Joshua Umandal

Filipino volleyball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joshua "Jau" Autajay Umandal (born March 8, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball player who plays for Cignal HD Spikers and the Philippine national team.

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Joshua Umandal
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Autajay Umandal
NicknameJau
NationalityFilipino
Born (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 (age 26)
Manila, Philippines
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
College / UniversityUniversity of Santo Tomas (2018–20)
Volleyball information
Current clubCignal HD Spikers
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
PLDT
2021Rebisco PH
2022Bani Jamra
2022–2023AMC Cotabato Spikers
2023–presentCignal HD Spikers
National team
Philippines
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Manila Team
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Early career

Umandal attended the University of the East (UE) playing junior volleyball for the UE Warriors in the UAAP. He was scouted as an elementary student by UE when the institution held a training camp at his school, the Barrio Obrero Elementary School in Maypajo, Manila.[1]

He moved to the University of Santo Tomas (UST), but he had to serve a year of residency in order to play for the Growling Tigers in the UAAP.[1] He played with the Tigers for the meantime in the Collegiate Conference of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) during the 2017 season.[2] Umandal would make his senior UAAP debut with UST in 2018 in Season 80.[3] His last appearance in the UAAP would be in Season 82 which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Club

Umandal has played for the PLDT at the Spikers' Turf.[5]

In 2021, Umandal was part of Rebisco PH, the Philippine men's national team competing as a club side. Rebisco PH participated at the 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship where it placed ninth.[6][7]

In January 2022, Umandal was signed in to play for Bani Jamra of the Isa bin Rashid Volleyball League, a first division league in Bahrain.[5][8][9] Umandal won one out of six games he played for Bani Jamra. He ended his stint with the club in February 2022.[10]

National team

Umandal has been part of the Philippine men's national team. He was part of the squad which won silver in the men's tournament of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[6]

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