# Jeyland Mitchell
**Jeyland Mitchell** (Jeyland Yahir Mitchell Baltodano, born 2004 in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a center-back, also capable at right-back, for the French Ligue 1 club [Strasbourg](https://www.edgepedia.org/strasbourg) and the [Costa Rica](https://www.edgepedia.org/costa-rica) national team.[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/jeyland-mitchell/profil/spieler/856068) • [2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) He rose to prominence at [Copa América](https://www.edgepedia.org/copa-america) 2024, where as a 19-year-old he played every minute of Costa Rica's three group matches, including a goalless draw against Brazil in which he was tasked with containing Vinícius Júnior, and joined Feyenoord within days of the tournament.[3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name, born | Jeyland Yahir Mitchell Baltodano, 2004, Puerto Limón (Limón), Costa Rica[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/jeyland-mitchell/profil/spieler/856068) |
| Position, physique | Centre-back (also right-back), 1.87 m, right-footed[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/jeyland-mitchell/profil/spieler/856068) • [4](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1340071/jeyland-mitchell) |
| Breakthrough | Copa América 2024: 90 minutes in all three of Costa Rica's group matches, including the 0-0 draw with Brazil[3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel) |
| Move to Europe | Feyenoord signed him from LD Alajuelense on 8 July 2024 for €2.5 million on a five-year contract[3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel) • [5](https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/players/jeyland-mitchell/transfer-history) |
| Sturm Graz | On loan 2 September 2025 to 12 August 2026 (19 Bundesliga matches, 1 goal in 2025/26), then a permanent move[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) • [6](https://www.fr-fans.nl/nieuws/77566/waarom-het-voor-mitchell-wel-werkt-in-oostenrijk-maar-niet-bij-feyenoord) |
| Current club | Strasbourg, signed 19 August 2026; 5 Ligue 1 appearances (436 minutes) in 2026/27[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) |
| Costa Rica | Debut February 2024 against El Salvador; 22 FIFA matches and 2 goals per National Football Teams[7](https://as.com/us/futbol/jeyland-mitchell-la-joya-de-costa-rica-que-paro-a-vinicius-n/) • [8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) |
## Early career in Costa Rica
Mitchell came through in Costa Rica's Primera División, the country's top flight. He began at AD Guanacasteca, where he made 12 appearances with 1 goal in 2021/22 and 13 appearances in 2022/23, and spent the second half of 2023 at AD Municipal Liberia, scoring once in 9 matches.[8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) In January 2024 he joined LD Alajuelense, one of the country's leading clubs, where he was under contract until his transfer to Europe that July.[8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) • [3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel)
His international debut came in February 2024, in a friendly against [El Salvador](https://www.edgepedia.org/el-salvador), only months before the Copa América squad was named.[7](https://as.com/us/futbol/jeyland-mitchell-la-joya-de-costa-rica-que-paro-a-vinicius-n/) At the 2024 tournament in the United States, Costa Rica was drawn in Group D with Brazil, Colombia, and Paraguay.[9](https://as.com/us/futbol/copa-america/costa-rica-en-copa-america-2024-plantel-seleccionados-lista-jugadores-grupo-y-fixture-n/) In the opening match against Brazil at [SoFi Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/sofi-stadium), coach Gustavo Alfaro used Mitchell in a defensive performance that held the [Brazilians](https://www.edgepedia.org/brazilians) to a 0-0 draw, and the coach said afterward that the teenager could mature in European football if he kept that level.[7](https://as.com/us/futbol/jeyland-mitchell-la-joya-de-costa-rica-que-paro-a-vinicius-n/) Costa Rica was eliminated in the group stage, but Mitchell's performances against forwards such as Vinícius, Luis Díaz, and Julio Enciso drew attention from European scouts.[10](https://as.com/us/futbol/feyenoord-ficha-a-la-nueva-joya-de-costa-rica-n/)
## Feyenoord
Feyenoord confirmed the signing on 8 July 2024, with the 19-year-old defender signing a five-year contract at [De Kuip](https://www.edgepedia.org/de-kuip).[3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel) The transfer fee was reported as a €2.5 million package deal from [Alajuelense](https://www.edgepedia.org/alajuelense).[5](https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/players/jeyland-mitchell/transfer-history) According to Voetbal International, several European clubs had tracked him, with [Atlético Madrid](https://www.edgepedia.org/atletico-madrid), Juventus, and Club Brugge also monitoring the player, and he became the sixth summer signing under new head coach Brian Priske.[3](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel)
