Josua Antonio Mejías García (born 9 June 1997) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a central defender for Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem.
![]() Mejías with Venezuela U20 in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josua Antonio Mejías García | ||
Date of birth | (1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Valencia , Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2015 | Carabobo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Carabobo | 37 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Leganés (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | 0→ 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– | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Venezuela U20 | 11 | (1) |
2021– | Venezuela | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2021 |
Mejías was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1]
He made his debut for the Venezuela national football team on 7 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Brazil.[2]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. – current squad | |
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