Josh Mitchell
 Mitchell playing for Newcastle Jets in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josh Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Central defender Left-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Central Coast Lightning | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Central Coast Lightning | 25 | (5) |
| 2005–2009 | FC U 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) |
| Total | 255 | (15) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2017 | |||
Josh Mitchell (Chinese: 米曹; born 8 June 1984) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a central defender.
Club 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 2002/2003 season with Newcastle United Jets, where he made his debut against NSL champions Perth Glory. In the 2003/2004 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 FC Universitatea Craiova.
In his first season with FC 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 FC Universitatea Craiova 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]
Post-football career
After retiring in 2017, Mitchell co-founded a Digital Media company, EV Capital, which he remains part of, in a director role.
A-League career statistics
- As of 1 November 2015
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perth Glory | 2010–11 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| Newcastle Jets | 2012–13 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Career total | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | |
Titles
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Universitatea Craiova | Liga II |
References
- ^ "Glory Bring Back Romania Aussies". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Jets sign Josh Mitchell". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ 辽足宣布引进澳洲中后卫 at sina.com 2014-06-26 Retrieved 2014-06-27
- ^ 【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
External links
- Perth Glory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2011)
- OzFootball profile
- Josh Mitchell at Soccerway
- Josh Mitchell at WorldFootball.net
- Josh Mitchell at FootballDatabase.eu
- Josh Mitchell at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)