Dave Mitchell (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Stuart Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| 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 | 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 | 55 | (15) |
| 1995–1996 | Selangor | (14) | |
| 1996–1997 | Sydney Olympic | 9 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Sydney United | 24 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1981 | Australia U-20 | ||
| 1981–1993 | Australia | 27 | (11) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 1996–1999 | Sydney United | ||
| 1999–2001 | Parramatta Power | ||
| 2005 | Sarawak | ||
| 2006–2007 | Perth Glory (Assistant) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Perth Glory | ||
| 2013–2014 | Kedah FA | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Stuart "Dave" Mitchell (born 13 June 1962) is a former Australian international football player who most recently worked as head coach of Malaysian Premier League club Kedah FA. A powerful striker, Mitchell is remembered as one of the pioneers for Australian players in Europe, appearing in the German Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, Scottish Premier League, Turkish Super Lig, as well as the top-flight and second tier in England. In Asia, he played for clubs in Hong Kong and Malaysia. He made 27 appearances for the national team, scoring 11 goals, and appearing in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul.
Mitchell was born in Glasgow, but moved to Adelaide as a young child. Mitchell played for overseas clubs for more than a dozen years 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 before taking the top position after Smith's sacking, helping the club end its winless streak.
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Playing career
As a player, Mitchell bought out his own contract at Adelaide City so he could join Rangers, the club that his family supported, in 1983. He broke into the first team at the same time as acclaimed Scotland striker Ally McCoist. Both he and McCoist scored their first goals for the club in the same Scottish League Cup game and he also represented the Glasgow club on the European stage.
In 1985, Mitchell became the first Australian to feature in the Bundesliga, playing for two seasons for Eintracht Frankfurt. He also played for Dutch glamour club Feyenoord -- appearing in the UEFA Cup -- before securing a move to Chelsea in the top flight of English football. He also played - and scored - on-loan for Newcastle United becoming first Aussie to play and score for the famous North-East club.
Playing in the second-tier of English football, he had spells at Swindon Town where he played with Glenn Hoddle and helped them earn promotion to the English Premier League and Millwall where he scored 15 league goals in 55 games. He then moved to Malaysia and 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.
Mitchell finished his career with Australian clubs Sydney Olympic and Sydney United as he transitioned into coaching.
Managerial career
Mitchell'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 his coaching achievements include a Grand Final appearance in 1998–99 with Sydney United and also being the inaugural coach of Parramatta Power in 1999–2000.
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 2010–11 season in November 2008.[1]
Mitchell stepped down as Perth Glory coach during the 2010–11 A-League season after an unbeaten run of five 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 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. On 4 March 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.
In November 2013, Malaysian Premier League club Kedah FA announced on its website that Mitchell had been appointed head coach and was preparing for the 2014 Premier League season. But despite the Red Eagles' solid start to the 2014 campaign and a Malaysia FA Cup quarterfinal appearance, he was sacked in April due to political in-fighting within the club.
Mitchell has also worked as a scout for Feyenoord.
International goals
- Scores and results list goal tally first.
Honours
Player
- Malaysia Cup: 1995
- Scottish League Cup: 1984–85
- Personal Honours
- FFA Hall of Champions Inductee – 2006
- NSL Papasavas Medal (U-21): 1981
Manager
- Personal Honours
- NSL Coach of the Year: 1998–99
References
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- OZ Football profile
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by | NSL U21 Player of the Year 1981 |
Succeeded by David Lowe |
| Preceded by | 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 FC players
- Sydney United FC players
- Perth Glory FC
- Scottish footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Bundesliga players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Australia international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sydney Olympic FC managers
- Central Coast Mariners FC non-playing staff
- British expatriates in Hong Kong
- Football Hall of Fame (Australia) inductees
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople 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
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Australian expatriates in Hong Kong
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- Australian expatriates in Malaysia
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Scottish emigrants to Australia
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- A-League managers
