| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Laqeretabua [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Maidstone, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2023 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Charlton Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Fiji U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:10, 7 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:10, 7 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Joshua Laqeretabua (born 26 September 2005) is a professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Charlton Athletic. Born in England, he represents Fiji at youth level. [2]
Laqeretabua joined the academy of Charlton Athletic at the under-9 level. He won the 2022–23 league championship with the under-18 side. In July 2023, he signed his first professional contract with the club, a two-year deal. [3] [4]
Laqeretabua made his competitive debut for Charlton's senior side on 5 September 2023 in a 3–4 loss to Crawley Town in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy. [5] [6]
Laqeretabua made his first League One appearance for Charlton on 26 November 2024, coming off the bench in the 87th minute of a 1–0 win away at Burton Albion. [7]
On 13 January 2025, Laqeretabua signed a new long-term contract with Charlton Athletic, putting pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half year deal, keeping him at the club until 2028 with the addition of a club option of an extra year. [8] [9]
Laqeretabua's parents are from Fiji's Tailevu Province. In 2022, he was identified as one of the promising Fijian footballers who would make up the next generation of the country's national team. [10] In February 2023, at age seventeen, he accepted a call-up to the Fiji under-20 team for a training camp ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, despite being on the radar of the English FA. [11] [12] About the call up, Laqeretabua said, "It has always been my dream to be called up to play for my parents' country of birth." [13] [14] He went on to be part of Fiji's final squad for the tournament, making two appearances. [15] [16] [17]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2023–24 [18] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024–25 [19] | League One | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 [20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlton Athletic total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||