Alexander Paul Mitchell (born 7 October 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender for club

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

Career

Mitchell began playing for New Windsor Kestrels at the age of seven. He was also a rower at his school,

The Windsor Boys' School The Windsor Boys' School is a comprehensive all-boys upper school and sixth form located on Maidenhead Road in Windsor, Berkshire, England, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Local Authority. The school specialises in the arts. ...

. After trials with Brentford, Reading, Wycombe, and Aldershot, Mitchell signed for

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of ...

in 2018, the same year he was voted the club's Academy Schoolboy of the Year, spending time on loan at non-league

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, before signing a new long-term contract with Millwall in August 2021. Later that month he moved on loan to

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

. In July 2022, he moved on loan to Scottish club

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...

. He was named as Young Player of the Year in May 2023. On 17 August 2023, he joined Lincoln City on a season-long loan. He made his debut coming off the bench in a 3-0 win against

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on 26 August 2023. Mitchell scored his first Lincoln goal on 21 October against

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. Mitchell was named as the club's Player of the Month for October 2023. On 24 June 2024, Mitchell joined

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side

on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Honours

Charlton Athletic *

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References

2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Millwall F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-2000s-stub