{{Short description|Trinidadian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Darren Mitchell | fullname = Darren Dwayn Aaron Mitchell | image = Darren Mitchell at an interview in 2013.jpg | caption = Mitchell at an interview in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Princes Town, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Guastatoya | clubnumber = | years1 = | clubs1 = Tobago Phoenix | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2013–2017 | clubs2 = Central | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = Davao Aguilas | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Guastatoya | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Central | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = San Juan Jabloteh | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = Fort Worth Vaqueros | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2022 | clubs8 = Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2022– | clubs9 = Texas Outlaws (indoor) | caps9 = 39 | goals9 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = Trinidad and Tobago | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Darren Dwayn Aaron Mitchell''' is a Trinidadian international footballer who last played for Central F.C. of the TT Pro League as a midfielder. He is currently a free agent.
==Early life and career== Mitchell was born on 10 January 1990<ref name="socawarriors">{{cite web|title=Darren Mitchell|url=http://www.socawarriors.net/fixtures-results.html?view=playerprofile&id=601|website=SocaWarrior.net|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> in Princes Town in the island of Trinidad where he spent his early years but identifies himself as a Tobagonian having several relatives and friends in Tobago. He attended the Scarborough Secondary.
==Club career== It was during his time attending the secondary school when he started his football career and joined the Tobago Phoenix under coach Terry William's request. During the January/December window of the 2012-13 TT Pro League, Mitchell moved to Central F.C.<ref name="ttproleague">{{cite news|title=Darren Mitchell eager to make T&T National Team impact|url=http://www.ttproleague.com/index.php/tt-pro-league-news/domestic-news/1557-darren-mitchell-eager-to-make-t-t-national-team-impact|accessdate=27 March 2017|publisher=TT Pro League|date=19 March 2013}}</ref>
In March 2017, Mitchell was reportedly signed in by Davao Aguilas F.C. of the Philippines Football League.<ref name=wired>{{cite news|title=Central captain, Darren Mitchell, swaps Pro League for Philippines outfit, Davao Aguilas FC|url=http://wired868.com/2017/03/26/central-captain-darren-mitchell-swaps-pro-league-for-philippines-outfit-davao-aguilas-fc/comment-page-1/|accessdate=27 March 2017|work=Wired 868|date=26 March 2017}}</ref> He was released by the club before the beginning of the season.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Mitchell later reportedly moved to Guatemalan club Deportivo Guastatoya in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Chucky’ signs with Guatemala club*|url=http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20170630/sports/8216chucky8217-signs-with-guatemala-club|accessdate=2 July 2017|work=Trinidadian Express|publisher=Caribbean Communications Network|date=30 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref>
==International career== In March 2013, Mitchell earned his first call up for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.<ref name="ttproleague"/> By March 2017, Mitchell has already made three caps for Trinidad and Tobago, all in friendlies.<ref name=wired/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Darren}} Category:1990 births Category:People from Tobago Category:Living people Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Category:21st-century Trinidad and Tobago sportsmen Category:Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers Category:Central F.C. players Category:TT Pro League players Category:Trinidad and Tobago expatriate men's footballers Category:Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Category:Philippines Football League players Category:Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:National Premier Soccer League players Category:Aguilas–UMak F.C. players Category:CD Guastatoya players Category:San Juan Jabloteh F.C. players Category:Dallas Sidekicks (2012–present) players Category:Major Arena Soccer League players