George Mells

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George Mells
Personal information
Full name George John Mells
Date of birth (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Avondale FC
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2011 Chelsea
2011–2014 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Adelaide United 31 (0)
2018–2019 Fortuna Sittard 0 (0)
2019–2021 Brisbane Roar 0 (0)
2021–2023 Port Melbourne 59 (8)
2023– Avondale 5 (0)
International career‡
2012 Australia U17 3 (0)
2014 Greece U17 1 (0)
2015 Australia U20 3 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Gold medal icon.svg 2016 Vietnam U-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015

George John Mells Jr. (born 23 May 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Avondale FC in NPL Victoria.

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Football career

Born in Melbourne, Mells played youth football for Chelsea and Southampton before returning to Australia to make his professional debut for Adelaide United in 2015. [1]

His contract with Brisbane Roar was terminated by mutual agreement on 23 February 2021. [2] He played no A-league games for Brisbane Roar. A couple of days later he joined NPL Victoria club Port Melbourne. [3]

Mells has appeared numerous times for Australian youth teams, having also previously represented Greece U17s.

Honors

Club

Adelaide United

International

Australia U20

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Adelaide United 2015–16 A-League 2500000250
2016–17 60000060
Adelaide total3100000310
Fortuna Sittard 2018–19 Eredivisie 00000000
Brisbane Roar 2019–20 A-League 00100010
2020–21 00000000
Brisbane total00100010
Port Melbourne 2021 National Premier Leagues 922100113
Career total4023100433

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References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide signs former Chelsea and Southampton starlet Mells". SBS TV. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mells departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar . 23 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Symons, Neal [@neal_symons] (25 February 2021). "Per @gleebo41 on @FNR_Radio, recently released Brisbane Roar midfielder George Mells has signed with NPL Victoria side @PMSCSharks" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ "Young Socceroos win AFF U19 title". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.


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