Demont Mitchell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Demont Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Nassau, Bahamas | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder or Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000 | Richmond Kickers | ||
| 2005 | Bears FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Hofstra Pride | 34 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Bahamas U20[1] | |||
| Bahamas U23[2] | |||
| 2008–2011 | Bahamas | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2021 | |||
Demont Mitchell (born 24 October 1988) is a retired association football player from The Bahamas who had his career cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.
He has dual American-Bahamian citizenship.
Club career
[edit]As a child, Mitchell had trials with Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English football league. He played for Bears FC in the Bahamas before joining the Hofstra University in 2006.[3]
International career
[edit]Mitchell made his debut for the senior Bahamas in a March 2008 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands and has earned a total of six caps, scoring 1 goal, all of them in World Cup qualification games.[4]
His final international was in July 2011 against the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Personal life
[edit]Mitchell suffered a serious brain injury in a car accident in the Bahamas in October 2012 which left him in a coma for three weeks.[5] A foundation dedicated to spread brain injury awareness was named after him in 2014.[6] Also, a soccer tournament was staged in June 2015 to help in covering his medical expenses.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying 2008". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Demont Mitchell - 2008 Men's Soccer - Hofstra University
- ^ Demont Mitchell – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Turning tragedy to triumph - Jones Bahamas
- ^ Brain injury cases up 47 percent - Nassau Guardian
- ^ Monty’S Six-A-Side Soccer Tournament In Aid Of Demont Mitchell’S Medical Expenses - Tribune242
External links
[edit]- Demont Mitchell at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1988 births
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- Sportspeople from Nassau, Bahamas
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bahamian men's footballers
- Bahamas men's international footballers
- Hofstra Pride men's soccer players
- Bahamian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Bahamian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Bears FC players
- Bahamas men's under-20 international footballers
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