goals for them in the 2019–20 season. In 2021 she signed for Wrexham, scoring three goals in the opening match against

Pwllheli Pwllheli ( ; ) is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula (), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011, which declined slightly to 3,947 in 2021; a large proportion (81%) were Welsh language, Welsh speaking. ...

. She went on to lead the Adran North league in goals. In 2022 she again led the league, with 24 goals in 9 appearances, as Wrexham gained promotion to the Adran Premier league. In the 2023 season, she scored seven goals in the first three games, and 10 in the first 6, leading the league. She scored her 100th goal for Wrexham after 46 total appearances. Hughes finished her first season in the Welsh top-flight (2023/2024) with 18 goals across 23 games in league and cup as Wrexham finished third and reached the FAW Women's Cup final. She finished her second season in the Welsh top-flight (2024/2025) with 4 goals across « xx » games in league and cup as Wrexham finished fourth and reached the second FAW Women's Cup final in a row.

Personal life

Hughes works at

HM Prison Berwyn HM Prison Berwyn (; ) is a £250 million Category C adult male prison in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is the largest prison in the UK, opened in 2017, and is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Name The prison's name was announced ...

in Wrexham County, the largest prison in Britain. Her dad died when Rosie was a child.

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