Kolkata: Kingfisher East Bengal makes another strong move to the transfer market by signing a top class defender to bolster their squad for the forthcoming season. Deon Carlyle Mitchell, the central defender of the current Trinidad and Tobago National team has signed for the Red and Gold Brigade as the third foreigner. The native of another East Bengal foreigner Willis Deon Plaza will no doubt be a huge signing in Indian football.
He signed with Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer on 15 September 2011. making his debut for the club on 6 October 2011. Mitchell was loaned to NASL club FC Edmonton on 11 March 2013. He was released by the Whitecaps on 14 November 2014 after their 2014 season ended.
He signed for South Korean club Seoul E-Land in December 2014, for the 2015 season. Mitchell made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. He scored his first goal for the national side in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 3–1 loss to Honduras on 15 November 2016.