 Hutton in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Hutton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (age 40)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland[3] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | Rangers | 94 | (2) |
| 2008–2011 | Tottenham Hotspur | 51 | (2) |
| 2010 | →Sunderland (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2019 | Aston Villa | 185 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | →Nottingham Forest (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Mallorca (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2014 | →Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 374 | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Scotland U21[5] | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | Scotland B[3] | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2016 | Scotland | 50 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Hutton (born 30 November 1984) is a Scottish former professionalfootballer who played as aright back.
Hutton started his career withRangers, and won theleague title in 2005. He moved to English clubTottenham Hotspur in 2008, and helped them win the League Cup later that year. After a loan spell withSunderland in 2010, Hutton joinedAston Villa in 2011. He initially struggled with Villa, and was loaned toMallorca,Nottingham Forest andBolton Wanderers. Hutton then enjoyed a renaissance with Villa, where his defensive exploits earned him the nickname "the ScottishCafu".[6][7][8][9] He left the club after helping them win promotion back to thePremier League in 2019, making over 200 appearances for the club.
Hutton made 50 appearances forScotland between 2007 and 2016. He was also shortlisted for selection to theGreat Britain team for theLondon 2012Olympics, but did not make the final squad.
Hutton joinedRangers on 4 September 2000.[10] He made his debut againstPartick Thistle in aScottish Premier League match on 22 December 2002.[11] It was his only appearance that season; however, he made eleven appearances during2003–04, scoring his first goal againstDunfermline Athletic atIbrox on 23 March 2004.
He made twelve appearances during2004–05 as the club won both theScottish Premier League title and theScottish League Cup. He broke his leg in February 2005 whilst playing in a league match againstKilmarnock, and was sidelined for eight months.[12]
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The2005–06 season proved to be difficult for Rangers domestically, and Hutton only made 23 appearances in the first team, competing withDutchmanFernando Ricksen for the right back position. He signed a new five-year contract with Rangers in the summer of 2007.[13]
Hutton started the2007–08 season well, earning praise from SirAlex Ferguson.[13] He played a part in Rangers' openingUEFA Champions League group match victories againstVfB Stuttgart andOlympique Lyonnais. Hutton made a total of 94 league appearances for Rangers, scoring two league goals against Dunfermline[14] and Hibernian.[15] He also scored goals againstPartizan Belgrade in theUEFA Cup[16] andEast Stirlingshire in theScottish Cup.[17]
During the January transfer window in the2007–08 season,Premier League sideTottenham Hotspur made a bid, believed to be in the £5 million region, for Hutton. He initially rejected the chance to join Spurs,[18] and did so again when they improved their offer.[19] The protracted transfer was finally completed on 30 January 2008, with the fee reported to be in the region of £9 million.[20][21] He made his Spurs debut on 2 February in a 1–1 draw withManchester United.[22] Hutton was cup-tied for the remainder of Spurs'UEFA Cup campaign.[23] In just his third appearance for the club he played as Tottenham won the2008 Football League Cup Final againstChelsea.[24]
On 1 February 2010, Hutton signed forSunderland on loan until the end of the season,[25] and made his debut in the 1–1 draw withWigan Athletic. On 24 April 2010, he was shown a red card for a clash withJozy Altidore. Sunderland and Hutton were keen to make the move permanent,[26] however they were unwilling to pay the fee that Spurs were demanding.[27]
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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 signedRafael van der Vaart to convert and score Tottenham's first goal in the match, a 3–1 win againstWolverhampton Wanderers. He since started and played the full 90 minutes against Manchester United at Old Trafford in a 2–0Premier League defeat. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he made 26 appearances for Spurs in all competitions.[citation needed] The next appearance, Hutton scored again, as Tottenham Hotspur lost toBolton Wanderers. He was Tottenham's first choice right-back for the majority of the 2010–11 season, often being preferred toCroatian internationalVedran Ćorluka on the right hand side of the Spurs defence. Hutton was also an important fixture in Tottenham's2010–11 UEFA Champions League campaign that saw them reach thequarter-finals, including being part of the team that produced a memorable 3–1 victory overEuropean championsInternazionale.[28] However, his season ended in April, after suffering a knee injury, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.[29]
However, at the beginning of the2011–12 season, Tottenham Hotspur right-backKyle Walker was regularly chosen ahead of Hutton in defence following his return from a loan spell away atVilla Park. Hutton was heavily linked with a £3 million transfer toAston Villa, the club that Walker had recently returned from.[30] After joining Aston Villa, Hutton made accusations towardsHarry Redknapp 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.[31]
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 playerJermaine Jenas, who arrived on loan.[32] This move reunited Hutton withAlex McLeish, one of his former managers atRangers.Upon joining Villa, Hutton said that the club was the 'only place he wanted to go'.[33]
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 onShane Long 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 managerRoy Hodgson.[34] Hutton was defended by Villa assistant managerPeter Grant, who insisted that Hutton is not a dirty player.[35] McLeish also came out in support of Hutton, as well as expressing sympathy for Long.[36] 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 toArsenal on 21 December.
