Moeneeb Josephs

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| name = Moeneeb Josephs

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| fullname = Moeneeb Josephs{{Cite news | title = FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players | url = https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100616010702/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 June 2010 | publisher = FIFA | page = 28 | date = 4 June 2010 | accessdate = 16 April 2014}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa

| height = 1.84 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Westdale

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Westridge Rovers

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Cape Town Spurs

| years1 = 1997–1999

| clubs1 = Cape Town Spurs

| caps1 = 21

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1999–2006

| clubs2 = Ajax Cape Town

| caps2 = 115

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2006–2008

| clubs3 = Wits University

| caps3 = 55

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008–2013

| clubs4 = Orlando Pirates

| caps4 = 103

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2018

| clubs5 = Bidvest Wits

| caps5 = 95

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = AmaZulu

| caps6 = 19

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 408 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2014

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 24

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 15 June 2018

| nationalteam-update = 22 May 2012

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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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_17|title=South Africa 0-3 Uruguay|website=news.bbc.co.uk}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2012/05/24/3123201/moeneeb-josephs-retires-from-south-african-national-team|title=Moeneeb Josephs retires from South African national team|publisher=goal.com}}

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"."{{cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2014-01-21-a-bunch-of-losers/|accessdate=16 March 2020|date=21 January 2014|work=Times Live|first=Mazola|last=Molefe|title=A bunch of losers}}