Mitchell Beeney
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Mitchell Beeney (born 3rd October 1995 in Leeds, England) is a goalkeeper currently playing in Chelsea's Academy team.
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Pre-Chelsea career
Mitchell joined Chelsea's academy in 2007 from Gillingham's Centre of Excellence. His father, Mark Beeney, has been serving as the club's youth and reserve goalkeeping coach since 2001.
Chelsea career
Mitchell made his Under-18 debut at the back end of the 2010-11 season and was a regular feature for Adrian Viveash's team in 2011-12, sharing goalkeeping duties with Jamal Blackman before becoming first choice in 2012-13.
He featured considerably in runs to both the FA Youth Cup and NextGen Series Finals, whilst also making his first appearances at Under-21 level, debuting in that age group away to Wolves in October 2012.
International
Mitchell has no international representation to date.
Career statistics
Youth, Reserve and Under-21 Football
| Season | Under-18 | NextGen | Under-21 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 2010-11 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
(Statistics accurate as of the end of the 2012-13 season)
Career honours
Contract
Mitchell is currently on a two-year youth scholarship contract which expires at the end of the 2013-14 season.
