Larry Cohen (soccer)

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Larry Cohen
Personal information
Full name Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Position(s) Central defender, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ajax Cape Town
Youth career
Highlands Park
Balfour Park
Corinthians F.C. (South Africa)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Jomo Cosmos 48 (2)
2010–2011 Wits University
2012 Witbank Spurs 25 (2)
2012 Mpumalanga Black Aces 0 (0)
2012–2013 Chippa United 22 (2)
2013–2015 Moroka Swallows 36 (1)
2015– Ajax Cape Town 0 (0)
National team‡
2015– Lithuania 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 March 2015

Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African professional footballer of Lithuanian descent who currently plays for Ajax Cape Town[1] and the Lithuanian national football team.

Personal[]

Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s.[2]

On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen.[3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania.[4]

Playing career[]

After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Cohen confident of survival". Football365.co.za. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ^ Skvernelis, Saulius (21 November 2014). "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos pilietybės atkūrimo". e-tar.lt. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ^ Augustis, Mindaugas (23 March 2015). "FIFA neleido afrikiečiui žaisti Lietuvos rinktinėje". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ Fakude, Ernest (10 March 2010). "Cosmos lose Cohen to Wits". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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