Chris Mitchell (footballer born 1988)
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Mitchell with Scotland U21 in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Philip Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 7 May 2016 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Livingston | |||
| 2006–2007 | Falkirk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Falkirk | 39 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Ayr United (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Bradford City | 11 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Queen of the South | 65 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Clyde | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 140 | (5) | |
| National team | |||
| 2008–2009 | Scotland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Philip "Chris" Mitchell (21 July 1988 – 7 May 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
Mitchell began his senior career at Scottish Premier League club Falkirk who also loaned him to Ayr United. He then had a season in England with Bradford City before joining Queen of the South in 2012. In his first season at Queens he won the Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Football League Second Division. At the end of that season he was named in the division's PFA Scotland Team of the Year. Mitchell had a brief spell at Clyde before leaving for work-related reasons. He died at the age of 27.
Stirling born Mitchell was in the youth system at Livingston then Falkirk. At Falkirk he graduated to the first team. In a pre-season game in 2007 he scored the winning goal against Dutch team Ajax. He made his competitive debut on 22 December 2007 as an added-time substitute in a 3–0 Scottish Premier League victory at Motherwell. He finished his first season with five appearances the last three of which were starts. On 21 November 2009 he scored his only competitive goal for the Bairns. This 20-yard free kick was in a 2–0 home win against Hamilton Academical for a first league win of the season.
Mitchell moved to Ayr United on loan on 22 January 2010 for the rest of the season. He made ten appearances for the Honest Men in the Scottish Football League First Division. He scored the opening goal of a 1–1 draw at Raith Rovers on 27 March again from another free kick but from 30 yards.
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