Josh Mitchell
Josh Mitchell (Chinese: 米曹; born 8 June 1984) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a central defender.
 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) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2017 | |||
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 club 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 1 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]
0n 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]
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 | |
Other Interests
In 2015 Josh started a travel website which focuses better travel experience and a health website for improving health. This project aims to help in transitioning to life after professional football.
References
- "Glory Bring Back Romania Aussies". 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
- OzFootball profile
- Josh Mitchell at Soccerway
- Josh Mitchell at WorldFootball.net
- Josh Mitchell at FootballDatabase.eu
- Josh Mitchell at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com