Alan Hutton (born 30 November 1984) is a Scottish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
right back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Hutton started his career with
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...
in 2008, and helped them win the League Cup later that year. After a loan spell with
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
in 2010, Hutton joined
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa P ...
in 2011. He initially struggled with Villa, and was loaned to
Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bale ...
,
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
and
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
. Hutton then enjoyed a renaissance with Villa, where his defensive exploits earned him the moniker "The Scottish
Cafu
Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the ...
". He left the club after helping them win promotion in 2019.
Hutton made 50 appearances for the
Scotland national team
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London 2012
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Olympics
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, but did not make the final squad.
Club career
Rangers
Hutton joined
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
on 4 September 2000. He made his debut against
Partick Thistle
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in a
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when t ...
match on 22 December 2002. It was his only appearance that season; however, he made eleven appearances during 2003–04, scoring his first goal against
Dunfermline Athletic
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at Ibrox on 23 March 2004.
He made twelve appearances during 2004–05 as the club won both the
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when t ...
title and the
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in exist ...
. He broke his leg in February 2005 whilst playing in a league match against Kilmarnock, and was sidelined for eight months.
The 2005–06 season proved to be difficult for Rangers domestically, and Hutton only made 23 appearances in the first team, competing with Dutchman
Fernando Ricksen
Fernando Jacob Hubertina Henrika Ricksen (27 July 1976 – 18 September 2019) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a right back and central midfielder. After winning Eerste Divisie titles with Fortuna Sittard and AZ, he joined Ran ...
for the right back position. He signed a new five-year contract with Rangers in the summer of 2007.
Hutton started the 2007–08 season well, earning praise from Sir
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all ti ...
. He played a part in Rangers' opening
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
group match victories against
VfB Stuttgart
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and
Olympique Lyonnais
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. Hutton made a total of 94 league appearances for Rangers, scoring two league goals against Dunfermline and Hibernian. He also scored goals against
Partizan Belgrade
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in the
UEFA Cup
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2007–08 season,
Premier League
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side
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...
made a bid, believed to be in the £5 million region, for Hutton. He initially rejected the chance to join Spurs, and did so again when they improved their offer. The protracted transfer was finally completed on 30 January 2008, with the fee reported to be in the region of £9 million. He made his Spurs debut on 2 February in a 1–1 draw with
Manchester United
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. Hutton was cup-tied for the remainder of Spurs'
UEFA Cup
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campaign. In just his third appearance for the club he played as Tottenham won the
2008 Football League Cup Final
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against
Chelsea
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Canada
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United Kingdom
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.
Loan to Sunderland
On 1 February 2010, Hutton signed for
Sunderland
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on loan until the end of the season, and made his debut in the 1–1 draw with
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 193 ...
. On 24 April 2010, he was shown a red card for a clash with
Jozy Altidore
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Altidore made his professional debut in 2006, at the age of 16, with ...
. Sunderland and Hutton were keen to make the move permanent, however they were unwilling to pay the fee that Spurs were demanding.
Return to Tottenham
After Sunderland failed to sign Hutton on a permanent deal, he returned to Spurs, scored in the opening game of the season, and won a penalty, allowing newly signed
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is currently the assistant manager of Danish 2nd Division club Esbjerg fB.
Van der Vaart began his ca ...
to convert and score Tottenham's first goal in the match, a 3–1 win against
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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. He since started and played the full 90 minutes against Manchester United at Old Trafford in a 2–0
Premier League
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defeat. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he made 26 appearances for Spurs in all competitions. The next appearance, Hutton scored again, as Tottenham Hotspur lost to
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
. He was Tottenham's first choice right-back for the majority of the 2010–11 season, often being preferred to
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Vedran Ćorluka
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Ćorluka graduated from the Dinamo Zagreb Youth Academy, ...
on the right hand side of the Spurs defence. Hutton was also an important fixture in Tottenham's
2010–11 UEFA Champions League
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campaign that saw them reach the
quarter-finals
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, including being part of the team that produced a memorable 3–1 victory over European champions
Internazionale
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. However, his season ended in April, after suffering a knee injury, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
However, at the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Tottenham Hotspur right-back
Kyle Walker
Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Manchester City and the England national team.
Walker started his career at his boyhood club Sheffield United which he had joined ...
was regularly chosen ahead of Hutton in defence following his return from a loan spell away at
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway statio ...
. Hutton was heavily linked with a £3 million transfer to
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa P ...
, the club that Walker had recently returned from. After joining Aston Villa, Hutton made accusations towards
Harry Redknapp
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of making his life a misery by training with the youth side and that he was treated as an 'outcast' during his three years spell at Tottenham Hotspur.
Aston Villa
On 31 August 2011, Aston Villa confirmed that they had signed Hutton on a four-year contract in a deal thought to be worth £40,000 a week to Hutton, along with fellow Tottenham player
Jermaine Jenas
Jermaine Anthony Jenas ( ; born 18 February 1983) is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer. He played as a central midfielder for English club sides Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hot ...
, who arrived on loan. This move reunited Hutton with
Alex McLeish
Alexander McLeish (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps f ...
, one of his former managers at
Rangers
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
.
