Reece Christopher Hutchinson (born 14 April 2000) is an

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professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

Playing career

Hutchinson came through the Academy at

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

and said it was a "dream come true" to feature against

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– the club he supported as a boy – in a 2018–19 pre-season friendly, having previously made the substitute bench in an

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fixture with

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in April 2018. Prior to that, he had signed his first professional contract with the "Brewers" in May 2018 following a successful loan spell at

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Division One South side

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. He made his debut under manager

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in the

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on 11 August 2018, coming on as a substitute for

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17 minutes into a 3–1 defeat at Gillingham. He made his first start in

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on 1 September, in a 3–0 victory over

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. On 12 May 2021 it was announced that he would be one of 12 players leaving Burton at the end of the season. On 11 January 2022, Hutchinson signed a short term deal with

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until the end of the season. On 2 February 2023, Hutchinson signed for

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club

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on loan until the end of June. He scored the first goal of his senior career on 6 March 2023 when he opened the scoring in a 2–1 win at home to

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. On 16 May 2023, Sligo Rovers announced the permanent signing of Hutchinson, once his loan expired on 1 July, with the left-back signing a contract until the end of the 2024 season. He signed a new contract with the club ahead of the 2025 season, after playing every league game in 2024, scoring twice, before featuring in all of his side's first 21 league games of 2025, scoring 3 goals and assisting 2, form that drew interest from

club

ahead of the July transfer window opening. On 30 June 2025, it was announced that he had joined Crewe Alexandra after they met his release clause. He made his debut in Crewe's 3–1 victory at Salford City on 2 August 2025.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Reece 2000 births Living people Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Burton Albion F.C. players Romulus F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland 21st-century English sportsmen