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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josua Antonio Mejías García | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1997 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –2015 | Carabobo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Carabobo | 37 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Leganés (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Cartagena (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Leganés | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Cartagena (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Atlético Madrid B (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Málaga (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Beitar Jerusalem | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | Athens Kallithea | 26 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Venezuela U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | Venezuela | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2023 | |||
Club career
editMejías 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
editMejías 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
editClub
edit- 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
edit- Venezuela U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017
- South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Josua Mejías at BDFutbol
- Josua Mejías at Soccerway