Josua Mejías

Josua Mejías
Personal information
Full name	Josua Antonio Mejías García
Date of birth	9 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Valencia, Venezuela
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Athens Kallithea
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2015	Carabobo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2018	Carabobo
2017–2018	→ Leganés (loan)
2017–2018	0→ Cartagena (loan)
2018–2022	Leganés
2018–2019	→ Gimnàstic (loan)
2019	→ Cartagena (loan)
2019–2020	→ Atlético Madrid B (loan)
2020–2021	→ Málaga (loan)
2021–2022	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
2022–2023	Beitar Jerusalem
2023–	Athens Kallithea
International career‡
2017	Venezuela U20
2021–	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2023

Josua Antonio Mejías García (born 9 June 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League club Athens Kallithea.

Club career

Mejías came through the academy of local side Carabobo and made his first team debut at age 18 in July 2015. He would make 36 total league appearances (31 starts) for the club over the next two years, until he was acquired by Leganés in September 2017.

Leganés were then playing in La Liga, and they would send Mejías out on loan to gain his first European experience. After three seasons in the Spanish third tier with Cartagena, Gimnàstic, and Atlético Madrid B, Mejías moved up to the Segunda División with Málaga in the 2020/21 season, making 21 appearances during the year for the Andalusian club.

Mejías’ next loan was to Beitar Jerusalem. After making 15 league appearances in the 2021/22 season, Beitar would acquire Mejías from Leganés on a permanent transfer in August 2022. In the 2022/23 season, Mejías played 90 minutes in 11 of the first 13 rounds of the league.

In July 2023, Mejías joined Athens Kallithea FC in Super League 2.^[1]

International career

Mejías was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[2]

He made his debut for the Venezuela national football team on 7 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Brazil.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 August 2021^[4]

Club performance		League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carabobo	2015	16	0	3	0	0	0	19	0
	2016	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2017	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Total		37	1	3	0	0	0	40	1
Cartagena	2017–18	27	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
Total		27	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
Gimnàstic	2018–19	27	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Cartagena	2018–19	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Total		11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Atlético Madrid B	2019–20	22	1	0	0	0	0	22	1
Total		22	1	0	0	0	0	22	1
Gimnàstic	2020–21	21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Total		21	0	3	0	0	0	24	0
Beitar Jerusalem	2021–22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		125	2	8	0	0	0	133	2

Honours

Venezuela U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017
South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017

References

^ "Josua Mejías joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Vinotinto sub-20 eligió a sus 21 chamos para el Mundial". Meridiano (in Spanish). 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Venezuela v Brazil game report". FIFA. 7 October 2021.
^ Josua Mejías at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

External links

Josua Mejías at BDFutbol
Josua Mejías at Soccerway

[1] "Josua Mejías joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[2] "Vinotinto sub-20 eligió a sus 21 chamos para el Mundial". Meridiano (in Spanish). 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[3] "Venezuela v Brazil game report". FIFA. 7 October 2021.

[4] Josua Mejías at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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