David Mitchell (Australian association footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Stuart Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Manager (former Striker) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Perth Glory | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adelaide City | |||
| – | Sydney City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1983 | Adelaide City | 40 | (15) |
| 1983–1985 | Rangers | 26 | (6) |
| 1985 | Seiko | ||
| 1985–1987 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 35 | (5) |
| 1987–1989 | Feyenoord | 40 | (12) |
| 1988–1990 | Chelsea FC | 7 | (0) |
| 1990 | NEC | 6 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Newcastle United | 2 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Swindon Town | 68 | (19) |
| 1993–1993 | Altay Izmir | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Millwall FC | 55 | (15) |
| 1995 | Selangor | (14) | |
| 1996–1997 | Sydney Olympic | 9 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Sydney United | 24 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1981 | Australia U-20 | ||
| 1981–1993 | Australia | 44 | (13) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 1996–1999 | Sydney United | ||
| 1999–2001 | Parramatta Power | ||
| 2005 | Sarawak | ||
| 2006–2007 | Perth Glory (Asst.) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Perth Glory | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals). |
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David Stuart "Dave" Mitchell (born 13 June 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a coach and retired Scottish-Australian football (soccer) player. He moved to Australia as a young child. He began his professional career with Adelaide City in 1981, and made his Australia debut against Taiwan that same year. He made 44 appearances for the national team, scoring 13 goals.
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[edit] Playing career
In a nomadic career, Mitchell played for clubs in England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Malaysia and Hong Kong, before returning to Australia to coach Sydney Olympic, Sydney United and Parramatta Power in the National Soccer League. He was the assistant manager to Ron Smith at A-League club Perth Glory for the 2006/2007 season and the first half of the 2007/2008 season before taking the top position after Smith's sacking.
He has appeared as a guest on several occasions for the Australian cable television channel Fox Sports 1 which cover the English Premier League. He notably scored the winner in the 1995 Malaysia Cup final; this was a golden goal, the first golden goal to be scored in a Malaysia Cup final.
[edit] Managerial career
David's coaching career in the NSL spanned six seasons and 154 matches, in which he recorded 68 wins, 31 draws and 55 losses. When he returned from playing in Europe he was a player/coach for clubs Sydney Olympic and Sydney United. Some of the coaching achievements that he had in Australia was a Grand Final appearance in 1998/99 with Sydney United and also being the inaugural coach of Parramatta Power in 1999/00.
He coached Malaysia second tier club Sarawak and left due to unpaid wages. He returned to Australia to coach Sydney Schoolboy side St Aloysius' College, before leaving to join Perth Glory as assistant to Ron Smith. He also used to be a scout for Feyenoord, acknowledging them about Brett Emerton, Brett Holman and Stephen Laybutt.
He has also been recruited by Australian Technical director Rob Baan as an assistant coach for the Australia national under-23 football team squad, who were preparing for the Beijing Olympics.
It was speculated that after the sacking of Sydney FC manager Branko Culina Mitchell would be the replacement.[1]
Mitchell was appointed Interim Head Coach of Perth Glory after the sacking of Ron Smith in November 2007 and was then given a contract until March 2009. It was further extended to the end of the 2010/2011 season in November 2008.[2]
Mitchell stepped down as Perth Glory coach during the 2010-11 A-League season after an unbeaten run of 5 games until his side conceded four consecutive losses. He decided to move to the role of Director of Football. Mitchell then moved Ian Ferguson to the Head Coaching role to replace himself. Both positions were for the 2010 -2011 and 2011 - 2012 seasons. On March 4 2011 Mitchell was released from his contract from the club after the role was deemed redundant after an independent review of football operations at Perth Glory. Ferguson has been kept on and Mitchell has sought legal advice and is pursuing the matter further. committee[3]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Player
With Rangers F.C.:
Scottish League Cup: 1984–1985
With Swindon Town F.C.
Personal Honours:
- FFA Hall of Champions Inductee - 2006
- NSL Papasavas Medal (U-21): 1981
[edit] Manager
Personal Honours:
- NSL Coach of the Year: 1998-1999
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- David Mitchell at National-Football-Teams.com
- Perth Glory profile
- FFA - Hall of Fame profile
- OZ Football profile
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by John Spanos |
NSL U21 Player of the Year 1981 |
Succeeded by David Lowe |
| Preceded by Ange Postecoglou |
NSL Coach of the Year 1998/99 |
Succeeded by Bernd Stange |
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Australian soccer players
- Australian soccer coaches
- Rangers F.C. players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Feyenoord players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Altay S.K. footballers
- Millwall F.C. players
- Seiko players
- Sydney Olympic players
- Sydney United players
- Perth Glory FC
- Scottish footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Australia international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sydney Olympic managers
- British expatriates in Hong Kong
- Football Hall of Fame (Australia) inductees
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Australian expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Australian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Australian expatriates in Turkey
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- Australian expatriates in Hong Kong
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