Atiba Hutchinson

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Atiba Hutchinson
Personal information
Date of birth	February 8, 1983 (1983-02-08) (age 25)
Place of birth	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	midfielder supporting striker
Club information
Current club	F.C. Copenhagen
Number	13
Youth clubs
	Brampton Braves
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002 2002-2003 2003 2004-2005 2006-present	York Region Shooters Toronto Lynx Östers IF Helsingborgs IF F.C. Copenhagen	04 0(0) 24 0(6) 49 0(6) 77 (12)
National team2
2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-present	Canada U-20 Canada U-23 Canada	19 0(0) 10 0(0) 32 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Atiba Hutchinson (born on February 8, 1983, in Brampton, Ontario) is a professional Canadian soccer player who plays for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. He can play all positions on the midfield and as supporting striker. He has played more than 25 matches for the Canadian national team, and represented Canada at the 2003, 2005 & 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in Brampton, Ontario to Trinidadian parents, 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 teams 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 and signed with Helsingborgs IF in January 2004.

Expectations were high for him the first season in Helsingborg, but he failed to live up to them. In the 2005 season, however, he was consistently the team's best player, scoring six goals from a primarily defensive midfield position.

Atiba moved to Danish F.C. Copenhagen, where he played alongside Swedish international Tobias Linderoth on the central midfield the first half year, but later he has been moved around on the midfield and as striker. Manager Ståle Solbakken told in an interview with the football paper TIPS-bladet, that he saw Hutchinson too much offensive as central midfielder, and he will in the spring 2007 be used as wing.^[1]

For Canada, Hutchinson has played more than 20 games and scored two goals - the first in a World Cup qualifying match against Honduras, on September 10, 2004. He also played in the 2001 and 2003 FIFA World Youth Championships.

In February 2007, Hutchinson was named CanadaSoccer.com Fan’s Choice winner. Hutchinson received more votes than any other player in the online voting portion conducted by fans. But in the end, it was not enough to win over Dwayne De Rosario in the "Player of the year" award.

On June 21, 2007, Hutchison appeared to have scored a vital equalizer against the United States in a 2007 Gold Cup semi-final. However, he was controversially ruled off-side, despite the ball last having been touched by an American defender.

[edit] Honours

Team

• Danish Superliga: 2005-06 & 2006-07, with Copenhagen
• Royal League: 2005-06, with Copenhagen

Individual

• 2006 Canadian Fan's Choice Award

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• F.C. København profile
• National team profile

v • d • e F.C. Copenhagen – current squad 1 Christiansen • 2 Pospěch • 3 Jensen • 4 Nørregaard • 5 Laursen • 6 Würtz • 7 Aílton • 9 Nordstrand • 10 Grønkjær • 13 Hutchinson • 14 Gravgaard • 15 Antonsson • 17 Wendt • 18 Júnior • 22 Bertolt • 23 W. Kvist • 24 Sionko • 25 Zanka • 26 Hansen • 27 Neestrup • 28 Laudrup • 29 L. Qvist • 41 Coe • Manager: Solbakken

Persondata
NAME	Hutchinson, Atiba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH