Joe Nagbe

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. Nagbe then played in Switzerland with AC Lugano for the season of 1996–97. 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 PAS 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…

Upon retiring as a player, Nagbe traveled to Brazil and is now a professional soccer coach, recognized by FIFA, CBF, UEFA and other established soccer organizations.

Nagbe is married and has two sons and two daughters. His daughter Martha plays basketball. He is the father of former footballer Darlington Nagbe.