George John Mells Jr. (born 23 May 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Port Melbourne.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | George John Mells | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Port Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Southampton | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Adelaide United | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Fortuna Sittard | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Brisbane Roar | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Port Melbourne | 43 | (6) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Australia U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014 | Greece U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Australia U20 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015 |
Born in Melbourne, Mells played youth football for Chelsea and Southampton before returning to Australia to make his professional debut for Adelaide United in 2015.[1]
His contract with Brisbane Roar was terminated by mutual agreement on 23 February 2021.[2] He played no A-league games for Brisbane Roar. A couple of days later he joined NPL Victoria club Port Melbourne.[3]
Mells has appeared numerous times for Australian youth teams, having also previously represented Greece U17s.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2015–16 | A-League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Adelaide total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Fortuna Sittard | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brisbane Roar | 2019–20 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brisbane total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Port Melbourne | 2021 | National Premier Leagues | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Career total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
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