Mitch Duke

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Mitch Duke
File:Mitchell Duke 2020.png
Duke training with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Thomas Duke[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Machida Zelvia
Number 15
Youth career
–2009 Parramatta Eagles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Parramatta Eagles
2010–2015 Central Coast Mariners 66 (13)
2011 → Blacktown City (loan) 21 (4)
2015–2018 Shimizu S-Pulse 89 (3)
2019–2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 37 (18)
2020–2021 Al-Taawoun 12 (0)
2021 → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 17 (6)
2021–2022 Fagiano Okayama 51 (11)
2023– Machida Zelvia 85 (15)
International career‡
2021 Australia Olympic 4 (1)
2013– Australia 48 (13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2024

Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for J1 League club Machida Zelvia and the Australia national team.

Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth soccer with Parramatta Eagles before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners. He joined J-League side Shimizu S-Pulse and Fagiano Okayama in 2015 and 2021 respectively.

He represented Australia at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, 2022 FIFA World Cup, and Australia Olympic at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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Duke was born in Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west. He attended All Saints Catholic College, Liverpool and All Saints Catholic Senior College Casula.

Club career

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Duke began his career with Parramatta Eagles before moving into the Central Coast Mariners' youth team. On 9 February 2011, Duke made his senior debut for the Mariners and also scored his first goal in a 3–1 win over Gold Coast United.[2]

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Duke playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2010

On 24 January 2012, it was announced he had signed his first senior contract signing a two-year contract with Central Coast Mariners.[3]

In August 2013, Duke had a two-week trial with English Premier League side West Ham United.[4]

In the 2012–13 season, Duke scored 6 goals from 21 games. In the 2013–14 season, he was not as prolific, scoring 3 goals in 29 games. In the 2014–15 season, he had 3 goals from 15 games.[5] The decrease in goals can be attributed to Duke being played increasingly on the right wing by coach Phil Moss rather than the centre forward position he began his career playing.

On 9 February 2015, Duke announced that he was flying to Japan to complete a move to Shimizu S-Pulse.[6] In April 2016, Duke suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out of football for at least six months.[7]

Duke left Shimizu in December 2018, after four seasons with the club.[8]

On 25 January 2019, Duke announced that he had moved back home and signed with Western Sydney Wanderers FC and captained the club.

On 22 August 2020, Duke signed a two-year deal with Al-Taawoun.[9] He scored the winning goal against Al-Duhail in a AFC Champions League group stage fixture on 25 September 2020 but fell out of favour with the club leadership shortly after, having moved from his forward position to the wing. On 1 February 2021, Duke returned to Australia and signed for his former club Western Sydney Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 A-League season.[10]

On 5 August 2021, Duke joined Fagiano Okayama.[11]

On 30 December 2022, it was announced that Duke had officially transferred to Machida Zelvia for the upcoming 2023 J2 League season.[12] He scored 10 goals in the J2 League and helped Zelvia to promotion from the J2 League to the J1 League.[13]

On 22 November 2025, he assisted Yūki Sōma's match winning goal in a 3–1 victory against Vissel Kobe in the final of the 2025 Emperor's Cup.[14]

International career

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Duke was included in the Australian national team in July 2013, for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.[15] Duke made his international tournament debut against South Korea in the first match of the tournament, in a draw.[16] He scored his first international goal in the next match, a 3–2 loss to Japan.[17] Duke scored again in the following match which Australia lost 4–3 to China.[18]

7 September 2013, Duke next played for the Socceroos in a 0–6 friendly loss to Brazil, at Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha in Brasília. Mitch came on as a second half substitute for Josh Kennedy in the 78th minute.[19]

Duke qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was included in the Olyroos Olympic squad. They defeated Argentina in their first group match but, unable to win another match, they never were in contention for a medal.[20]

He featured in Australia's team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[21] In the team's second match against Tunisia on 26 November 2022, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win, Australia's first World Cup win since 2010.[22]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 8 December 2024[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Central Coast Mariners 2010–11 A-League 1 1 — — 0 0 1 1
2011–12 0 0 — — 1 0 1 0
2012–13 21 6 — — 7 2 28 8
2013–14 29 3 — — 6 0 35 3
2014–15 15 3 3 0 — — 18 3
Total 66 13 3 0 — 14 2 83 15
Blacktown City Demons (loan) 2011 NSW PL 21 4 0 0 2 1 — 23 5
Shimizu S-Pulse 2015 J1 League 29 1 0 0 3 0 — 32 1
2016 J2 League 7 1 0 0 — — 7 1
2017 J1 League 31 1 1 1 6 0 — 38 2
2018 22 0 1 0 4 1 — 27 1
Total 89 3 2 1 13 1 — 104 5
Western Sydney Wanderers 2018–19 A-League 11 4 0 0 — — 11 4
2019–20 26 14 0 0 — — 26 14
Total 37 18 0 0 — — 37 18
Al Taawoun 2020–21 Saudi Professional League 12 0 1 0 — 5 1 18 1
Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 2020–21 A-League 17 6 0 0 — — 17 6
Fagiano Okayama 2021 J2 League 14 3 0 0 — — 14 3
2022 36 8 0 0 — — 36 8
Total 49 11 0 0 — — 49 11
Machida Zelvia 2023 J2 League 34 10 2 1 — — 36 11
2024 J1 League 33 4 1 0 3 2 — 37 6
Total 67 14 3 1 3 2 — 73 17
Total 303 57 19 2 18 4 19 3 359 66
  1. ^ Includes appearances in the Australian FFA Cup and Japanese Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ Includes appearances in the NSW Waratah Cup and Japanese J.League Cup

International

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As of match played 10 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Australia 2013 4 2
2019 2 0
2021 9 5
2022 8 2
2023 9 2
2024 13 1
2025 3 1
Total 48 13
As of 10 June 2024[25]
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duke goal.
List of international goals scored by Mitchell Duke
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 July 2013 Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea 2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1–2 2–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2 28 July 2013 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 3 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3–4 3–4
3 7 June 2021 Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 8 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei 4–0 5–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 5–1
5 2 September 2021 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 10 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 7 October 2021 12 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 3–1 3–1
7 16 November 2021 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 15 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1–0 1–1
8 25 September 2022 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 21 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1–0 2–0 Friendly
9 26 November 2022 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar 23 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup
10 16 November 2023 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 31 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3–0 7–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 4–0
12 6 January 2024 Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 33 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 2–0 2–0 Friendly
13 10 June 2025 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 48 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2–1 2–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Central Coast Mariners

Machida Zelvia

See also

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References

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  • Profile at Shimizu S-Pulse Archived 14 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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