Josh Mitchell

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Josh Mitchell
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Mitchell playing for Newcastle Jets in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Left-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Central Coast Lightning 1 (0)
2002–2004 Newcastle Jets 21 (0)
2004–2005 Central Coast Lightning 25 (5)
2005–2009 Universitatea Craiova 107 (3)
2010–2012 Perth Glory 35 (2)
2012–2014 Newcastle Jets 27 (1)
2014–2015 Liaoning Whowin 23 (0)
2016–2017 Eastern 16 (4)
Total255(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josh Mitchell (born 8 June 1984) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a central defender.

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Career

Josh Mitchell was born in Belmont, Newcastle, and began playing football at the age of 4 at Swansea Swans Soccer Club and was selected for the Australian School Boys Football team in 2002. His professional career commenced in the 2002–03 season with Newcastle United Jets, where he made his debut against NSL champions Perth Glory. In the 2003–04 season Mitchell went on to become a regular starter in the Newcastle United side. After a brief stint with The Central Coast in the NSW Premier league, Mitchell signed in July 2005 with Romanian club Universitatea Craiova.

In his first season with Universitatea Craiova, Mitchell started in 26 games helping the club in promotion back to the Liga I in Romania. On 15 April 2010, it was confirmed that Mitchell along with his Universitatea Craiova teammate Michael Baird had returned home to sign for A league side Perth Glory. [1] Then Mitchell played for his home club Newcastle Jets after signing a two-year deal on 28 June 2012. [2]

On 25 June 2014, Mitchell transferred to Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin. [3]

On 7 July 2016, Mitchell signed with Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. [4]

Career statistics

As of 6 May 2017 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Perth Glory 2010–11 A-League181———181
2011–12 171———171
Total352———352
Newcastle Jets 2012–13 A-League151———151
2013–14 120———120
Total271———271
Liaoning Whowin 2014 Chinese Super League 150———150
2015 8000——80
Total23000——230
Eastern 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League 164206041285
Career total10272060411148

Honours

Universitatea Craiova

References

  1. ↑ "Glory Bring Back Romania Aussies". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Jets sign Josh Mitchell". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. ↑ 辽足宣布引进澳洲中后卫 at sina.com 26 June 2014 Retrieved 27 June 2014
  4. ↑ 【東方足球隊宣佈簽入外援米曹】 東方足球隊 Eastern Football Team 2016年7月7日
  5. ↑ Josh Mitchell at Soccerway


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