Mitch Austin
Austin playing for Melbourne Victory in a friendly match against Port Melbourne, 9 August 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mitchell Gregory Reginald Griffith Austin | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochdale, England | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manly United | |||
| 2009–2010 | Rotherham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Stalybridge Celtic | 69 | (10) |
| 2013–2015 | Cambridge United | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Brackley Town (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Brackley Town (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Southport (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | (5) |
| 2016– | Melbourne Victory | 19 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
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Mitchell Gregory Reginald "Mitch" Austin (born 3 April 1991) is an Australian-English footballer who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League as a forward.
Mitch Austin was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester on 3 April 1991. He has a twin sister, named Brittany. His father is the Australian Rugby league & Union Player Greg Austin. Mitch left England at the age of eight when his father retired from playing professional rugby and moved the family back to Australia.
Mitch Austin was a Manly United junior in Sydney, Australia. He was spotted by the scouts of Rotherham United in 2009 whilst on a tour of the UK with Manly United and was offered a scholarship with the youth academy.
In 2010, he joined Conference North team Stalybridge Celtic.
After making 71 league appearances, in 2013, he joined Conference team Cambridge United.
In 2014, he was loaned to Lincoln City to get more first team opportunities. After the loan spell was over, he signed for Brackley Town again on loan. On 31 January 2014, his loan was extended till March.
On 13 September 2014, he made his professional debut against Dagenham and Redbridge At the end of the 2014–15 season the club did not offer him a new deal when his contract expired.
In May 2015, Cambridge United announced, that Austin was one out of 12 players, who would leave the club in the summer 2015.
On 1 June 2015, Central Coast Mariners announced that they had signed Austin to a two-year contract. After making 23 appearances in the first year of his contract, Austin asked to terminate his second year and was released by Central Coast Mariners.
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