Jacob Cohen (footballer)

Jacob Cohen
יעקב כהן
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Cohen
Date of birth	25 September 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Be'er Sheva, Israel
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1980	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
1980–1982	Brighton & Hove Albion
1982–1983	Beitar Tel Aviv
1983–1984	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1984–1986	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1986–1989	Maccabi Petah Tikva
International career‡
1976–1981	Israel
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2015

Jacob Cohen (Hebrew: יעקב כהן; born 25 September 1956) is an Israeli former professional footballer that has played in several clubs throughout Europe, including Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Brighton & Hove Albion, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Playing career

Cohen was bought by Brighton & Hove Albion from Hapoel Be'er Sheva for £40,000 in October 1980, but had made only six appearances.^[1]

כהן יעקב (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

^ "New recruit would be rare foreign fling". The Argus. 20 July 2004. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

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