Josh Farrell
{{short description|Welsh footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use Welsh English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Josh Farrell
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Joshua Farrell{{Cite web|url=https://resultados.rfef.es/pnfg/NPcd/NFG_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000120&CodActa=70648123&cod_acta=70648123|website=Royal Spanish Football Federation|title=Ficha Partido|language=es-es|date=30 March 2025|accessdate=6 April 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|6|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Marbella, Spain
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|order=flip}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Gimnástica Segoviana
| clubnumber = 19
| youthclubs1 = Granada
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = Granada B
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → Juventud Torremolinos (loan)
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023–2025
| clubs3 = Villanovense
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 11
| years5 = 2025–
| clubs5 = Gimnástica Segoviana
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = Wales U19
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–2024
| nationalteam2 = Wales U21
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| club-update = 30 March 2025
| ntupdate = 15 October 2024
}}
Joshua Farrell (born 27 June 2003) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación club Gimnástica Segoviana. Born in Spain, he is a former Wales youth international.
Early life
Farrell was born on 27 June 2003 in Marbella, Spain to an English father and a mother of Welsh descent.{{Cite web|url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2024/10/09/josh-farrell-wales-granada/|title=From the Costa del Sol to Cymru: Josh Farrell, a Swansea City legend, and Wales|trans-title=|language=en|publisher= Y Clwb Pêl-Droed|date=9 October 2024|access-date=4 April 2025}} As a child, he regularly visit Wales with his family{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65950026|title=Josh Farrell: Spanish-born striker hopes to shine in Wales colours|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=BBC|date=20 June 2023|access-date=4 April 2025}}
and is eligible to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother, a native of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alternativewales.com/content/josh-farrell-from-granada-to-gales|title=JOSH FARRELL: FROM GRANADA TO GALES|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=Alternative Wales|date=14 October 2022|access-date=4 April 2025}}
Club career
As a youth player, Farrell joined the youth academy of Spanish side Granada CF and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2021. In 2022, he was sent on loan to Spanish side Juventud de Torremolinos CF. Six months later, he signed for Spanish side CF Villanovense. Subsequently, he signed for Spanish side Gimnástica Segoviana CF.{{Soccerway|693348}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|693348}}
{{Gimnástica Segoviana CF squad}}
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Category:International sportspeople born abroad
Category:Welsh people of English descent
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's youth international footballers
Category:Wales men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:CF Villanovense players
Category:Gimnástica Segoviana CF footballers