Mitchell Schet (born 28 January 1988) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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Club career

Schet signed with Feyenoord in 2005, from the youth academy of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

. He played at the

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in Peru, where the Netherlands reached the semi-finals. Schet made his first-team debut on 23 August 2008 in the

Dutch Super Cup The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footba ...

against

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

. He made his league-debut on 13 September 2008 against

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

. For the 2009-10 season, Schet was loaned out to Excelsior, but returned to

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

during the winter transfer period. Schet signed a contract with

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

on 7 May 2010, keeping him in Waalwijk until 2012. He signed with Groningen in May 2012, but already left the team a year later as he was released by the team. He signed with ADO Den Haag in July 2013. In 2015, he signed with Slovak Fortuna Liga club

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at th ...

and won double in 2015-16. After the championship triumph celebrations, he caused a serious car accident. Driving while drunk, he injured himself and two other people, wrecking their car. He was subsequently released by the club. At the end of July 2019, Schet joined Cypriot club PO Xylotymbou. His contract was terminated in January 2020, effectively making him a

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. In September 2020, he joined Dutch

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

club

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk is a Dutch football team founded in 1939, based in Katwijk, currently competing in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. History Katwijk have become Dutch amateur champions, by winning the overall Topklasse title in 2012–13. A ...

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Schet is of Surinamese descent. He is a youth international for the Netherlands.

Statistics

:''Statistics accurate as of last match played on 26 May 2015.''

Honours

Club

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

(1):

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Fortuna Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...

(1): 2015-16 *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League. History The competition was first contested in 1969. Until 1993, the winner of the Slovak Cup would face the w ...

(1): 2015-16

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schet, Mitchell 1988 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players RKC Waalwijk players FC Groningen players ADO Den Haag players AS Trenčín players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Slovak First Football League players Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football wingers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Cypriot Second Division players Tweede Divisie players VV Katwijk players