Atiba Hutchinson
Hutchinson with Besiktas in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | February 8, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Brampton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brampton Braves | |||
| North Scarborough Soccer Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | York Region Shooters | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Toronto Lynx | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Öster | 24 | (6) |
| 2004–2006 | Helsingborg | 49 | (6) |
| 2006–2010 | Copenhagen | 139 | (22) |
| 2010–2013 | PSV Eindhoven | 80 | (4) |
| 2013– | Beşiktaş | 119 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2003 | Canada U20 | 19 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Canada U23 | 10 | (0) |
| 2003– | Canada | 77 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016 |
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Atiba Hutchinson (born February 8, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who is currently playing for Beşiktaş and the Canadian national team 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 Canadian Player of the Year for the first time in his career. Between 2010 and 2013, he played for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch 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.
Hutchinson was born in Brampton, Ontario to Trinidadian parents. Following a March 2001 trial at Schalke 04 in Germany, Hutchinson began his professional career in the 2002 summer season, playing briefly with the York Region Shooters of the Canadian Professional Soccer League before signing with the Toronto Lynx of the then A-League in mid-season, on July 26, and playing in the team's final four games.
In January 2003 he signed with Östers IF, newly promoted to the Swedish Allsvenskan. Hutchinson scored six times for Öster during the 2003 season. With the club relegated out of the Allsvenskan, Hutchinson was granted a transfer for an estimated £1.32 million and signed with Helsingborgs IF in January 2004.
Expectations were high for him the first season in Helsingborg, but they were ultimately unsatisfied. However, in the 2005 season he was consistently the team's best player, scoring six goals from a primarily defensive midfield position.
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