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Adam Thomas Mitchell (born 1 June 1996) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender for ISPS Handa Premiership club Auckland City.[2]

Adam Mitchell

Personal information
Full name	Adam Thomas Mitchell[1]
Date of birth	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Vrgorac, Croatia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Auckland City
Youth career
	Waitakere City
2013	Central United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Wanderers SC	24	(2)
2015–2016	WaiBOP United	10	(0)
2016	Red Star Belgrade	0	(0)
2016	→ OFK Beograd (loan)	8	(0)
2017	Celje	0	(0)
2017–2018	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
2019	Team Wellington	3	(0)
2019–	Auckland City	56	(3)
National team‡
2013	New Zealand U17	8	(0)
2014–2015	New Zealand U20	5	(0)
2018–	New Zealand	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2019

Club career

Born in Vrgorac, Croatia, to a New Zealand father and Croatian mother, thus having both New Zealand and Croatian citizenship.[3] He grew up in Hobsonville in West Auckland, and began playing for Waitakere City before later moving to Central United (2013[4]), starting as a midfielder before becoming a centre back. He was also a member of Wynton Rufer's Wynrs academy as a youngster.[3]

Mitchell played three seasons in the New Zealand Football Championship, two seasons with Wanderers SC and one with WaiBOP United.[5] Mitchell captained the Wanderers SC team that was formed to give the under-20s regular game time in the NZFC.[3] He was also team-captain at WaiBOP United.[6]

In summer 2016, he moved abroad, to Europe, where after trials, he signed a contract with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade. He signed on 25 May 2016, a 1+2 years contract with Red Star.[7] Due to his young age, in order to increase his chances to play, at final days of the Serbian 2016 summer transfer-window, he was loaned to OFK Beograd.[8] He debuted with OFK in the 2016–17 Serbian First League on 10 September, in a home game against Inđija, a 1–0 win.[5]

On 13 February 2017, he moved to Slovenian side NK Celje.[9]

In the 2017–18 season he was a regular in the U23 squad of the Football League Championship side Bolton Wanderers. Following his release at the end of the season and a period training with Walsall and Swedish club Kalmar FF, on 12 February 2019 Mitchell signed with New Zealand club Team Wellington until the end of the season.[10][11]

International career

Mitchell represented New Zealand at U-17 and U-20 levels.[5] He was part of the squad that won the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship,[5] and was part of New Zealand's squad for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]

Mitchell was called up to the New Zealand national team twice in 2015 under Anthony Hudson as an injury replacement.[3] He made his debut under Fritz Schmid on 24 March 2018 in a friendly game against Canada.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 November 2016[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wanderers SC	2013–14	Premiership	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2014–15		12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	Total		24	2	—		—		—		24	2
WaiBOP United	2015–16	Premiership	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
OFK Beograd (loan)	2016–17	First League	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
Red Star Belgrade	2016–17	SuperLiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			42	2	0	0	0	0	—		42	2

Honours

New Zealand U-17

• OFC U-17 Championship: 2013 (winner)[5]

References

External links

• Adam Mitchell at FIFA (archived)
• Adam Mitchell at UEFA
• Adam Mitchell at FootballDatabase.eu
• Adam Mitchell at Soccerbase.com (player)
• Adam Mitchell at Soccerway.com
• Adam Mitchell at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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- [en] Adam Mitchell (footballer, born 1996)

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[it] Adam Mitchell

Adam Thomas Mitchell (Vergoraz, 1º giugno 1996) è un calciatore neozelandese, difensore dell'Auckland City.

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