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

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

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 Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Austral ...

, where he made his debut against NSL champions

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

. 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 U Craiova 1948, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I. It is along with CS Universitatea Craiova one of the two entities asserti ...

. In his first season with

, Mitchell started in 26 games helping the club in promotion back to the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

in Romania. On 15 April 2010 it was confirmed that Mitchell along with his

Michael Baird had returned home to sign for A league side

. Then Mitchell played for his home club Newcastle Jets after signing a two-year deal on 28 June 2012. On 25 June 2014, Mitchell transferred to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

side

Liaoning Whowin Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

. On 7 July 2016, Mitchell signed with Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.【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

A-League career statistics

Titles

Other interests

In 2015 Josh started
travel website
which focuses better travel experience and
health website
for improving health. This project aims to help in transitioning to life after professional football.

References

External links

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania FC U Craiova 1948 players Newcastle Jets FC players Perth Glory FC players Eastern Sports Club footballers A-League Men players Liaoning F.C. players Chinese Super League players Expatriate footballers in China Association football defenders {{Australia-footybio-stub