| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reece Christopher Hutchinson [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sligo Rovers | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burton Albion | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Burton Albion | 43 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Romulus (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Sligo Rovers (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2023– | Sligo Rovers | 46 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:52, 17 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Reece Christopher Hutchinson (born 14 April 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Irish club Sligo Rovers.
Hutchinson came through the Academy at Burton Albion and said it was a "dream come true" to feature against Aston Villa – the club he supported as a boy – in a 2018–19 pre-season friendly, having previously made the substitute bench in an EFL Championship fixture with Derby County in April 2018. [2] Prior to that, he had signed his first professional contract with the "Brewers" in May 2018 following a successful loan spell at Northern Premier League Division One South side Romulus. [3] He made his debut under manager Nigel Clough in the English Football League on 11 August 2018, coming on as a substitute for Damien McCrory 17 minutes into a 3–1 defeat at Gillingham. [4] He made his first start in EFL League One on 1 September, in a 3–0 victory over AFC Wimbledon at Pirelli Stadium. [5]
On 12 May 2021 it was announced that he would be one of 12 players leaving Burton at the end of the season. [6]
On 11 January 2022, Hutchinson signed a short term deal with Cheltenham Town until the end of the season. [7]
On 2 February 2023, Hutchinson signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers on loan until the end of June. [8] 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 St Patrick's Athletic. [9] 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. [10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Burton Albion | 2017–18 [11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 [12] | League One | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 [13] | League One | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 [14] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Romulus (loan) | 2017–18 | NPL Division One South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cheltenham Town | 2021–22 [15] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022–23 [16] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Sligo Rovers (loan) | 2023 | LOI Premier Division | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| Sligo Rovers | 2023 | LOI Premier Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 120 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 146 | 3 | ||