Joshua Beloya

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joshua Beloya

| image = GlobalFCjosh.webp

| caption = Beloya with Global

| fullname = Joshua Beloya McNally

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|20}}

| birth_place = Bacolod, Philippines

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = FC Zürich

| years1 = 2011

| clubs1 = Ceres

| caps1 = 46

| goals1 = 25

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = Kaya

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = Ceres

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 16

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = Global

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = Ceres

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 2015–2016

| clubs6 = Kaya

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2016

| clubs7 = Stallion Laguna

| caps7 = 14

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = Global

| caps8 = 4

| goals8 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Philippines U-21

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Philippines U-23

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| club-update = May 2, 2013

| nationalteam-update = November 15, 2012

}}

Joshua Beloya McNally (born February 20, 1995) commonly known as Joshua Beloya, is an American-Filipino football player.

Club career

Beloya played for the youth team of FC Zürich in his early days. When he relocated to Bacolod, he joined Ceres FC and became part of the Bacolod selection which became the champions of the 2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship. He was then named the tournament's best striker after scoring 15 goals.{{cite news |url=http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/sports/11610-bacolods-blueprint-for-u-23-success |title=Bacolod's blueprint for U-23 success |author=Olivares, Rick |work=Business Mirror |location=Philippines |date=2011-05-26 |accessdate=2012-01-27 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In early January 2012, he signed up for Kaya in the United Football League.{{cite news |title=Gier, Beloya, Greatwich lead new UFL faces |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gier-beloya-greatwich-lead-new-ufl-faces |work=InterAKTV |publisher=Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) |date=2012-01-12 |accessdate=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115095934/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gier-beloya-greatwich-lead-new-ufl-faces |archivedate=2012-01-15 }} He made his debut in the 1–0 win against Philippine Air Force in the opening match.{{cite news |title=Kaya FC dominates defending UFL champion Air Force in opener |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/kaya-fc-dominates-defending-ufl-champion-air-force-in-opener |work=InterAKTV |publisher=Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) |date=2012-01-14 |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119010902/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/kaya-fc-dominates-defending-ufl-champion-air-force-in-opener |archive-date=2012-01-19 |url-status=dead }}

On April 1, 2013, it was announced that Global F.C. signed Beloya in an effort to beef up its lineup for the Asian Football Confederation President's Cup in May, 2013.{{cite news |title=Global FC signs striker Joshua Beloya for President's Cup campaign |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/global-fc-signs-striker-joshua-beloya-for-presidents-cup-campaign |work=InterAKTV |publisher=Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) |date=2013-04-01 |accessdate=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404072749/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/global-fc-signs-striker-joshua-beloya-for-presidents-cup-campaign |archive-date=2013-04-04 |url-status=dead }} He made his Global debut on April 2, 2013, in the 1–1 draw against the Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. coming in as a substitute in the 85th minute for Ange Guisso.[http://www.uflphilippines.com.ph/gameid-1360637330510/results.html Loyola Meralco Sparks vs Global FC] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130416103504/http://www.uflphilippines.com.ph/gameid-1360637330510/results.html |date=2013-04-16 }}

International career

Beloya came to the attention of the Philippines national football team assistant coach in May 2011 when he scored 12 goals in five matches for his club Ceres FC.{{cite news |url=http://www.visayandailystar.com/2011/May/10/sportnews2.htm |title=Negros' Fil-am striker impresses Azkals coach |work=The Visayan Daily Star|date=2011-05-11 |accessdate=2012-02-18 }} By September 2011, he joined the national team training pool and was named in the provisional Philippines under-23 squad for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.{{cite web |url=http://soccercentral.ph/news/provisional-roster-southeast-asian-games-named |title=Privisional roster for the Southeast Asian Games named |author=Manahan, John Paul |publisher=Soccer Central Philippines |date=2011-09-09 |accessdate=2011-10-01 }} During the tournament, he was noted as the player who scored the two late goals in the team's only winning match against Laos which ended 3–2.{{cite news |title=U23 Azkals nip Laos, 3-2, keep semis hopes alive |url=http://sports.inquirer.net/24183/u23-azkals-nip-laos-3-2-keep-semis-hopes-alive |author=Tupas, Cedelf |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date= 2011-11-11 | accessdate=2012-01-27}} Beloya is also a member of the Philippine Dolphins, the Philippines national beach soccer team.{{cite news |title=Joshua Beloya plays for the Philippine Dolphins, the National Beach Football Team. |url=http://www.watchmendaily.com/sports/pff-bootfest-another-tough-battle-awaits-ceres-in-semis/ |author=Galunan Jr., Jerome S. |work=Watchmen Daily |date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2013-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904072948/http://www.watchmendaily.com/sports/pff-bootfest-another-tough-battle-awaits-ceres-in-semis/ |archive-date=2014-09-04 |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

Beloya was born in Olongapo to an American father and a Filipina mother. His father, Joe Lawrence McNally, was an American serviceman who died while Joshua was in his early childhood. His mother then remarried a Swiss citizen and moved to Switzerland, where he grew up until he and his mother relocated to Bacolod, the mother's hometown, in his mid-teens.

Honors

Ceres

PFF National Men's Club Championship: 2012–13, 2013–14

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20130127093852/http://kayafc.com/players/first-team/?show=32 Joshua Beloya] Kaya FC profile
[http://114.4.38.131/rs2011/bm/cm/athlete_profile.aspx?aid=128744 Joshua Beloya]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 2011 SEA Games athlete profile

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Olongapo

Category:Filipino emigrants to Switzerland

Category:Swiss people of American descent

Category:Filipino people of American descent

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Category:American men's soccer players

Category:Filipino men's footballers

Category:Sportspeople from Bacolod

Category:Footballers from Negros Occidental

Category:Men's association football forwards