Reece Mitchell
Reece Steven Antoniye Mitchell (born 19 September 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Víkingur Ólafsvík.
| Mitchell playing for Chesterfield in July 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reece Steven Antoniye Mitchell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Víkingur Ólafsvík | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2016 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Chesterfield | 32 | (2) |
| 2018 | Torquay United | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Wealdstone | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Hendon (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Wingate & Finchley (loan) | ||
| 2019 | Farnborough | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Haringey Borough | ||
| 2019–2020 | Hendon | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | KVK Westhoek | ||
| 2021 | Bracknell Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:15, 20 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Mitchell joined Chelsea's academy in 2005 as an under-11 and went on to make his under-18 debut as a 15-year old.[2] He went on to play for the club's development squad between 2014 and 2016.
On 29 June 2016, Mitchell rejected a new deal with Chelsea, in order to join League One side Chesterfield on a two-year deal.[3] On 9 August 2016, Mitchell made his professional debut in a 3–1 defeat in an EFL Cup tie against Rochdale, playing 64 minutes before being replaced by Curtis Morrison.[4] Four days later, Mitchell went on to make his Football League debut in a 3–1 victory over Swindon Town, replacing Jay O'Shea with eight minutes remaining.[5] He scored his first senior goal against the same club on 4 March 2017 in a 1–0 victory for the Spireites. He left the club by mutual consent in January 2018.[6]
On 10 January 2018, Mitchell signed for National League club Torquay United.[7] He went onto appear just twice for Torquay, before leaving at the end of his contract in June 2018.[8]
He was released by Torquay at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9]
In the summer of 2018, Mitchell joined National League South side Wealdstone and later had loan spells with Hendon[10] and Wingate & Finchley.[11] He finished the season with Farnborough before joining Haringey Borough and later rejoining Hendon in October 2018 on dual registration.[12][13]
In January 2020, Mitchell joined Belgian Second Amateur Division side KVK Westhoek.[14]
In October 2021, Mitchell joined Isthmian League South Central Division side Bracknell Town.[15]
In January 2022, Mitchell headed abroad again, this time to Iceland to join newly-relegated 2. deild karla side Víkingur Ólafsvík.[16]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 20 January 2017.[17]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chesterfield | 2016–17[18] | League One | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 2017–18[19] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Torquay United | 2017–18[19] | National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
References edit
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 6. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Reece Mitchell". TheChels.info. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Reece Mitchell joins Chesterfield from Chelsea on a two-year deal". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Rochdale 3-1 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Chesterfield 3-1 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Winger Leaves Club". Chesterfield Official Site. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "United Sign Winger, Reece Mitchell". Torquay United Official Site. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Revealed: Torquay United's retained list". Devon Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Torquay United release five players and transfer list three more after National League relegation". BBC Sport. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "PLAYER LOAN NEWS - JOE WHITE AND REECE MITCHELL". Wealdstone F.C. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Wingate & Finchley sign Wealdstone's Mitchell on loan". nonleaguedaily.com. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Reece Mitchell at Aylesbury United". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Hendon welcome back Mitchell, betvictorsouthern.co.uk, 18 October 2019
- ^ "NIEUWKOMERS BIJ KVK WESTHOEK". kvkwesthoek.be/ (in Dutch). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ @BracknellTownFC (12 October 2021). "Mitchell Signs..." (Tweet). Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @englishabroad1 (17 January 2022). "Former Chesterfield winger Reece Mitchell has joined third-tier Icelandic side Víkingur Ólafsvík" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 January 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "R. Mitchell". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Reece Mitchell in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Reece Mitchell in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
External links edit
- Reece Mitchell at Soccerbase
- Reece Mitchell at Soccerway
- Reece Mitchell at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)