Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joe Thunder Armstrong Nagbe | ||
Date of birth | September 2, 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Nimba County, Liberia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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retired | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1983 | Young Survivors | ||
1985–1986 | Invincible Eleven | ||
1986–1987 | Mighty Barolle | ||
1987–1988 | Invincible Eleven | ||
1988–1989 | Union Douala | ||
1989–1990 | Stade de Vallauris | 19 | (2) |
1990–1991 | AS Monaco | 2 | (0) |
1991–1993 | SAS Épinal | 64 | (14) |
1993–1996 | OGC Nice | 96 | (17) |
1996–1997 | Lugano | 19 | (0) |
1997–2000 | PAOK Thessaloniki | 77 | (10) |
2000–2001 | Panionios | 19 | (6) |
2001–2002 | PAS Giannina | 17 | (5) |
2002–2003 | Al-Jazira Club | 16 | (6) |
2003–2004 | PSIM Yogyakarta | 27 | (7) |
2004–2005 | PSPS Pekanbaru | 30 | (8) |
2005–2006 | Persema Malang | 22 | (3) |
2006–2007 | Persiba Bantul | 17 | (2) |
National team | |||
1985–2005 | Liberia | 97 | (20) |
Teams managed | |||
2010– | Liberia (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Joe T. Nagbe (born September 2, 1968 in Nimba County ) is a Liberian former football defender. He has had at least ten years playing in Europe, starting off like George Weah with Monaco then on to Nice. He played in Greece for three years.
Nagbe is married and has two sons and two daughters. His daughter Martha plays basketball. He is the father to Jessica Nagbe as well as Darlington Nagbe who is an attacking midfielder/forward for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.
Nagbe started his football sojourn with Young Survivor of Clara Town from 1982 to 1985.
He then joined Invincible Eleven (IE) in 1985 and thereafter played between 1986 and 1987 for Mighty Barolle before returning to IE, where he stayed up to 1988 after winning the National League title.
Along with fellow Liberian international James Debbah, Nagbe moved to Union Douala of Cameroon for the 1989 to 1990 season. During that period, he played a major role as Liberia almost reached the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy. In the process, the Lone Star eliminated the Ghana Black Star before defeating the Pharaohs of Egypt, Kenya and Malawi in the group stage.