Moeneeb Josephs

Moeneeb Josephs
Personnel
birthday	May 19, 1980
place of birth	Cape Town ,  South Africa
size	184 cm
position	goalkeeper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1997-1999	Cape Town Spurs	21 (0)
1999-2006	Ajax Cape Town	115 (0)
2006-2008	Bidvest Wits	55 (0)
2008–	Orlando Pirates	71 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2003-2012	South Africa	22 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 13, 2012 2 As of August 13, 2012

Moeneeb Josephs (born May 19, 1980 in Mitchell's Plain , Cape Town ) is a South African football player . Josephs was the goalkeeper of the South African national team at the 2008 Africa Cup .

Club career

Josephs made his debut in the Premier Soccer League for Cape Town Spurs on September 7, 1997 . In 1999 the Cape Town Spurs and Seven Stars merged to form Ajax Cape Town , where he continued his career. In the 2002/03 season he established himself as a regular goalkeeper and was voted "PSL Players' Player of the Year" by the league players. In 2006 he moved to Bidvest Wits for around 1.3 million rand . Two years later he moved for an estimated 2.5 million rand - a record amount for a goalkeeper transfer in South Africa - to league rivals Orlando Pirates . With the Pirates he narrowly missed his first championship title in the 2008/09 season, in the final standings they stayed behind Supersport United only because of the worse goal difference .

National team

Josephs made his debut for the South African national team in 2003 . In 2006 and 2008 he was part of the squad at the African Championship . While he remained behind Calvin Marlin in 2006 without use, he was in 2008 after the injury-related failure of Rowen Fernandez goalkeeper in the preliminary round. In 2007 he led the South African selection as captain to win the 2007 COSAFA Cup . In May 2009 he was appointed to the provisional squad for the Confederations Cup , but did not make the jump into the final squad.

He was appointed to the squad at the 2010 World Cup in his own country. In the opening game against Mexico and in the second group game against Uruguay , however, Itumeleng Khune was initially preferred to him. But when he saw the red card in the game against Uruguay due to an emergency brake, Josephs was substituted on and conceded two goals in this game. In the final group game against France , he represented the suspended Khune for the full 90 minutes. Despite the 2-1 win, the hosts were eliminated in the preliminary round.

Web links

• Moeneeb Josephs in the database of weltfussball.de
• Moeneeb Josephs in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kickoff.com: Joseph's set for Bucs switch (June 19, 2008) ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ thetimes.co.za: Pirates gear up for Man United (June 23, 2008)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ fifa.com: Josephs wants a second chance (Jan 30, 2009)
4. ↑ kickoff.com: Josephs puts Bafana first (December 21, 2007) ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.