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Croatian-New Zealand footballer

Adam Mitchell
Personal information
Full name Adam Thomas Mitchell
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vrgorac, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team Auckland City
Number 3
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)
International career
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

Adam Thomas Mitchell (born 1 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for ISPS Handa Premiership club Auckland City. Born in Croatia, he plays for the New Zealand national team.

Club career

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

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

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. 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. He debuted with OFK in the 2016–17 Serbian First League on 10 September, in a home game against Inđija, a 1–0 win.

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

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.

International career

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

Mitchell was called up to the New Zealand national team twice in 2015 under Anthony Hudson as an injury replacement. 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
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
Auckland City FC

References

  1. "Mitchell, Adam Thomas". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. "Adam Mitchell". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. "Navy Blues homecoming for Adam Mitchell". Auckland City FC. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ Adam Mitchell living his dream after joining Serbian club Red Star Belgrade at stuff.co.nz, 1 June 2016, Retrieved 25 October 2016
  5. Adam Mitchell at Worldfootball
  6. ^ Adam Mitchell at Soccerway
  7. NZ teen Mitchell signs with Serbian giants Archived 25 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine at msn.com, Retrieved 25 October 2016
  8. Mičel potpisao za Zvezdu, došao bez obeštećenja, uskoro dobija hrvatski pasoš ("Mitchell signed with Red Star, came as free-agent, soon will obtain Croatian citizenship") at Sportski žurnal, 25 May 2016, Retrieved 25 October 2016 (in Serbian)
  9. Adam Mičel na dvojnoj registraciji u OFK Beogradu ("Adam Mitchell on double-registration at OFK Belgrade") at mozzartsport.com, 7 September 2016, Retrieved 25 October 2016 (in Serbian)
  10. Uredništvo (13 February 2017). "V Celju paket treh tujcev" [Three new foreign players in Celje] (in Slovenian). Nogomania.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  11. "Beslut taget gällande provspelare" [Decision made regarding test players] (in Swedish). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. @TeamWelly (12 February 2019). "TEAM NEWS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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