Atiba Hutchinson

Atiba Hutchinson
Hutchinson playing for Beşiktaş
Personal information
Birth name Atiba Hutchinson[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Brampton YSC
North Scarborough SC
Woodbridge Strikers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 York Region Shooters 2 (0)
2002–2003 Toronto Lynx 4 (3)
2003–2004 Öster 24 (6)
2004–2006 Helsingborg 49 (6)
2006–2010 Copenhagen 139 (22)
2010–2013 PSV 80 (4)
2013–2023 Beşiktaş 270 (24)
Total 568 (62)
International career
2001–2003 Canada U20 19 (0)
2002–2004 Canada U23 10 (0)
2003–2023 Canada 105 (9)
Medal record
Men's soccer
Representing  Canada
CONCACAF Nations League
Runner-up 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atiba Hutchinson (born 8 February 1983) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. While playing in Denmark he won the Danish Super Liga Player of the Year, becoming the first North American player to receive the award. That same season, Hutchinson won the first of six Canadian Player of the Year awards. Between 2010 and 2013, he played for PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.[4] Hutchinson is Canada's record cap holder and the first male Canadian soccer player to reach over 100 caps.

  1. ^ "Atiba Hutchinson". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ Atiba HutchinsonFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Atiba Hutchinson". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Association announces All-Time Canada XI - men's team". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.

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