John Hutchinson (footballer, born 1979)

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John Hutchinson

Hutchinson with Central Coast Mariners in 2010
Personal information
Full name	John Paul Hutchinson
Date of birth	(1979-12-29) 29 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Morwell, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Yokohama F. Marinos (interim)
Youth career
1993–1996	Morwell Pegasus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Eastern Pride	89	(7)
2001–2004	Northern Spirit	77	(12)
2004–2005	Manly United	25	(4)
2005–2015	Central Coast Mariners	228	(18)
2011	→ Chengdu Blades (loan)	14	(3)
Total		433	(44)
International career
2009–2011	Malta	11	(0)
Managerial career
2015	Central Coast Mariners (player-coach)
2015–2016	Central Coast Mariners (assistant)
2017	Seattle Sounders 2 (assistant)
2018	Seattle Sounders 2
2019	Western United (assistant)
2020	Seattle Sounders (academy)
2021	Yokohama F. Marinos (assistant)
2022	El Paso Locomotive
2023	Yokohama FC (assistant)
2024	Yokohama F. Marinos (assistant))
2024–	Yokohama F. Marinos (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Paul Hutchinson (born 29 December 1979) is a football manager and former player who is head coach of J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos. He played as a central midfielder for Eastern Pride, Northern Spirit, Manly United, Chengdu Blades and Central Coast Mariners, for whom he served as captain. Born in Australia, he represented the Malta national team.

Hutchinson was born in Morwell, Victoria and made his senior debut for Eastern Pride in the National Soccer League in 1997. Hutchinson went on to play for Northern Spirit and Manly United before joining Central Coast Mariners in 2005. Hutchinson is the all-time most-capped Mariners player. He also spent time on loan at Chinese club Chengdu Blades.

Hutchinson won 11 caps with Malta.