Josua Mejías
Soccer Player
Venezuelan professional footballer who is known for his work as a central defender for the Spanish club Gimnastic de Tarragona on loan from the CD Leganes. He is also known for his work as a defender for the Venezuela Under 20 National team.
He began his youth career playing with the Carabobo club. In 2015, he was moved up to their senior team. He was then loaned to Leganes and Cartagena. In 2017, he was called up to play for Venezuela's Under-20 FIFA World Cup.
He has earned several international honors for his playing including the FIFA Under 20 World Cup Runner-up in 2017 and the South American Youth Football Championship where they earned third place in 2017.
He was born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela.
He played alongside Yangel Herrera and Ronaldo Peña as part of the 2017 FIFA Under 20 Venezuela squad.