Mitchell Nigel Rose (born 4 July 1994) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Southern League Premier Division Central club

Mickleover Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxete ...

. He has played professionally in the

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for

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

, Newport County and

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

, as well as spells in Non-League with Stamford,

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

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and

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Career

Rotherham United

Born in

Wheatley Hills Wheatley Hills is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated around north-east of the city centre. The Wheatley Hills & Intake ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster had a population of 17,733 at the 2011 cens ...

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, he was part of the

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youth team before starting a two-year scholarship with

in 2010 after progressing through the Centre of Excellence. Rose later revealed his first year didn't go well, but thanks to the club's academy manager

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, his progress had improved. He was offered a one-year development professional contract in May 2012. After being given number 24 shirt, Rose stated he's aiming to make a breakthrough. On 25 August 2012, Rose made his professional debut for the Millers in a 1–1 draw with

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, coming on as a substitute for

Ben Pringle Benjamin Philip Pringle (born 25 July 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Second Division League club Fleetwood United. He has notably played for Derby County, Rotherham United, Fulham and Preston No ...

. His first professional start for the club came 5 games later, where he played 69 minutes in a 0–0 draw against

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. Three appearances into his career, Rose was sent off in the second half for a foul on

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in the 0–1 win at

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. After making five appearances at the end of the 2012–13 season, Rose was offered and accepted a new contract from Rotherham United on 2 May 2013. Rose contract was extended further for another season. After three years at Rotherham United, it was announced on New Year Day that Rose, along with

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were released by the club.

Loan spells

On 11 January, Rose and fellow Miller youngster

Alec Denton Alec Denton (born 30 July 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. Career Denton was born in Sheffield. He joined Rotherham United in 2006, having previously played for Worksop Town Juniors. In April 2010, Denton signed a two-yea ...

joined Stamford on a one-month loan deal. Their loan was later extended until the end of the season but Rose was recalled early from his loan spell on 8 April 2013. On 31 July 2014, Rose joined

on a three-month loan deal. Rose made his Crawley Town debut, coming on as a substitute for Emmett O'Connor, in a 4–0 loss against

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. After making two appearances in all competitions Rose returned to his parent club on 7 October 2014.

Ilkeston

After leaving Rotherham United, Rose joined

, along with five players, in late-March 2015. On 28 March 2015, Rose made his debut playing at right-back for the club, in the 2–0 home win against

Skelmersdale Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem . While the first record of the tow ...

. He sustained an injury on 4 April 2015 in the following 0–2 win at

Frickley Athletic Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Westfield Lane. History Although the club itself claims it was formed in 1910, the team was activ ...

. He made his comeback three games later on 18 April 2015 in the 0–3 loss to

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. Rose was instrumental in the club reach the end-of-season play-offs; however, they narrowly missed out on promotion losing 1–0 to

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in the final. Rose made 5 appearances in the league for Ilkeston and 2 appearances in the play-offs in the 2014–2015 season.

Mansfield Town

On 15 May 2015, Rose joined

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side

. He made his debut for Mansfield on 8 August 2015, the opening day of the season in the 1–1 home draw against

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

. He then scored his first goal for the club on 12 September 2015 with a second half strike from 20 yards out in a 4–0 win over

Crawley Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...

Newport County

On 20 January 2017, Rose agreed a free transfer to League Two side Newport County until the end of season. He made his debut for Newport on 28 January 2017 in a 3–1 home win versus

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. Rose was sent off in the 3–2 away defeat at

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on 18 February 2017, for what seemed to be a foul on

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in the box in stoppage time; Rose, annoyed at the decision, knocked the card out of referee Trevor Kettle's hand. Joe Day saved George Maris' spot kick, but Mark Roberts bundled home the rebound. Rose faced an automatic one-match ban, but two days later this was overturned on appeal. Rose was later handed a five-match ban and charged by the FA with misconduct; he was also fined £1,000 and Newport were fined £2,500 for failing to control one of their players. He was released by Newport at the end of the 2016–17 season.

Grimsby Town

On 22 May 2017, Rose signed a two-year contract with

side

on a free transfer. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 29 January 2019.

Notts County

On 29 January 2019, Rose signed an 18-month contract with League Two club

Boston United

On 27 November 2020, Rose joined

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club

. He was not retained for the 2021-22 season.

Yeovil Town

On 25 September 2021, Rose signed for

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club

South Shields

On 27 December 2021, Rose signed for

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Premier Division club

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...

Mickleover

On 21 October 2022, Rose signed for

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Premier Division Central club

Style of play

A tough tackling intelligent box-to-box central midfielder, who enjoys breaking up play, Rose played regularly as a

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in front of a back four; he can also play as

right-back 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 ...

and

centre-back 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 ...

as well as his favoured central midfield position.

Personal life

Mitchell's brother, Danny Rose, is an England former international footballer who most recently played for

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

. On 9 July 2021, Rose was given a suspended prison sentence for assault on a 26 year old male and a 26 year old female which left the latter with a broken cheekbone.

References

External links

Mitch Rose profile
at the Grimsby Town F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Mitchell 1994 births Living people English footballers English people of Jamaican descent Black British sportspeople Footballers from Doncaster Association football midfielders English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Rotherham United F.C. players Stamford A.F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Ilkeston F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players South Shields F.C. (1974) players Mickleover Sports F.C. players English people convicted of assault