6-12 February: Happy Birthday to our Canadian Footballers!
Posted on 5 February 2012 in Around the Soccer World
8 February 1983 - Atiba Hutchinson
Atiba Hutchinson was Canada's Player of the Year in 2010, winning the award following a successful club season split between F.C. København in Denmark and PSV Eindhoven in Netherlands. He rounded out a stellar career in Denmark by winning the 2010 Dansk Fodbold Award as the top player in the Danish Superleague. He then joined PSV Eindhoven with whom he featured regularly while keeping the club first in the Eredivise standings through mid December 2010. From 2003 to 2011, Hutchinson has made 55 appearances with Canada's national "A" team. He has participated in three rounds of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and played in five CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments. At the youth level, he was an all-star at the FIFA U-20 World Cup UAE 2003.
Photo: Atiba Hutchinson trains in Alliston, ON in August 2011, just north of Toronto before a FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match at BMO Field
MORE BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK (from 6-12 February):
Pat Cubellis 7-February-1967 (Toronto, ON)
Atiba Hutchinson 8-February-1983 (Brampton, ON)
Gregor Young 8-February-1966 (British Columbia)
Myriam Bouchard 8-February-1989 (Québec, QC)
Ashtone Morgan 9-February-1991 (Toronto, ON)
Norm Odinga 11-February-1963 (Vancouver, BC)
