George Mells
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Full name | George John Mells | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 23 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Port Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Southampton | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Adelaide United | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Fortuna Sittard | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Brisbane Roar | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Port Melbourne | 43 | (6) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Australia U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014 | Greece U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Australia U20 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015 |
George John Mells Jr. (born 23 May 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Port Melbourne.
Football career
Born in Melbourne, Mells played youth football for Chelsea and Southampton before returning to Australia to make his professional debut for Adelaide United in 2015.[1]
His contract with Brisbane Roar was terminated by mutual agreement on 23 February 2021.[2] He played no A-league games for Brisbane Roar. A couple of days later he joined NPL Victoria club Port Melbourne.[3]
Mells has appeared numerous times for Australian youth teams, having also previously represented Greece U17s.
Honors
Club
- Adelaide United
International
- Australia U20
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 May 2021
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2015–16 | A-League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Adelaide total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Fortuna Sittard | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brisbane Roar | 2019–20 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brisbane total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Port Melbourne | 2021 | National Premier Leagues | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Career total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
References
- ^ "Adelaide signs former Chelsea and Southampton starlet Mells". SBS TV. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Mells departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 23 February 2020.
- ^ Symons, Neal [@neal_symons] (25 February 2021). "Per @gleebo41 on @FNR_Radio, recently released Brisbane Roar midfielder George Mells has signed with NPL Victoria side @PMSCSharks" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Young Socceroos win AFF U19 title". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
External links
- George Mells at Soccerway
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