Matt Joseph

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

Career
Joseph was born in the Bethnal Green area of London to West Indian parents. 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. Joseph in all appeared a total of 230 times both at and away from Brisbane Road.

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.

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

Honours

 * Leyton Orient Player of the Year: 2000, 2001