Upon joining Villa, Hutton said that the club was the 'only place he wanted to go'.
Hutton made his debut for Aston Villa on 10 September in a 2–2 draw away at Everton. Hutton also took part in Villa's 2–1 defeat to local rivals West Brom, where a tackle on
Shane Long
Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Reading and the Republic of Ireland national team. He also played hurling for the Tipperary county team in his early ...
injured Long's knee keeping him out for six weeks. The tackle received no punishment during the game but later sparked a retrospective debate as to the fairness of the challenge. After the match his tackle was labelled 'vicious' by West Brom manager
Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is a former English football manager and player.
He managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstads BK in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to ...
. Hutton was defended by Villa assistant manager Peter Grant, who insisted that Hutton is not a dirty player. McLeish also came out in support of Hutton, as well as expressing sympathy for Long. Later in the season Hutton's fiery reputation continued, as he was shown a second yellow card and sent off in Villa's 2–1 defeat at home to
Arsenal
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on 21 December.
Hutton's first season at
Villa Park
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was disappointing, and his future at the club remained in doubt during the close season. The speculation intensified when new Villa manager
Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Ipswich Town.
Lambert played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year- ...
signed
Sheffield United
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right-back Matthew Lowton on 6 July 2012. Ten days later, Hutton was left out of the 25-man squad chosen to represent the club on the pre-season tour of the United States. Having been left out of the first team, Hutton admitted that he found himself in a difficult situation, but said that he hoped to force himself back into first-team contention.
Loan to Nottingham Forest
Having his first team opportunities limited at Aston Villa, Hutton joined
Nottingham Forest
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on an emergency loan, until 2 January 2013, making him available for nine matches. Upon his loan move, Chairman Omar Al Hasawi described Hutton's move to Nottingham Forest, as a "big asset". Two days later, Hutton made his debut, making a quick impact by providing an assist for
Billy Sharp
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He has also played for Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, ...
to score the opener, as Nottingham Forest beat
Wolves
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2–1. Hutton established himself, playing right back in defence and played all the matches until his loan spell ended.
Loan to Mallorca
On 29 January 2013, Hutton was loaned out to Spanish side
Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bale ...
until the end of the season. On 3 February 2013, Hutton made his debut, playing at right-back, in a 3–0 loss against
Real Sociedad
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. The club were relegated, but despite this, Hutton expressed a desire to stay at the club next season. On 30 June 2013, Hutton's loan spell with Mallorca came to an end. The club then tried to sign Hutton, this time on a permanent basis. However, the move never materialised as the club could not afford a permanent deal.
Loan to Bolton
On 28 February 2014, he completed an emergency loan move to
Football League Championship
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side
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
. He will spend an initial 28-day spell at the Reebok Stadium. He was on the bench for their next two games and made his Wanderers debut on 11 March 2014 in a goalless draw with
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
at
Pride Park
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. Bolton extended his loan deal at the club until the end of the 2013–14 season after he made a good impression in his first few games for the club.
Return to Aston Villa
Following his various loan spells, Hutton returned to Villa in 2014 and earned a surprise recall in a 3–1 pre-season friendly win over
Mansfield Town
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on 18 July, putting in a good performance and assisting the equalising goal scored by
Darren Bent
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...
, who had also returned following a massive absence from selection. Hutton's good pre-season form continued, and once the new Premier League season began he found himself as first choice right back again. On 16 September, after a strong start to the season both for Hutton personally and for Aston Villa, Hutton capped off a remarkable turnaround in his Villa career by signing a new 3-year contract at the club. He scored his first Villa goal against
Leicester City
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on the half volley in December 2014.
He started and completed the
2015 FA Cup Final
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, a 4–0 defeat to Arsenal, and featured regularly (28 appearances) as Aston Villa finished bottom and were relegated from the Premier League the following season. On 14 June 2018, Hutton signed a new contract to remain at
Villa Park
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until 2019. Hutton scored in a
Second City derby
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win against
Birmingham City
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on 25 November 2018, running from inside his own half before finishing with his left foot.
Hutton was released by Aston Villa at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 19 February 2020, he announced his retirement from professional football.
International career
Scotland
Hutton has been capped by the
Scotland national football team
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as well as at
under 21
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and B levels.
Along with his then-Rangers teammate
Charlie Adam
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, Hutton was called up by manager
Alex McLeish
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to the
Scotland
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squad for the first time on 11 May 2007 for a friendly against
Austria
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Faroe Islands
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. He made his international debut against Austria on 30 May 2007, coming on as a substitute. Hutton made his competitive debut against Lithuania in September 2007. Hutton was part of the
Scotland
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team that beat
France
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at Parc des Princes in September 2007.
Hutton won his 50th cap in March 2016, in a 1–0 win against
Czech Republic
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. Scotland manager
Gordon Strachan
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said in November 2016 that Hutton had retired from international football.
Stuart Pearce
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...
's provisional 191-man long-list of players for the 2012 London Olympics football tournament, meaning he was under consideration for selection to the final 18-man squad. However, he did not make this final squad.
Career statistics
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Honours
Rangers
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Scottish Premier League
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Football League Cup
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FA Cup
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Scottish FA International Roll of Honour
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(50
caps
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