Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian international soccer player who plays for Fagiano Okayama in the J2 League.
![]() Duke playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mitchell Thomas Duke[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fagiano Okayama | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Liverpool Rangers | |||
2009 | Parramatta Eagles | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Parramatta Eagles | ||
2010–2015 | Central Coast Mariners | 66 | (13) |
2011 | → Blacktown City FC (loan) | 21 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 89 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 37 | (18) |
2020–2021 | Al-Taawoun | 12 | (0) |
2021 | → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) | 17 | (6) |
2021– | Fagiano Okayama | 44 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2021 | Australia Olympic | 4 | (1) |
2013– | Australia | 21 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 |
Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth soccer with Paramatta Eagles before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners. He joined J-League side Shimizu S-Pulse in 2015.
Duke has fifteen caps and seven goals for the Australia men's national soccer team.
Duke was born in Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west. He attended All Saints Catholic College, Liverpool and All Saints Catholic Senior College Casula.
He began his career with Parramatta Eagles before moving into the Central Coast Mariners' youth team. On 9 February 2011, Duke made his senior debut for the Mariners and also scored his first goal in a 3–1 win over Gold Coast United.[3]
On 24 January 2012 it was announced he had signed his first senior contract signing a two-year contract with Central Coast Mariners.[4]
In August 2013, Duke had a two-week trial with English Premier League side West Ham United.[5]
In the 2012/13 season, Duke scored 6 goals from 21 games. In the 2013/14 season, he wasn't as prolific, scoring 3 goals in 29 games. In the 2014/15 season, he had 3 goals from 15 games.[6] The decrease in goals can be attributed to Duke being played increasingly on the right wing by coach Phil Moss rather than the centre forward position he began his career playing.
On 9 February 2015, Duke announced that he was flying to Japan to complete a move to Shimizu S-Pulse.[7] In April 2016, Duke suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out of football for at least six months.[8]
Duke left Shimizu in December 2018, after 4 seasons with the club.[9]
On 25 January 2019, Mitchell Duke announced that he had moved back home and signed with Western Sydney Wanderers FC and captained the club.
On 22 August 2020, Duke signed a 2-year deal with Al-Taawoun.[10] He scored the winning goal against Al-Duhail in a AFC Champions League group stage fixture on 25 September 2020 but fell out of favour with the club leadership shortly after, having moved from his forward position to the wing. On 1 February 2021, Duke returned to Australia and signed for his former club Western Sydney Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 A-League season.[11]
On 5 August 2021, Duke joined Fagiano Okayama.[12]
Duke was included in the Australian national football team in July 2013, for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.[13] Duke made his international tournament debut against South Korea in the first match of the tournament, in a draw.[14] He scored his first international goal in the next match, a 3–2 loss to Japan.[15] Duke scored again in the following match which Australia lost 4–3 to China.[16]
7 September 2013, Duke next played for the Socceroos in a 0–6 friendly loss to Brazil, at Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha in Brasília. Mitch came on as a second half substitute for Josh Kennedy in the 78th minute.[17]
Duke qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was included in the Olyroos Olympic squad. They defeated Argentina in their first group match but, unable to sustain a win in another match, they never were in contention for a medal.[18]
Club | Season | League | National Cup [lower-alpha 1] | AFC | League Cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Central Coast Mariners | 2010–11 | A-League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Blacktown City Demons (loan) | 2011 | NSW PL | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
Central Coast Mariners | 2011–12 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2012–13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
2013–14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
Mariners total | 66 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 15 | ||
Shimizu S-Pulse | 2015 | J1 League | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
2016 | J2 League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
2017 | J1 League | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
2018 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||
Shimizu total | 89 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 104 | 5 | ||
Total | 176 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 210 | 25 |
Australia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2013 | 4 | 2 |
2019 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 9 | 5 |
2022 | 6 | 1 |
Total | 21 | 8 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 25 July 2013 | Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea | 2 | ![]() | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup |
2 | 28 July 2013 | Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | 3 | ![]() | 3–4 | 3–4 | |
3 | 7 June 2021 | Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait | 8 | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 5–1 | ||||||
5 | 2 September 2021 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 10 | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 7 October 2021 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 12 | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
7 | 16 November 2021 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 15 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
8 | 25 September 2022 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 21 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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2019–20 A-League PFA Team of the Season | |
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC Player of the Year | |
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