Josh Mitchell (born 8 June 1984) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a

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Career

Josh Mitchell was born in Belmont, Newcastle, and began playing football at the age of 4 at Swansea Swans Soccer Club and was selected for the Australian School Boys Football team in 2002. His professional career commenced in the 2002–03 season with Newcastle United Jets, where he made his debut against NSL champions

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. In the 2003–04 season Mitchell went on to become a regular starter in the Newcastle United side. After a brief stint with The Central Coast in the NSW Premier league, Mitchell signed in July 2005 with Romanian club Universitatea Craiova. In his first season with Universitatea Craiova, Mitchell started in 26 games helping the club in promotion back to the

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in Romania. On 15 April 2010, it was confirmed that Mitchell along with his Universitatea Craiova teammate Michael Baird had returned home to sign for A league side

. Then Mitchell played for his home club Newcastle Jets after signing a two-year deal on 28 June 2012. On 25 June 2014, Mitchell transferred to

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side

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. On 7 July 2016, Mitchell signed with

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club

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Career statistics

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

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: 2005–06

References

External links

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OzFootball profile
* * * 1984 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Liga I players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania FC U Craiova 1948 players Newcastle Jets FC players Perth Glory FC players Eastern Sports Club footballers A-League Men players Hong Kong Premier League players Liaoning F.C. players Chinese Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in China Men's association football defenders Soccer players from Newcastle, New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footybio-stub