Mitchell Donald

Ajax

Born in Nieuw-Vennep, Donald joined Ajax following spells at amateur sides SV Bijlmer and A.V.V. Zeeburgia. He joined the first team of Ajax after the 2006–07 winter break in February 2007. Donald made his professional Ajax debut under manager Henk ten Cate on 14 February 2007, in the UEFA Cup clash against SV Werder Bremen. In August 2007 he participated in the 1–0 win over PSV Eindhoven to clinch the Johan Cruijff-schaal, his first trophy. Donald made his Eredivisie debut on 23 September 2007 in a match against AZ, coming on as a substitute for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. He went on to make two more substitutes appearances in the 2007–08 season, on 25 November 2007 against Vitesse Arnhem and on 13 January 2008 against AZ. Donald made no appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2008–09 season under manager Marco van Basten, after being badly injured in pre-season at the Amsterdam Tournament in a challenge on Inter's Adriano, but he reestablished himself in the squad following the appointment of Martin Jol. On 27 July 2009, almost exactly a year after injuring himself there, Donald appeared once again at the Amsterdam Tournament in a match against S.L. Benfica. Jol stated that the game of Donald was "surprising" and that his game was "very good and beautiful for such a young player. It also gives confidence and that is important". On 20 August 2009, he came on as a substitute in the UEFA Europa League match against Slovan Bratislava, and was in the starting line-up the…

Born in the Netherlands, Donald is of Surinamese descent. He made 3 appearances for the Netherlands Under-21 team in 2009. He debuted with the Suriname national team in a 6–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Bermuda on 4 June 2021. A few weeks later on 25 June Donald was named to the Suriname squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

As of end of 2020—21 season

He is the older brother of the footballer Joël Donald. In late 2017, Donald owned a hookah lounge in Belgrade. Donald is the father of 2 daughters and is married to Esra Donald.