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.

Joshua Beloya

In early January 2012, he signed up for Kaya in the United Football League. He made his debut in the 1–0 win against Philippine Air Force in the opening match.

Joshua Beloya

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. 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.

Joshua Beloya

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. 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. 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. Beloya is also a member of the Philippine Dolphins, the Philippines national beach soccer team.

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

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 men's soccer players

Filipino men's footballers

Sportspeople from Bacolod

Footballers from Negros Occidental

Men's association football forwards

American sportspeople of Filipino descent

United City F.C. players

Global F.C. players

Stallion Laguna F.C. players

Kaya F.C.–Iloilo players

Filipino beach soccer players

Philippines Football League players