For the 26 players announced to the roster today, there will be joy and elation. The team will be led by 39-year-old captain Atiba Hutchinson, who won his race to recover from an injury picked up over the summer.
Who is the captain for Canada?
Atiba Hutchinson is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and captains both Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Canada national team. While playing in Denmark he won the Danish Super Liga Player of the Year, becoming the first North American player to receive the award.
Hutchinson was born on February 8, 1983, in Brampton, Canada and he is 39 years old. He celebrates his birthday on February 8 every year. He holds the nationality of Canadian and Belongs to the Trinidadian ethnicity.
Hutchinson stands tall at a height of 6 and 2 inches or 1.89 m and weighs around 86 kg. His current team is Beşiktaş J.K. (#13 / Midfielder), Canada men’s national soccer team (#13 / Midfielder).
Hutchinson is married to a French-Iranian woman named Sarah, whom he met while playing in Denmark. Together they have three sons, Noah born in 2015, Nava born in 2016 and Ayo Siyah in 2017, all of whom were born in İstanbul. In April 2022, he joined the ownership group of League1 Ontario club Simcoe County Rovers FC.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
