 Hutchinson playing for Beşiktaş in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Atiba Hutchinson[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1983[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
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| *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.
- ^ "Atiba Hutchinson". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Atiba Hutchinson – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Atiba Hutchinson". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Association announces All-Time Canada XI - men's team". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.