Demetri Mitchell

Demetri Mitchell
Personal information
Full name Demetri Kareem Mitchell[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[3]
Position(s) Left-back / Winger[4]
Team information
Current team
 Exeter City
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2007 Fletcher Moss Rangers
2007–2017 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Manchester United 1 (0)
2018 → Hearts (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2019 → Hearts (loan) 20 (0)
2020–2022 Blackpool 45 (1)
2022–2023 Hibernian 9 (1)
2023– Exeter City 30 (4)
International career
2012–2013 England U16 7 (3)
2013–2014 England U17 14 (1)
2014 England U18 3 (1)
2017 England U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Demetri Kareem Mitchell (born 11 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or as a winger for EFL League One club Exeter City.

Mitchell is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system and won the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award in 2018. He made a single senior appearance for the club, in a Premier League game in May 2017, and had two spells on loan at Scottish club Hearts. In September 2020, shortly after being released by United, he joined Blackpool. In January 2022, he joined Hibernian for an undisclosed fee.

Mitchell represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-20 levels. He was a member of the under-17 squad which won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Club career

Manchester United

Early career

Mitchell started his youth career with Fletcher Moss Rangers; the same academy where teammates Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Marcus Rashford also started their careers.[5][6] He joined United in 2013, and was originally deployed as a winger for their youth teams.[4] However, after Borthwick-Jackson was loaned to Wolverhampton Wanderers for the 2016–17 season, Mitchell was converted to a left-back in his absence.[7]

Mitchell was called up to the Manchester United senior squad on 7 May 2017, training with the first team ahead of a Premier League clash with rivals Arsenal, but was not named in the 18-man matchday squad.[7][8] A week later, he was named among the substitutes in a 2–1 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur, but again did not feature.[9] He made his senior debut in the final game of the season, starting against Crystal Palace.[10] The following season, Mitchell played in thirteen Premier League 2 fixtures, before going out on loan to Hearts.[11]

Loan to Hearts

On 11 January 2018, Mitchell was loaned to Scottish Premiership side Hearts until the end of the season.[12] He joined up with the squad at their winter training camp in Valencia.[13] Mitchell made his debut[14] for Hearts on 21 January 2018, playing from the start in a 1–0 win over Edinburgh Derby rivals Hibernian at Tynecastle Park, in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, winning the man of the match award.[15] Mitchell scored the first senior goal of his career in Hearts' subsequent Scottish Cup tie, a 3–0 fifth round home win over St Johnstone.[16] In March, Mitchell returned to United for treatment[17] for an injury to his meniscus tendon[18] and was ruled out until the end of the season.[19] He had first picked up the injury during a match against Ross County in February.[20] Ultimately, he returned to training earlier than expected,[21] playing in two further matches.[22] In all, Mitchell made 11 appearances for Hearts in this spell, scoring once in all competitions.[23]

Second loan to Hearts

Mitchell returned to United for their preseason tour of America in July 2018,[24] and subsequently signed a new contract with the club until 2020.[25]

On 28 August 2018, Mitchell was once again loaned to Hearts, this time on a season long loan.[22] On his return, Mitchell stated that he felt he had "unfinished business" at Hearts due to his previous injury.[26] In February 2019, he suffered a recurrence of the injury in a Scottish Cup game against Auchinleck Talbot, and was ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing an operation.[27]

Recovery from injury

Mitchell returned to training at Manchester United in September 2019, as he continued his recovery from the injury.[28] In June 2020, Manchester United announced that Mitchell would be leaving the club upon the expiration of his contract.[29]

Blackpool

In August 2020, after spending time training with Sunderland, Mitchell joined fellow EFL League One club Blackpool on trial.[30] On 4 September 2020, Blackpool announced that Mitchell had signed a two-year contract with the club, with an option to extend the deal by a further year.[31]

Hibernian

Mitchell joined Scottish club Hibernian for an undisclosed fee on 24 January 2022.[32] On 29 January 2022, Mitchell scored in his first start for Hibernian, in a 3–2 defeat to Livingston.[33]

Exeter City

On 26 January 2023, Mitchell signed for Exeter City on a free transfer.[34] On the 4 February 2023, Mitchell scored on his debut for the Grecians, shortly after coming on as a substitution in a 2–1 home defeat to Charlton Athletic. On 26 September 2023, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Premier League side Luton Town in the EFL Cup, though was sent off five minutes later after receiving a second yellow card.[35] In the following round, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury that would ultimately rule him out for the remainder of the season.[36]

On 19 June 2024, Mitchell signed a new one-year contract with the club.[37] On the 29 October 2024, Mitchell returned from injury, 364 days after his last appearance, as a substitute and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory in an EFL Trophy fixture against Bristol Rovers.[38]

International career

Mitchell has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-20 levels.[39] He was a member of the England under-17 squad which won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.[4] He also won the 2017 Toulon Tournament, starting in the final against Ivory Coast.[40]

In January 2022 Mitchell said that he hoped to represent Jamaica, where his grandparents were born.[41]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 2016–17[42] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[43] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hearts (loan) 2017–18[23] Scottish Premiership 9 0 2 1 0 0 – – 11 1
2018–19[43] Scottish Premiership 20 0 1 1 2 0 – – 23 1
Total 29 0 3 2 2 0 – – 34 2
Blackpool 2020–21[44] League One 32 1 2 0 0 0 – 5[a] 0 39 1
2021–22[45] Championship 13 0 1 0 0 0 – – 14 0
Total 45 1 3 0 0 0 – 5 0 53 1
Hibernian 2021–22[45] Scottish Premiership 6 1 1 1 – – – 7 2
2022–23[46] Scottish Premiership 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Total 9 1 1 1 0 0 – – 10 2
Exeter City 2022–23[46] League One 16 2 – – – – 16 2
2023–24[47] 14 2 0 0 3 1 – 0 0 17 3
2024–25[48] 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1[b] 1 1 1
Total 30 4 0 0 3 1 – 1 1 34 6
Career total 114 6 7 3 5 1 0 0 6 1 132 11
  1. ^ Two appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in EFL League One play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy.

Honours

England U17

England U20

Individual

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