Zach Mitchell
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Zach Mitchell
| image =
| full_name = Zach Joseph Mitchell{{cite web |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf |title=Club List of Registered Players as at September 2024 |publisher=English Football League |page=58 and 59 |access-date=16 September 2024}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|01|09|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Zach Mitchell Charlton Athletic Biography |url=https://www.charltonafc.com/player/166 |access-date=3 November 2022 |publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site}}
| birth_place = Bromley, England{{ENFA|name=Zach Mitchell}}
| height =
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Charlton Athletic
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = 2012–2022
| youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic
| years1 = 2022–
| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic
| caps1 = 7
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2023–2024
| clubs2 = → Colchester United (loan)
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2025
| clubs3 = → St Johnstone (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = England U15
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 17:10, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 21:46, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
}}
Zach Joseph Mitchell (born 9 January 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{English football updater|CharltoA}} club Charlton Athletic.
Career
=Charlton Athletic=
Coming through the youth system of Charlton Athletic, Mitchell penned his first professional contract with the club on 27 July 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-pens-first-professional-contract|title=Zach Mitchell pens first professional contract|publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site|date=27 July 2022|access-date=3 November 2022}}
Mitchell made his professional debut for Charlton, playing the first 65 minutes of a 2–1 EFL Trophy victory at home against Brighton & Hove Albion U21 on 2 November 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/payne-strikes-stoppage-time-addicks-advance|title=Payne strikes in stoppage time as Addicks advance|publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site|date=2 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022}}
Mitchell made his second appearance for the club just four days later, on 5 November 2022, coming off the bench after just 18 minutes for the injured Terell Thomas, in the 4–1 FA Cup first round victory over Coalville Town.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63461197|title=Charlton Athletic 4–1 Coalville Town|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 November 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}
On 18 October 2024, Mitchell signed a new two-and-a-half year contract keeping him at the club until 2027 with a club option of an extra year.{{cite news |title=Zach Mitchell signs new long-term contract|url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-signs-new-long-term-contract |publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site |date=18 October 2024 |accessdate=18 October 2024}}
==Colchester United (loan)==
On 1 September 2023, Mitchell joined Colchester United on a season-long loan.{{cite news |title=ZACH MITCHELL JOINS COLCHESTER UNITED ON LOAN|url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-joins-colchester-united-loan |publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site |date=1 September 2023 |accessdate=1 September 2023}}
==St Johnstone (loan)==
On 3 February 2025, Mitchell joined St Johnstone on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season.{{cite news |title=Zach Mitchell joins St Johnstone on loan|url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-joins-st-johnstone-loan |publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Site |date=3 February 2025 |accessdate=3 February 2025}}{{cite news |title=Welcome, Zach Mitchell!|url=https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/article/welcome-zach-mitchell |publisher=St Johnstone Official Site |date=3 February 2025 |accessdate=3 February 2025}}
International
On 15 December 2019 Mitchell represented the England U15 team against Turkey.{{cite web|url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=528&macID=218589|title=England 3-6 Turkey|date=15 December 2019|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|accessdate=7 May 2023|language=Turkish}}
Personal life
Mitchell is the brother of Millwall player Billy Mitchell.{{Cite web |last=Cawley |first=Richard |date=2022-12-16 |title=South London's Mitchell Brothers – Charlton's Zach and Millwall's Billy – have dream of playing in same team |url=https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/south-londons-mitchell-brothers-charltons-zach-and-millwalls-billy-have-dream-of-playing-in-same-team/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=South London News |language=en-GB}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Charlton Athletic
|6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{Efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|League One |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|League One |1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3{{Efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2025–26
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Charlton Athletic total
!7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Colchester United (loan)
|23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| St Johnstone (loan)
|8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!38 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 56 | 3 |
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Honours
Individual
- EFL League One Apprentice of the Season: 2022–23{{Cite web |date=23 April 2023 |title=Middlesbrough's Chuba Akpom takes Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2023/april/middlesbroughs-chuba-akpom-takes-sky-bet-championship-player-of-the-season/ |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=English Football League}}
References
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External links
- {{soccerbase|168875}}
{{Charlton Athletic F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Zach}}
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:St Johnstone F.C. players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:England men's youth international footballers