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Moeneeb Josephs (pronounced Muh'Neeb; born 19 May 1980) is a retired South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Moeneeb Josephs

Personal information
Full name	Moeneeb Josephs[1]
Date of birth	(1980-05-19) 19 May 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Westdale
	Westridge Rovers
	Cape Town Spurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Cape Town Spurs	21	(0)
1999–2006	Ajax Cape Town	115	(0)
2006–2008	Wits University	55	(0)
2008–2013	Orlando Pirates	103	(0)
2013–2018	Bidvest Wits	95	(0)
2018–2019	AmaZulu	19	(0)
National team‡
2003–2014	South Africa	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 May 2012

Club career

Josephs began his career with Cape Town Spurs at the age of 17 in 1997 and played for its successor Ajax Cape Town for seven years. In 2006, he moved to Gauteng where he played for Bidvest Wits for two years before moving to Orlando Pirates for a record-breaking fee.

International career

Josephs has played at international level for South Africa national team and was South Africa's number one goalkeeper at the 2008 African Cup of Nations replacing the injured Rowen Fernandez.

He did not make the final squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, but earned selection to the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at Fernandez's expense. He was not expected to see much playing time as back-up to Itumeleng Khune, but on 16 June 2010 he was called on as a 79th-minute substitute for Steven Pienaar following Khune's sending-off against Uruguay. Josephs was powerless to stop the resultant penalty from Diego Forlán as Bafana Bafana lost the match 3–0 with two goals from Forlan and a stoppage-time strike from Álvaro Pereira.[2] Khune's suspension meant that Josephs played in South Africa's final group game against France, where they won 2–1 but were eliminated from the World Cup.

On 24 May 2012, he announced his retirement from international football.[3]

He was called back after two years by Gordon Igesund for CHAN 2014 hosted in South Africa and he played a full match in final group stage against Nigeria in 3–1 defeat in a place of injured Itumeleng Khune. That was his final game for Bafana and he was personally criticized together with Lerato Chabangu for a loss against Nigeria by Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, when he said "Bafana Bafana are week, useless and they are the bunch of losers individual"."[4]

Personal life

Josephs hails from Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats. Josephs is Muslim.

References

External links

• Moeneeb Josephs at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Moeneeb Josephs

Moeneeb Josephs (* 19. Mai 1980 in Mitchell’s Plain, Kapstadt) ist ein südafrikanischer Fußballspieler. Josephs war Stammtorhüter der südafrikanischen Nationalmannschaft beim Afrika-Cup 2008.

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- [en] Moeneeb Josephs

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[es] Moneeb Josephs

Moneeb Josephs (Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica, 19 de mayo de 1980) es un futbolista sudafricano. Juega de portero y su equipo actual es el Orlando Pirates Football Club de la Premier Soccer League de Sudáfrica. Además, ha sido internacional con la selección de fútbol de Sudáfrica.

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[fr] Moeneeb Josephs

Moeneeb Josephs est un footballeur sud-africain né le 19 mai 1980 à Le Cap. Il joue au poste de gardien de but.

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[it] Moeneeb Josephs

Moeneeb Josephs (Città del Capo, 19 maggio 1980) è un calciatore sudafricano, portiere dei Bidvest Wits.

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[ru] Джозефс, Мунеб

Муне́б Джо́зефс (африк. Moeneeb Josephs; 19 мая 1980, Кейптаун, ЮАР) — южноафриканский футболист, вратарь клуба «Витс Юниверсити». Выступал в сборной Южно-Африканской Республики.

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