.jpg) Billy Mitchell in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Billy James Mitchell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Orpington, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Millwall | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2019 | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Millwall | 157 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Billy James Mitchell (born 7 April 2001) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forEFL Championship clubMillwall.[3]
Mitchell hails fromOrpington, but moved toSidcup with his mother and brother when he was 15. He joined his boyhood clubMillwall at under-15 level. His father's family originates fromBermondsey and are also Millwall fans, so is his maternal great-grandfather.[4] He made his first team debut in the last game of the season on 5 May 2019, coming on a late substitute in the 1–0 defeat toWigan Athletic.[4] In the summer of 2019 he signed his first professional contract, a one-year deal. In April 2021, he signed a new long term deal with Millwall.[4] He scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win againstBristol City on 1 May 2021.[5] Mitchell was awarded the PFA Championship Players in the Community award for the2021–22 season after becoming heavily involved in Millwall's Community Trust.[6][7]
Mitchell is the brother ofCharlton Athletic playerZach Mitchell.[8]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Millwall | 2018–19[9] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[10] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[11] | Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22[12] | Championship | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[13] | Championship | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[14] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25[15] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 148 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 1 | ||
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