Mitchell Roberts

Career Early career Roberts joined Birmingham City's Academy as a 10-year-old in 2011, having previously played Sunday League football, and took up a two-year scholarship in July 2017. His first year was interrupted by a knee injury, and signed it in June. He did not leave, played 18 times for Birmingham's under-23 team during the abbreviated 2019–20 season, and signed a two-year professional contract in July 2020.

He was used in pre-season friendlies ahead of the 2020–21 season, but was not listed among those allocated a squad number.

Harrogate Town loan Roberts joined League Two newcomers Harrogate Town on 8 January 2021 on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. He made his club and Football League debut the next day, starting at left back in a 2–1 defeat away to Cambridge United. He played for 54 minutes, during which he received a yellow card for a bad tackle, before being replaced by Jay Williams because of a hamstring injury. He received treatment at Birmingham before returning to Harrogate towards the end of March, and next appeared in the first team on 20 April, playing the whole of a 3–0 home defeat. He played twice more, finishing his loan spell with four appearances. Roberts made his first Championship appearance on 7 November 2021 when, with five senior defenders unavailable through injury, he started on the left of a back three in a 2–1 defeat at home to Reading.

Carlisle United loan Having made no further appearances for Birmingham, Roberts signed on loan for League Two club Carlisle United on 31 January 2022. He made his debut on 12 February, starting in a back three in a 2–2 draw away to Colchester United described by the News and Star as a "grim struggle". He finished the season with six appearances. He made his debut the next day in the starting eleven for the match at home to Aldershot, which Oldham won with a stoppage-time goal. Manager John Sheridan described him as "excellent, very elegant, technically very good, comfortable on the ball." He was a regular in the starting eleven

Solihull Moors loan Roberts joined another National League club, Solihull Moors, on 30 January 2023 on loan until the end of the season. He scored away to Altrincham in February, catching the goalkeeper off his line from , but the hosts won the match 4–1. Roberts started all five of Moors' unbeaten matches in March, but made only four other appearances for the club.

Roberts was one of 13 professionals released by Birmingham at the end of the 2022–23 season.

Non-league Roberts joined National League club Oxford City in October 2023. He had made 20 appearances in all competitions by the end of the season. He was released at the end of the season after eight appearances in all competitions.

On 10 June 2025, Roberts joined National League North club Hereford. On 17 October, he joined Southern League Premier Division South club Gloucester City on a one-month loan. He was released by the club at the end of the 2025–26 season.

On 3 July 2026, Roberts joined Southern Football League Premier Division Central club Worcester City.

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