Matt Joseph

Last updated

Matthew Joseph
Personal information
Full name Matthew Nathaniel Joseph [1]
Date of birth (1972-09-30) 30 September 1972 (age 51) [1]
Place of birth Bethnal Green, England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1990 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 Arsenal 0 (0 [1] )
1992–1993 Gillingham 1 (0)
1993–1998 Cambridge United 159 (6)
1998–2004 Leyton Orient 249 (3)
2004–2005 Canvey Island 14 (0)
2005 → Histon (loan) 11 (0)
2005 Histon 2 (0)
2006-2007 Braintree 40 (0)
Total456(9)
International career
2000 Barbados 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Nathaniel Joseph (born 30 September 1972) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. [2] He has been a member of the Barbados national team.

Contents

Career

Joseph was born in the Bethnal Green area of London to West Indian parents. [3] He played as a midfielder for Arsenal in his youth career and both midfielder and defender at the senior level featured for the club Cambridge United with 159 caps. As well he subsequently left Cambridge in 1998 to join up with Leyton Orient for £10,000. The Barbadian won the Player of the Year award three times while at Orient. [3] Joseph in all appeared a total of 230 times both at and away from Brisbane Road. [1] [4] [5]

Joseph won 16 youth caps while featuring for England. Joseph was also capped twice for Barbados, with both caps coming at home against Guatemala and the United States in 2000. [1] [3]

Joseph is currently a Youth Coach Developer working with that of the English Football Association. [4]

Honours

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Granville</span> English footballer (born 1975)

Daniel Patrick Granville is an English football coach and former footballer, who is an academy coach for Premier League side Arsenal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Terry (footballer)</span> English footballer

Paul Edward Terry is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and is currently the assistant manager of Leyton Orient. He made 206 appearances in the Football League for Yeovil Town and Leyton Orient between 2003 and 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Bart-Williams</span> English footballer (1974–2023)

Christopher Gerald Bart-Williams was a football coach and professional player. Born in Sierra Leone, he represented England internationally.

Martin Ling is an English football manager and former player currently director of football for Leyton Orient. He played in over 100 Football League matches for each of Exeter City, Southend United, Swindon Town and Leyton Orient, before moving into management. He led Orient for more than five years from 2003 until 2009, and went on to manage Cambridge United, Torquay United and Swindon Town.

Kevin Levi Austin was a professional footballer and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Saah</span> English footballer (born 1986)

Brian Ebo Saah is an English former professional footballer, who is currently an academy coach for Football League One side Leyton Orient.

Omer Karime Ali Riza is a footballer manager and former footballer who is the currently first-team coach of EFL Championship club Watford. and who is the head coach Watford's academy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Webb (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1983)

Daniel John Webb is an English former footballer who played as a defender and is employed as Assistant Manager at Chesterfield, having initially been appointed as First Team Coach. He previously served as Leyton Orient first-team manager in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Taylor (footballer, born 1951)</span> English footballer and manager

Thomas Frederick Taylor is an English football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender. He is currently the head coach of Europa Point.

Andrew David Edwards is an English former professional footballer and manager, currently working as an assistant coach of the England youth teams with the Football Association.

Neil Banfield is an English professional football coach and former player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ciarán Toner</span> Northern Irish professional footballer

Ciarán Toner is a Northern Irish football coach and former professional footballer. He is currently manager of Doncaster Rovers Belles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Sitton</span> English former professional footballer, coach and manager

John Edmund Sitton is an English former professional footballer and former coach and manager of Leyton Orient.

Matthew O'Halloran is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is a first team coach at Lincoln United.

Justin Matthew Walker is an English football coach and former player, who is the joint assistant head coach at EFL Championship club Hull City.

Matthew Ronald Brazier was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his career with Queens Park Rangers before joining fellow London based side Fulham in 1998. After a brief loan spell at Cardiff City, Brazier joined the Bluebirds on a permanent deal for a fee of £100,000. He helped the club win promotion during the 2000–01 season but fell out of favour under manager Alan Cork and was allowed to join Leyton Orient six months later.

David John Metchick is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in England and the United States. In England, he played in the Football League for Leyton Orient, Brentford, Fulham, Peterborough United and Queens Park Rangers and in the United States he played in the North American Soccer League for Atlanta Apollos and Miami Gatos. He was capped by England at youth level.

William James Alfred Stroud was a football player and coach who played as a wing half. Born in Hammersmith, Stroud played the first half of his professional career with Southampton, and later played for Leyton Orient, Newport County and Hastings United. He retired from professional football in 1954, after which he worked in coaching positions at former clubs Newport County and Southampton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Harvey (footballer)</span> English footballer

Lee Derek Harvey is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He is best remembered for his long spells in the Football League with Leyton Orient and Brentford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1999 Football League Third Division play-off final</span> Association football match

The 1999 Football League Third Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Scunthorpe United and Leyton Orient. It was to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division. The top three teams of the 1998–99 Football League Third Division, Brentford, Cambridge United and Cardiff City, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1999–2000 season in the Second Division. The losing semi-finalists were Rotherham United and Swansea City who had been defeated by Leyton Orient and Scunthorpe United respectively.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 233. ISBN   1-85291-651-6.
  2. ↑ "Matt Joseph". Football Database.eu.
  3. 1 2 3 "Barbados World Cup player Matthew Joseph to complete GB Soccer Camp coaching roster". The Bahamas Weekly.com.
  4. 1 2 "Young coaching standards on the up, says Matthew Joseph". The FA.com.
  5. ↑ "Joseph extends Orient stay". Sky Sports.com.
  6. ↑ "Matt Joseph". 11v11.com.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.