# Kofi Josephs

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{{short description|British basketball player}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Kofi Josephs
| image        = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1991|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), [England](/source/England)
| nationality  = British
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 6
| weight_lb    = 184
| position     = [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard)
| league       = [British Basketball League](/source/British_Basketball_League) 
| team         = [Manchester Giants](/source/Manchester_Giants)
| number       = 23
| college = 
*[John Brown](/source/John_Brown_University)  (2012–2014)
*[Fort Lewis](/source/Fort_Lewis_Skyhawks) (2014–2016)
| draft_year   = 2016
| career_start = 2016
| years1 = 2016–2017    | team1 = [Hertener Löwen](/source/Hertener_L%C3%B6wen)
| years2 = 2017–2018    | team2 = [Glasgow Rocks](/source/Glasgow_Rocks)
| years3 = 2018         | team3 = [BC Boncourt](/source/BC_Boncourt)
| years4 = 2019         | team4 = [Breiðablik](/source/Brei%C3%B0ablik_men's_basketball)
| years5 = 2019         | team5 = [Nässjö Basket](/source/N%C3%A4ssj%C3%B6_Basket)
| years6 = 2019–2020 | team6 = [Worcester Wolves](/source/Worcester_Wolves)
| years7 = 2021–2022 | team7= [Plymouth City Patriots](/source/Plymouth_City_Patriots)
| years8 = 2022–2023 | team8= [Al-Ahli Jeddah](/source/Al-Ahli_Jeddah_(basketball))
| years9 = 2023–present      | team9= [Manchester Giants](/source/Manchester_Giants)
}}
'''Kofi Omar Josephs''' (born 13 September 1991) is a British [basketball](/source/basketball) player who last played in the [British Basketball League](/source/British_Basketball_League) for [Manchester Giants](/source/Manchester_Giants). He also plays for the [British national team](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_basketball_team).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/135254/sid/12105/tid/2791/_/2017_FIBA_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211745/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/135254/sid/12105/tid/2791/_/2017_FIBA_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2017|title=Kofi Josephs's profile|website=ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Josephs spent the 2017–18 season with the [Glasgow Rocks](/source/Glasgow_Rocks) and averaged 13.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On 21 August 2018, he signed with BC Boncourt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kofi Josephs signs with BC Boncourt |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/switzerland/286201/kofi-josephs-signs-with-bc-boncourt.html |website=Sportando |accessdate=21 August 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In January 2019, Josephs signed with [Úrvalsdeild karla](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) club [Breiðablik](/source/Brei%C3%B0ablik_men's_basketball).<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir |title=Blikar fá nýja erlenda leikmenn |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190109706/blikar-fa-nyja-erlenda-leikmenn |accessdate=3 January 2019 |work=[Vísir.is](/source/V%C3%ADsir.is) |date=3 January 2019 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> In February 2019, he reached an agreement with Breiðablik to allow him to sign with [Nässjö Basket](/source/N%C3%A4ssj%C3%B6_Basket) of the Swedish [Basketligan](/source/Basketligan). In 7 games with Breiðablik, he averaged 18.1 points per game.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ólafur Þór Jónsson |title=Kofi Josephs yfirgefur Breiðablik |url=https://www.karfan.is/2019/02/kofi-josephs-yfirgefur-breidablik/ |accessdate=15 February 2019 |work=Karfan.is |date=15 February 2019 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

On 24 July 2019, Josephs was unveiled as the first signing of BBL team [Worcester Wolves](/source/Worcester_Wolves) for the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkeley |first1=Geoff |title=Kofi Josephs joins Worcester Wolves for 2019-20 season |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/17791408.kofi-josephs-joins-worcester-wolves-2019-20-season/ |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=Worcester News |date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

In early November 2021, Josephs joined the [Plymouth City Patriots](/source/Plymouth_City_Patriots) after an 18-month hiatus from basketball activities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Stuart |title=Plymouth City Patriots make two high-profile British signings |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/other-sport/plymouth-city-patriots-make-two-6157385 |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=[Plymouth Herald](/source/Plymouth_Herald) |date=4 November 2021}}</ref> On 21 November 2021, Josephs scored 46 points in a narrow overtime home loss to the [Manchester Giants](/source/Manchester_Giants), the record for the most points scored in a game in BBL history by a British-born player, shooting 15-26 from the field alongside 8 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kofi Josephs drops BBL record 46 points vs Manchester |url=https://www.hoopsfix.com/2021/11/kofi-josephs-drops-bbl-record-46-points-vs-manchester/ |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=Hoopsfix |date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

On 2 March 2022, Josephs tended his resignation from the Plymouth City Patriots roster with immediate effect citing personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Josephs walks out on the Patriots |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/western-morning-news/20220303/282033330653928 |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=[Western Morning News](/source/Western_Morning_News) |date=3 March 2022}}</ref>

==National team career==
He participated at the [EuroBasket 2017](/source/EuroBasket_2017) with the [British national team](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_basketball_team).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/Kofi-Josephs|title=Kofi JOSEPHS (ENG)'s profile - FIBA EuroBasket 2017|website=FIBA.basketball|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1991 births
Category:Living people
Category:Basketball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Breiðablik men's basketball players
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Iceland
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:British expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:British expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:English men's basketball players
Category:John Brown Golden Eagles men's basketball players
Category:Fort Lewis Skyhawks men's basketball players
Category:Caledonia Gladiators players
Category:Shooting guards
Category:Worcester Wolves players
Category:Plymouth City Patriots players
Category:Basketball players from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Category:Al-Ahli Jeddah basketball players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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