| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joe Thunder Armstrong Nagbe | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-09-02) 2 September 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Nimba County, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| 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 | Monaco | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | SAS Épinal | 64 | (14) |
| 1993–1996 | Nice | 96 | (17) |
| 1996–1997 | Lugano | 19 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | PAOK | 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 | PSPS Pekanbaru | 30 | (18) |
| 2005–2006 | Persema Malang | 22 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Persiba Bantul | 17 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1986–2011 | Liberia | 77 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010– | Liberia (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joe Thunder Armstrong Nagbe (born 2 September 1968) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent at least ten years playing in Europe, starting off with Monaco then on to Nice. He played in Greece for three years.
Personal life
Nagbe is married and has two sons and two daughters. His daughter Martha plays basketball. He is the father to Darlington Nagbe who is a midfielder for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.
Playing career
Born in Nimba County, 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.
Nagbe and Debbah joined George Weah at AS Monaco for the 1989–90 season and then found himself at SAS Épinal from 1990 to 1993. The three seasons that followed saw Nagbe at OGC Nice, where he alongside Debbah, were successful, including a French Cup final win over Guingamp that had another Liberian Christopher Wreh. Nagbe had the opportunity of serving as captain of Nice.
His next transfer led him to Switzerland with AC Lugano for the season of 1996–97 and afterwards, Greece became the next destination for the Liberian that has played the roles of striker, midfielder and defender during his outstanding career.
Nagbe together with his colleagues made history for the Liberia national team when the Lone Star qualified for her first African Cup of Nations finals in South Africa. Before then, Liberia defeated the Tunisia, Mauritania and Togo, but drew with Senegal at home.
Nagbe was then at PAOK for three seasons (1997–2000) and later at Panionios (2000–2001). The next season, he played for Giannina (2001–2002), the period with him as captain when the Liberia reached another African Nations Cup finals but narrowly missed out on the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
His final journey before heading for retirement led Nagbe to Indonesia, where he reunited with dozens of his countrymen. There, he played for PSPS, Persema Malang and PSIM Yogyakarta.
He began playing for the Liberia national team in 1986 and ended in 2001 with 75 caps.
In June 2011 Nagbe came out of retirement to play against Cape Verde.
Coaching career
Upon retiring as a player, Nagbe traveled to Brazil and is now professional soccer coach, recognized by FIFA, CBF, UEFA and other established soccer organizations.
References
- St. Edward grad Darlington Nagbe will pass as he leads Akron men's soccer team into national semis
- Goff, Steven (15 November 2015). "U.S. national team newcomer Darlington Nagbe is all smiles — and so is Jurgen Klinsmann". The Washington Post.
External links
- Player profile and statistics at liberiansoccer.com
- Joe Nagbe at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile and statistics at lfp.fr at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 December 2006)
- Player profile and statistics at calcio57.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 March 2010)
| Liberia squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations | ||
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- Living people
- 1968 births
- People from Nimba County
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liberian men's footballers
- Liberia men's international footballers
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 1 players
- Super League Greece players
- UAE Pro League players
- Panionios F.C. players
- AS Monaco FC players
- SAS Épinal players
- OGC Nice players
- Union Douala players
- FC Lugano players
- PAOK FC players
- PAS Giannina F.C. players
- Invincible Eleven players
- Persema Malang players
- Mighty Barrolle players
- PSIM Yogyakarta players
- Al Jazira Club players
- PSPS Pekanbaru players
- Persiba Bantul players
- Liberian expatriate men's footballers
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
- Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia