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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] A foundation dedicated to spread brain injury awareness was named after him in 2014.[6] Also, a soccer tournament was staged in June 2015 to help in covering his medical expenses.[7]
References
- ^ “CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap”. Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ “CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying 2008”. Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Demont Mitchell – 2008 Men’s Soccer – Hofstra University
- ^ Demont Mitchell – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ 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