Full name Barry Hughes Place of birth Wales Name Barry Hughes | Years Team Role Football player 1966–1967 Alkmaar'54 Spouse Elles Berger (m. 1965) | |
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Date of birth (1937-12-31) 31 December 1937 (age 78) | ||
Barry hughes taunts rival football manager
Barry Hughes (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands.
Contents
- Barry hughes taunts rival football manager
- Frank Kramer over Barry Hughes deel 2
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Music career
- References
Frank Kramer over Barry Hughes (deel 2)
Playing career
Hughes began his career with the youth team of English team West Bromwich Albion, but left without making a first-team appearance in the Football League.
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Hughes began his coaching career in 1966 with Alkmaar'54, and later managed a variety of Dutch club sides including HFC Haarlem, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, MVV and FC Volendam. While managing Haarlem in 1978, Hughes signed young player Ruud Gullit to his first ever professional football contract.
Music career
Hughes released a 7" music single in 1978 called "Voetbal is Koning" (Football is king).
In 1981, he released another single together with "De Kwaffeurs". The song is called "Ik wil op mijn kop een kamerbreed tapijt" ("I want on my head a wall to wall carpet"), a carnival song referencing his baldness. It was in the Dutch top 40 for eight weeks, where it reached place 7 between week 7 and 8 in 1981.