Full name Adam Thomas Mitchell Playing position 2013 Central United | Place of birth Vrgorac, Croatia Number 26 Height 1.9 m | |
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Date of birth (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 20) Date joined 2016 (Red Star Belgrade, OFK Beograd) Current teams New Zealand national football team (Defender), NK Celje (#26 / Defender) | ||
Adam Thomas Mitchell (born 1 June 1996) is a New Zealand soccer defender who plays for Celje.
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Club career
Born in Vrgorac, Croatia, to a New Zealand father and Croatian 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 May 25, 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 September 10, in a home game against Inđija, a 1–0 win.
On 13 February 2017, he moved to Slovenian side NK Celje.
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 has been called up to the All Whites, New Zealand main national team, twice in 2015 under Anthony Hudson as an injury replacement but has not debuted.