Ryan McHugh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Rian Mac Aodh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Left Half Forward | ||
| Born |
11 April 1994 Letterkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2011- | Chíll Chartha | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 2013- | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Ryan McHugh (born 11 April 1994 in Letterkenny) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays with his local club Chíll Chartha and the Donegal senior inter-county team. A former county minor, McHugh propelled himself onto the national stage with a 2-02 blitz of All-Ireland champions Dublin in the semi-final meeting at Croke Park.
McHugh has been likened to a child of school-going age - "You'd think he had just stepped off a school bus", GAA pundit Benny Tierney once said. His manager Jim McGuinness has suggested: "Even when the big hits are going in, Ryan has the ability to summon that little shimmy that helps to take him past defenders and allows him to set up colleagues."
McHugh is the son of Martin, the BBC television analyst and 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. His son Mark, Ryan's older brother, is also an All-Ireland winner with the Donegal senior team. Ryan McHugh's uncle James also played in the 1992 All Ireland Final and received an All Star in 1992. His cousin Eoin is James's son.
With his club Chíll Chartha, McHugh won the 2010 and 2012 Donegal Minor Football Championships.
He won an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship and captained the 2012 Donegal minor football team. He also played in the under-21 team that lost to Cavan in the 2013 Ulster final, though had been troubled by a calf injury beforehand.Jim McGuinness drafted him into his senior squad ahead of the 2013 season, with Donegal the defending All-Ireland champions. Colm Keys of the Irish Independent named him as the third of his "ten young guns aiming to fire in the league" ahead of the 2013 National Football League.
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