Yonatan Cohen
 Cohen on the day of his presentation in Pisa in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yonatan Cohen | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Pisa | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2021 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 76 | (28) |
| 2015–2016 | → Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (loan) | 31 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | → Bnei Yehuda (loan) | 61 | (10) |
| 2021– | Pisa | 8 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Israel U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Israel U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2019– | Israel | 7 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 May 2021 | |||
Yonatan Cohen (Hebrew: יונתן כהן; born 29 June 1996) is an Israeli professional association footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Italian Serie B club Pisa and the Israel national team.[1]
Early life[]
Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and is of Polish-Jewish descent on his mother's side. In 2020, he also acquired a Polish passport.[2] His older brother Guy Cohen is also a footballer, and his father Mickey Cohen is an Israeli retired footballer who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv as well.[3]
Club career[]
Cohen began playing youth football for Maccabi Tel Aviv before going on loans to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla and Bnei Yehuda. Then-manager Arik Benado brought Cohen to Bnei Yehuda, where he made his debut in the Israeli Premier League.[3] Cohen became an important player for Bnei Yehuda during the 2016–17 season, relegating previously established midfielders Pedro Joaquín Galván and Amir Agayev to the bench.[4]
Since August 2021, Cohen plays for Pisa SC in the Italian Serie B having made his debut against Alessandria in Day 2, and scoring his first goal during the following fixture vs Ternana on 11 September.
International career[]
Cohen made his debut for Israel national team on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia.[5]
Honours[]
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
- Israeli State Cup: 2016–17
Maccabi Tel Aviv
References[]
- ^ "The Israel Football Association". eng.football.org.il. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Levy, Tomer (9 July 2020). "מכבי ת"א תדרוש 2.5 מיליון יורו על כהן, גלזר ופרץ" [Maccabi Tel Aviv Will Ask For €2.5M For Cohen, Glazer and Peretz]. Sport5 (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ a b Goldstein, Amit (25 May 2017). "יונתן כהן: על הכישרון הצעיר של מכבי תל אביב, המשחק בבני יהודה" [Yonatan Cohen: The young talent of Maccabi Tel Aviv, playing in Bnei Yehuda] (in Hebrew). Haaretz.
- ^ Goldberg, Asher (25 February 2017). "בני יהודה רוצה להאריך את החוזה עם יונתן כהן" [Bnei Yehuda wants to extend the contract with Yonatan Cohen] (in Hebrew). Maariv.
- ^ "Israel v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.
External links[]
- Yonatan Cohen at Soccerway
- Yonatan Cohen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Yonatan Cohen at National-Football-Teams.com
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