Mitchell Duke


Mitchell Thomas Duke is an Australian international footballer who plays for and is the Captain for the Western Sydney Wanderers FC in the Hyundai A-League.
Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth football with Paramatta Eagles before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners. He joined Shimizu S-Pulse in 2015.
Duke has four caps and two goals for the Australian national soccer team.

Early life

Duke was born in Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west. He attended All Saints Catholic College Liverpool and All Saints Catholic Senior College Casula.

Playing career

Club

He began his career with Parramatta Eagles before moving into the Central Coast Mariners' youth team. On 9 February 2011, Duke made his senior debut for the Mariners and also scored his first goal in a 3–1 win over Gold Coast United.
On 24 January 2012 it was announced he had signed his first senior contract signing a two-year contract with Central Coast Mariners.
In August 2013, Duke had a two-week trial with English Premier League side West Ham United.
In the 2012/13 season, Duke scored 6 goals from 21 games. In the 2013/14 season he wasn't as prolific, scoring 3 goals in 29 games. In the 2014/15 season, he had 3 goals from 15 games. The decrease in goals can be attributed to Duke being played increasingly on the right wing by coach Phil Moss rather than the centre forward position he began his career playing.
On 9 February 2015, Duke announced that he was flying to Japan to complete a move to Shimizu S-Pulse. In April 2016, Duke suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out of football for at least six months.
Duke left Shimizu in December 2018, after 4 seasons with the club.
On 25 January 2019, Mitchell Duke announced that he had moved back home and signed with Western Sydney Wanderers FC.

International

Duke was first named in the Australian national football team squad in July 2013, for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. Duke made his debut in the first game of the tournament in a draw with South Korea. He scored his first international goal in the next match, a 3–2 loss to Japan. Duke scored again in the following match which Australia lost 4–3 to China.
7 September 2013, Duke next played for the Socceroos in a 0–6 friendly loss to Brazil, at Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha in Brasília. Mitch came on as a second half substitute for Josh Kennedy in the 78th minute.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 July 2013Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea21–22–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
228 July 2013Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea33–43–42013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Honors

Club

;Central Coast Mariners