Demont Mitchell
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Demont Mitchell | ||
Date of birth | 24 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Nassau, Bahamas | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder or Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
2000 | Richmond Kickers | ||
2005 | Bears FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2006–2011 | Hofstra Pride | 34 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2011 | Bahamas | 6 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2008. |
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
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.[1]
International career
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.[2]
His final international was in July 2011 against the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Personal life
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.[3] A foundation dedicated to spread brain injury awareness was named after him in 2014.[4] Also, a soccer tournament was staged in June 2015 to help in covering his medical expenses.[5]
References
- ↑ Demont Mitchell - 2008 Men's Soccer - Hofstra University
- ↑ Demont Mitchell – FIFA competition record
- ↑ 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
- Demont Mitchell at National-Football-Teams.com