Josua Mejías
Venezuelan footballer (born 1997)
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Josua Antonio Mejías García (born 9 June 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Hungarian League club Debrecen.
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Mejías in 2017 | |||
| 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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Debreceni VSC | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | Athens Kallithea | 46 | (0) |
| 2025– | Debrecen | 16 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Venezuela U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | Venezuela | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025 | |||
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]
In 1 July 2025, Mejías joined Debreceni VSC in Hungarian League.[2]
International career
Mejías was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
He made his debut for the Venezuela national football team on 7 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Brazil.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 12 April 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Carabobo | 2015 | Venezuelan Primera División | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | Venezuelan Primera División | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Venezuelan Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| Cartagena | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gimnàstic | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Cartagena | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Atlético Madrid B | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Gimnàstic | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2021–22 | Israeli Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Athens Kallithea | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 165 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 2 | ||
International
- As of match played 25 March 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" | Venezuela | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | ||
Honours
- Venezuela U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2017
- South American Youth Football Championship: Third Place 2017