| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mitchell John Glasson | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP (on loan from Sydney FC) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool Rangers | |||
| –2018 | Sydney Juniors FC | ||
| 2019–2021 | Southern Districts Raiders | ||
| 2022– | Sydney FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Sydney FC NPL | 25 | (8) |
| 2023– | Sydney FC | 15 | (0) |
| 2025– | → KTP (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Australia U17 | 9 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023 | |||
Mitchell Glasson (born 4 May 2006) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club KTP, on loan from Sydney FC.
Glasson was born on 4 May 2006 in Liverpool, New South Wales to Kelly and Steve Glasson. His father hailed from Sydney and was a former world champion and world no. 1 in lawn bowls. [1] [2] [3] His older brother, Ben, is also a bowls player. [4] [5] Prior to his birth, his parents resided in Campbelltown, although his father occasionally travelled to Parramatta for work. [3] Glasson piqued interest in football at an early age and began playing at the age of five with local clubs Liverpool Rangers and Sydney Juniors. [6]
Glasson began his football career at Southern Districts Raiders before being scouted and signed by Sydney FC Youth. [1] He achieved the Sydney FC Rising Star Award during his time with the senior youth squad. [7] He notably scored the winner, and only goal, in a league victory over Sydney United 58 on 21 March 2023. [1] [8]
Glasson signed his first professional contract with Sydney FC on a three-year deal on 6 July 2023. [9] He made his first-team debut as a substitute on 13 August 2023 in an Australia Cup tie against Central Coast Mariners. He scored the fifth penalty for Sydney FC in a 10–9 penalty shootout to defeat the Mariners. [10] [11] Glasson made his A-League Men debut on 21 October 2023 in a 2–0 Big Blue defeat to Melbourne Victory. [12] He featured off the bench that contained all Sydney FC Academy products for the first time in club history. [13]
On 5 January 2025, KTP of Finnish Veikkausliiga announced the signing of Glasson on a loan deal for the 2025 season. [14]
On 1 October 2022, Glasson received his first call-up to the Australian under-17 squad ahead of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers. [15] He scored four goals on his debut for Australia in a 23–0 win over Northern Mariana Islands, [16] and scored again in a 10–0 win over Cambodia just two days later. [17]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sydney FC II | 2023 | NPL NSW | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | NPL NSW | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
| Sydney FC | 2023–24 | A-League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 [c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| KTP (loan) | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
| Career total | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 9 | ||