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

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player currently playing as a striker for

Ceres F.C. United City Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, that competes in Philippines Football League (PFL), the top-tier league of football in the Philippines. From 2012 to 2020, the club was ...

and the Philippines national team.

Career

Club career

He played for the youth team of

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in his early days. When he relocated to

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

, he joined

Ceres FC United City Football Club is a Philippines, Filipino professional association football, football club based in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, that competes in Philippines Football League (PFL), the top-tier league of football in the Philippine ...

and became part of the Bacolod selection which became the champions of the

2011 PFF National Men's U-23 Championship The 2011 PFF National Men's Under-23 Championship (known as the PFF-Suzuki Under-23 Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a football tournament in the Philippines organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and Japanese automaker Su ...

. He was then named the tournament's best striker after scoring 15 goals. In early January 2012, he signed up for

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in the United Football League. He made his debut in the 1–0 win against

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in the opening match. On April 1, 2013, it was announced that

Global F.C. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...

signed Beloya in an effort to beef up its lineup for the Asian Football Confederation President's Cup in May, 2013. He made his Global debut on April 2, 2013 in the 1–1 draw against the

Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola Me ...

coming in as a substitute in the 85th minute for Ange Guisso.

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

. By September 2011, he joined the national team training pool and was named in the provisional Philippines under-23 squad for the

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. During the tournament, he was noted as the player who scored the two late goals in the team's only winning match against

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

which ended 3–2. Beloya is also a member of the Philippine Dolphins, the

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Personal life

Beloya was born in

Olongapo Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo ( fil, Lungsod ng Olongapo; ilo, Siudad ti Olongapo; xsb, Siyodad nin Olongapo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Located in the province of Zambales ...

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

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citizen and moved to

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, where he grew up until he and his mother relocated to

, the mother's hometown, in his mid-teens.

Honors

Club

;Ceres *

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, 2013–14

References

External links

Joshua Beloya
Kaya FC profile
Joshua Beloya
2011 SEA Games athlete profile 1991 births Living people People from Olongapo Filipino emigrants to Switzerland Swiss people of American descent Filipino people of American descent American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland American soccer players Filipino footballers Sportspeople from Bacolod Footballers from Negros Occidental Association football forwards American sportspeople of Filipino descent Ceres–Negros F.C. players Global Makati F.C. players Stallion Laguna F.C. players Kaya F.C. players Filipino beach soccer players {{Philippines-footy-bio-stub