Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Machida Zelvia in the J1 League.
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 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 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.
On 24 January 2012, it was announced he had signed his first senior contract signing a two-year contract with Central Coast Mariners.
In August 2013, Duke had a two-week trial with English Premier League side West Ham United.
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. 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.Duke takes J-League opportunity In April 2016, Duke suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out of football for at least six months.
Duke left Shimizu in December 2018, after four seasons with the club.
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. He scored the winning goal against Al-Duhail in an 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.
On 5 August 2021, Duke joined Fagiano Okayama.
On 30 December 2022, it was announced that Duke had officially transferred to Machida Zelvia for the upcoming 2023 J2 League season. He scored 10 goals in the J2 League and helped Zelvia to promotion from the J2 League to the J1 League.
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.
On 27 December 2025, Macarthur FC announced that Duke would join the club until the end of the 2025–26 season. At the end of the season, having missed World Cup selection, Duke returned to Machida Zelvia for the following season.
International career Duke was included in the Australian national team in July 2013, for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. Duke made his international tournament debut against South Korea in the first match of the tournament, in a draw. He scored his first international goal in the next match, a 3–2 loss to Japan. Duke scored again in the following match which Australia lost 4–3 to China.
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.
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.
He featured in Australia's team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. 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.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague CupContinentalTotalDivisionApps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCentral Coast Mariners2010–11A-League11——00112011–1200——10102012–13216——722882013–14293——603532014–1515330——183Total661330—1428315Blacktown City Demons (loan)2011NSW PL2140021—235Shimizu S-Pulse2015J1 League2910030—3212016J2 League7100——712017J1 League3111160—38220182201041—271Total89321131—1045Western Sydney Wanderers2018–19A-League11400——1142019–20261400——2614Total371800——3718Al Taawoun2020–21Saudi Professional League12010—51181Western Sydney Wanderers (loan)2020–21A-League17600——176Fagiano Okayama2021J2 League14300——143202236800——368Total491100——4911Machida Zelvia2023J2 League341021——36112024J1 League3341032—376Total67143132—7317Macarthur FC2025-26A-League135000020155Machida Zelvia 2026-27J League1100000011Total3176319218421337572
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustralia2013422019202021952022822023922024131202551Total5013
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duke goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Mitchell DukeNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 25 July 2013 Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea 2 1–2 2–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup2 28 July 2013 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 3 3–4 3–43 7 June 2021 Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 8 4–0 5–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification4 5–1 5 2 September 2021 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 10 3–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification6 7 October 2021 12 3–1 3–17 16 November 2021 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 15 1–0 1–18 25 September 2022 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 21 1–0 2–0 Friendly9 26 November 2022 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar 23 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup10 16 November 2023 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 31 3–0 7–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification11 4–012 6 January 2024 Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 33 2–0 2–0 Friendly13 10 June 2025 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 48 2–1 2–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Central Coast Mariners A-League Championship: 2012–2013
Machida Zelvia J2 League: 2023 Emperor's Cup: 2025
See also List of Central Coast Mariners FC players
References putting his wood in a minor
External links
Profile at Shimizu S-Pulse