Moeneeb Josephs

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

Club career

Joseph made ​​his debut on September 7, 1997, Cape Town Spurs in the Premier Soccer League. 1999 merged the Cape Town Spurs and Seven Stars to Ajax Cape Town, where he continued his career. In the 2002/03 season he established himself as first-choice goalkeeper, and was voted by the league players for " PSL Players' Player of the Year." In 2006 he moved for about 1.3 million rand to Bidvest Wits. 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 missed the 2008/ 09 season, his first league title narrowly, in the final classification, we only stayed because of the goal difference behind SuperSport United.

National

Joseph gave his debut in 2003 in the South African national team. 2006 and 2008 he was part of the squad at the African Cup of Nations. While he was behind Calvin Marlin had no use in 2006, he was in 2008 after the injury-related loss of Rowen Fernandez -choice goalkeeper at Vorrundenaus. In 2007, he led the South African selection as captain for winning the COSAFA Cup 2007. In May 2009 he was appointed to the provisional squad for the Confederations Cup, but made ​​the jump not the final squad.

In the 2010 World Cup in his own country he was called into the squad. In the opening match against Mexico and the second group game against Uruguay Itumeleng Khune, he was initially preferred, however. As this but in the game against Uruguay saw the red card due to emergency brake, Joseph came off the bench and cashed in this game, two goals. In the final group game against France he represented the locked Khune over the full 90 minutes. Despite the 2-1 victory for the visitors was eliminated in the first round.