Moeneeb Josephs

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Moeneeb Josephs
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-05-19) 19 May 1980
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bidvest Wits
Number	16
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-	Bidvest Wits	0	(0)
National team^‡
2003–	South Africa	22	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 May 2012

Moeneeb Josephs (pronounced Muh'Neeb), (born 19 May 1980) is a South African football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League.

Josephs is a highly-rated goalkeeper in South Africa. His ability to kick with both feet, play as a sweeper and distribute the ball comfortably are some of his traits.

Club career

He 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

He has played at international level for South Africa 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 third, stoppage-time, strike from Alvaro Pereira.^[1] 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.^[2]

Personal life

Josephs hails from Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats and is a devout Muslim. He is nicknamed Slim Kat.

References

External links

Moeneeb Josephs at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Bidvest Wits F.C. – current squad

1 Mabokgwane 2 Pule 3 Wolff 4 Gumede 5 Booth 6 Pattison 7 Langwe 8 Nengomasha 9 Kadi 10 Vilakazi 11 Isaacs 12 Jayiya 13 Sweswe 14 Chapman 15 Timm 16 Josephs 17 Papy 20 Nhlapo 21 Ngalande 22 Mngomezulu 23 Kebede 24 Bhasera 25 Mwaruwari 26 Dan Kowa 27 Sibande 28 Bilankulu 29 Mngonyama 30 Mukamba 33 Lubelo 36 Hoffman 40 Onyango Manager: Hunt

v t e PSL Players' Player of the Season

1997: Mugeyi 1998: Chukwu 1999: Feutmba 2000: Nomvethe 2001: Mwaruwari 2002: Mahlangu 2003: Josephs 2004: Nengomasha 2005: Ndlovu 2006: Moriri 2007: Sapula 2008: Khune 2009: Modise 2010: Mphela 2011: Serero 2012: Nomvethe 2013: Khune

v t e PSL Goalkeeper of the Season

2007: Marlin 2008: Khune 2009: Mweene 2010: Josephs 2011: Tignyemb 2012: Sandilands 2013: Khune

South Africa Squad

v t e South Africa squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Marlin 2 Tau 3 D. Tshabalala 4 Katza 5 Mabizela 6 Gaxa 7 S. Tshabalala 8 Gumbi 9 Nhleko 10 Vilakazi 11 van Heerden 12 Makhanya 13 Issa 14 Nomvethe 15 Zuma 16 Josephs 17 McCarthy 18 Mphela 19 Masilela 20 Nkosi 21 Mere 22 Phali 23 Mokoena Coach: Dumitru

v t e South Africa squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Fernández 2 Fransman 3 Masilela 4 Mokoena 5 Morris 6 Davids 7 Nhlapo 8 Tshabalala 9 Moriri 10 Pienaar 11 van Heerden 12 Modise 13 Mhlongo 14 Chabangu 15 Zuma 16 Josephs 17 Mphela 18 Walaza 19 Moon 20 Evans 21 Fanteni 22 Dikgacoi 23 Khune Coach: Parreira

v t e South Africa squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Josephs 2 Gaxa 3 Masilela 4 Mokoena (c) 5 Ngcongca 6 Sibaya 7 Davids 8 Tshabalala 9 Mphela 10 Pienaar 11 Modise 12 Letsholonyane 13 Dikgacoi 14 Booth 15 Thwala 16 Khune 17 Parker 18 Nomvethe 19 Moriri 20 Khumalo 21 Sangweni 22 Walters 23 Khuboni Coach: Parreira

v t e South Africa squad – 2014 African Nations Championship

1 Josephs 2 Gumede 3 Mokeke 4 Nthethe 5 Langerman 6 Chabangu 7 Moon 8 Tshabalala 9 Mashego 10 Vilakazi 11 Mere 12 Mbekile 13 Mbatha 14 Kekana 15 Pattison 16 Khune 17 Parker 18 Mngonyama 19 Mkhwanazi 20 Chapman 21 Mashamaite 22 Mpontshane 23 Manqele Coach: Igesund

Persondata
Name	Josephs, Moeneeb
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	19 May 1980
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death

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