Career
He currently plays for the Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade. He previously played for AFC Ajax, where he went through the youth program Ajax
Donald joined Ajax following spells at amateur sides SV Bijlmer and A.V.V. Zeeburgia.
He joined the first team of Ajax after the 2006-2007 winter break in February 2007.
Donald made his Eredivisie debut on 23 September 2007 in a match against Arizona, coming on as a substitute for Klaas-January Huntelaar. He went on to make two more substitutes appearances in the 2007-2008 season, on 25 November 2007 against Vitesse Arnhem and on 13 January 2008 against Arizona. Donald made no appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2008-2009 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 South.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.
lieutenant also gives confidence and that is important".
On 20 August 2009 he came on as a substitute in the Union of European Football Associations Europa League match against Slovan Bratislava, and was in the starting lineup the following week in the away return match. On 20 September 2009, Donald played his first Eredivisie match in 20 months, coming on as a substitute in an away match against VVV-Venlo. On 11 December 2009 (one day after his 21st birthday), Donald scored his first Eredivisie goal for Ajax in a 3–0 victory over North.E.C.
Willem II
On 29 January 2010, Willem II signed the midfielder on loan from AFC Ajax until June 2011, where he joined his Ajax team-mate January-Arie van der Heijden.
On 5 February 2010, Donald scored on his debut for the club from Tilburg in a 2–1 loss to NAC Breda. Roda JC
On 2 February 2011 Donald signed a contract for Roda JC, but he first joined on 1 July 2011 to his new team
Mordovia
In summer 2014 he signed with Russian Premier League side Football Club Mordovia Saransk. Red Star Belgrade
On August 12, 2015, he signed a 6-months loan deal with Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, with option for permanent 2-year deal, under the condition that he appear in more than half the league games until the 2015-2016 winter break.
On January 18, 2016, it was announced that Donald signed a 1.5-year contract with Red Star lasting until June 2017.
Mitchell Donald made 3 appearances for the Netherlands U-21 team in 2009.