His playing time in [Rotterdam](https://www.edgepedia.org/rotterdam) was limited. Soccerbase records one league appearance as a substitute in 2024/25, and National Football Teams credits him with a single [Eredivisie](https://www.edgepedia.org/eredivisie) match that season, in which [Feyenoord](https://www.edgepedia.org/feyenoord) finished third.[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) • [8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) He did appear in European competition: in February 2025, with Feyenoord protecting a 1-1 home draw against Milan in the UEFA Champions League playoff second leg (2-1 on aggregate), Mitchell came on in the 87th minute to help close out the result that sent the club to the round of 16.[11](https://as.com/us/futbol/el-futbolista-centroamericano-que-jugara-octavos-de-final-de-la-champions-league-n/) He also collected one trophy at the club, the Dutch Super Cup of 2024/25.[4](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1340071/jeyland-mitchell)
## Sturm Graz and Strasbourg
In September 2025 Mitchell moved on loan to [SK Sturm Graz](https://www.edgepedia.org/sk-sturm-graz) in the Austrian Bundesliga, with the loan running from 2 September 2025 to 12 August 2026.[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) The spell revived his career: he made 19 [Bundesliga](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundesliga) appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist in 2025/26, playing 1,230 minutes, and Sturm Graz finished second in the league.[12](https://theanalyst.com/players/8395/jeyland-mitchell/career) • [8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) Sturm Graz then exercised the purchase option, which definitively ended his Feyenoord chapter.[6](https://www.fr-fans.nl/nieuws/77566/waarom-het-voor-mitchell-wel-werkt-in-oostenrijk-maar-niet-bij-feyenoord)
The stay in Graz was brief. Transfermarkt lists him as joining Sturm Graz on 1 July 2026 with a contract extension dated 2 June 2026,[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/jeyland-mitchell/profil/spieler/856068) but Strasbourg signed him on 19 August 2026 for an undisclosed fee, and he began the 2026/27 [Ligue 1](https://www.edgepedia.org/ligue-1) season in France.[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) In his first months at Strasbourg he made 5 league appearances for 436 minutes, starting in five of the club's fixtures.[2](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205) • [13](https://theanalyst.com/players/8395/jeyland-mitchell/national)
## International career
Mitchell has been a regular for Costa Rica since his February 2024 debut. National Football Teams records 22 FIFA matches with 2 goals through 2026, plus 3 non-FIFA matches, with 10 caps in 2024, 8 in 2025 (in which he scored both of his international goals), and 4 in 2026.[8](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html) L'Équipe counts 9 senior selections since his 2024 debut as of its most recent update, reflecting the different counting windows used by statistics sites.[14](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/jeyland-mitchell/153558) Opta Analyst notes that he appeared in each of Costa Rica's eight games in 2026, starting all of them.[13](https://theanalyst.com/players/8395/jeyland-mitchell/national) He has also represented Costa Rica at under-23 level and competed in CONCACAF Nations League, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and World Cup CONCACAF qualifying.[4](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1340071/jeyland-mitchell)
## References
1. [Jeyland Mitchell – Player profile, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.us/jeyland-mitchell/profil/spieler/856068)
2. [Jeyland Mitchell – Soccer Base career record](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=189205)
3. [Feyenoord maakt transfer Costa Ricaans toptalent Mitchell officieel, Voetbal International (8 July 2024)](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/feyenoord-maakt-transfer-costa-ricaans-toptalent-mitchell-officieel)
4. [Jeyland Mitchell – stats, career and market value, FotMob](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1340071/jeyland-mitchell)
5. [Jeyland Mitchell Transfer History, FootballTransfers](https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/players/jeyland-mitchell/transfer-history)
6. [Waarom het voor Mitchell wel werkt in Oostenrijk maar niet bij Feyenoord, FR-fans](https://www.fr-fans.nl/nieuws/77566/waarom-het-voor-mitchell-wel-werkt-in-oostenrijk-maar-niet-bij-feyenoord)
7. [Jeyland Mitchell, la joya de Costa Rica que frenó a Vinícius, AS USA (25 June 2024)](https://as.com/us/futbol/jeyland-mitchell-la-joya-de-costa-rica-que-paro-a-vinicius-n/)
8. [Jeyland Mitchell (Player), National Football Teams](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/93609/Jeyland_Mitchell.html)
9. [Costa Rica en Copa América 2024: plantel, seleccionados, lista, jugadores, grupo y fixture, AS USA](https://as.com/us/futbol/copa-america/costa-rica-en-copa-america-2024-plantel-seleccionados-lista-jugadores-grupo-y-fixture-n/)
10. [Feyenoord ficha a la nueva joya de Costa Rica, AS USA (3 July 2024)](https://as.com/us/futbol/feyenoord-ficha-a-la-nueva-joya-de-costa-rica-n/)
11. [El centroamericano que jugará octavos de final de Champions League, AS USA (19 February 2025)](https://as.com/us/futbol/el-futbolista-centroamericano-que-jugara-octavos-de-final-de-la-champions-league-n/)
12. [Jeyland Mitchell Career History, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/8395/jeyland-mitchell/career)
13. [Jeyland Mitchell International Career, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/8395/jeyland-mitchell/national)
14. [Jeyland Mitchell – joueur de football, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/jeyland-mitchell/153558)
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