Joseph Dosu is a former Nigeria National football goalkeeper.
Dosu helped Julius Berger win the Nigerian FA Cup (now Aiteo Cup) in November 1996, by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United.
Apelete, as he was fondly called by his mates at Igbogi College and Nigerlux FC, was the only home based player to be included in Nigeria’s 1996 Olympic team, where despite being the least experienced of the three goalkeepers ended up as the team’s first choice goalkeeper. After winning Gold with the Super Eagles in the 1996 Olympics, he went on to play three international games for Nigeria, where he kept clean sheet in two of three games.
Dosu signed with Serie A club Reggiana. He never got to make an impact in Italy and was forced to hang his boots at a young age of 23, due to a serious automobile accident.
His career came to an abrupt end after the accident in Lagos in 1997, almost left him paralyzed.
He started his coaching career in 2009 as Head coach of Lagos based Westerlo Football Academy.
Wishing Dosu the very best in his endeavours.
