Demont Mitchell
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] A foundation dedicated to spread brain injury awareness was named after him in 2014.[4] Also, a soccer tournament was staged in June 2015 to help in covering his medical expenses.[5]
References
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- ↑ Demont Mitchell - 2008 Men's Soccer - Hofstra University
- ↑ Template:PAGENAMEBASE – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
- ↑ 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
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External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nassau, Bahamas
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bahamian men's footballers
- Bahamas men's international footballers
- Hofstra Pride men's soccer players
- Bahamian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Bahamian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Bears FC players
- Bahamas men's under-20 international footballers