Hutton's first season atVilla Park was disappointing, and his future at the club remained in doubt during the close season. The speculation intensified when new Villa managerPaul Lambert signedSheffield United right-backMatthew 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.[37] 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.[38]
Having his first team opportunities limited at Aston Villa, Hutton joinedNottingham Forest on an emergency loan, until 2 January 2013, making him available for nine matches.[39] Upon his loan move, Chairman Omar Al Hasawi described Hutton's move to Nottingham Forest, as a "big asset".[40] Two days later, Hutton made his debut, making a quick impact by providing an assist forBilly Sharp to score the opener, as Nottingham Forest beatWolves 2–1. Hutton established himself, playing right back in defence and played all the matches until his loan spell ended.[41]
On 29 January 2013, Hutton was loaned out to Spanish sideMallorca until the end of the season.[42] On 3 February 2013, Hutton made his debut, playing at right-back, in a 3–0 loss againstReal Sociedad. 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.[43] The club then tried to sign Hutton, this time on a permanent basis.[44] However, the move never materialised as the club could not afford a permanent deal.[45]
On 28 February 2014, he completed an emergency loan move toFootball League Championship sideBolton Wanderers.[46] 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 withDerby County atPride Park.[47] 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.
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Following his various loan spells, Hutton returned to Villa in 2014 and earned a surprise recall in a 3–1 pre-season friendly win overMansfield Town on 18 July, putting in a good performance and assisting the equalising goal scored byDarren Bent, who had also returned following a massive absence from selection.[48] 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.[49] He scored his first Villa goal againstLeicester City on the half volley in December 2014.
He started and completed the2015 FA Cup Final, a 4–0 defeat to Arsenal,[50] and featured regularly (28 appearances) as Aston Villa finished bottom and were relegated from the Premier League thefollowing season.[51] On 14 June 2018, Hutton signed a new contract to remain atVilla Park until 2019.[52] Hutton scored in aSecond City derby win againstBirmingham City on 25 November 2018, running from inside his own half before finishing with his left foot.[53]
Hutton was released by Aston Villa at the end of the2018–19 season.[54] On 19 February 2020, he announced his retirement from professional football.[55]
Hutton was capped by theScotland men's national football team as well as atunder 21 andB levels.
Along with his then-Rangers teammateCharlie Adam, Hutton was called up by managerAlex McLeish to the Scotland squad for the first time on 11 May 2007 for afriendly againstAustria and aEuro 2008 qualifying match against theFaroe Islands.[56] He made his international debut against Austria on 30 May 2007, coming on as a substitute.[57] Hutton made his competitive debut againstLithuania in September 2007.[58] Hutton was part of the Scotland team that beatFrance atParc des Princes in September 2007.[59]
Hutton won his 50th cap in March 2016, in a 1–0 win againstCzech Republic.[60] Scotland managerGordon Strachan said in November 2016 that Hutton had retired from international football.[60]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | 2002–03[61] | Scottish Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003–04[62] | Scottish Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05[63] | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[64] | Scottish Premier League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[65] | Scottish Premier League | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08[66] | Scottish Premier League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 94 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | — | 121 | 4 | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2007–08[66] | Premier League | 14 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09[67] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[68] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[69] | Premier League | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| Total | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 66 | 2 | |||
| Sunderland (loan) | 2009–10[68] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Aston Villa | 2011–12[70] | Premier League | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[71] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14[72] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15[73] | Premier League | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16[74] | Premier League | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17[75] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[76] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[77] | Championship | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Total | 185 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 202 | 3 | |||
| Nottingham Forest (loan) | 2012–13[71] | Championship | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Mallorca (loan) | 2012–13[71] | La Liga | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2013–14[72] | Championship | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 374 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 433 | 9 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 0 | |
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