Yonatan Cohen
Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2009–2010 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
2010–2015 | 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 Tel Aviv (loan) | 61 | (10) |
2021–2023 | Pisa | 26 | (4) |
2022–2023 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2023– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Israel U19 | 1 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Israel U21 | 7 | (2) |
2019– | Israel | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022 |
Yonatan Cohen (Hebrew: יונתן כהן; born 29 June 1996) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.[1]
Early life[edit]
Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent. 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.[2]
He also holds a Polish passport, which eased his move to certain European football leagues.[3]
Club career[edit]
Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]
Cohen began playing youth football for Maccabi Tel aviv before going on loans to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla and to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. Then-manager Arik Benado brought Cohen to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, where he made his senior debut in the Israeli Premier League.[2] Cohen became an important player for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv during the 2016–17 season, relegating previously established midfielders Pedro Joaquín Galván and Amir Agayev to the bench.[4]
Pisa[edit]
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.
Return to Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]
On 29 September 2022, Pisa announced Cohen's return to Maccabi Tel Aviv. The transfer was initially a loan, at the end of the loan term Maccabi was obligated to purchase his rights.[5]
International career[edit]
Cohen made his debut for the senior Israel national team on 21 March 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia.[6]..
Honours[edit]
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Israel Football Association". eng.football.org.il. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yonatan Cohen passa al Maccabi Tel Aviv" (in Italian). Pisa. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Israel v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Yonatan Cohen at Soccerway
- Yonatan Cohen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Yonatan Cohen at National-Football-Teams.com