Lee Hughes (born 22 May 1976) is an English footballer who plays for League One club Notts County as a striker.
An England semi-pro international, he started his career in the Conference with Kidderminster Harriers, before winning a £380,000 move to boyhood club West Bromwich Albion in August 1997. He finished as the club's top-scorer for four seasons running, earning a place on the PFA Team of the Year in 1998–99 after finishing as the highest scorer in the top four divisions of English football. He was sold to Coventry City for £5 million in August 2001, before returning to West Brom for half that figure 12 months later. He failed to impress in the Premier League as Albion suffered relegation, though helped the club to make an immediate return to the top-flight by securing the runners-up spot in the First Division in 2003–04. In August 2004, his career was put on hold for three years after he was imprisoned for causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal crash on 23 November 2003. He returned to the professional game immediately after his release in August 2007, after being offered a contract by Oldham Athletic. He left the club in May 2009, following a brief loan spell at Blackpool. He signed for Notts County in July 2009, and scored 30 league goals as the club won the League Two title in 2009–10.
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