Yonatan Cohen
 Cohen on the day of his presentation in Pisa in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Melbourne City | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 | (1) |
| 2024– | Melbourne City | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Israel U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Israel U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2019– | Israel | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 Nov 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 Melbourne City 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]
Melbourne City
[edit]Cohen moved to the A-League for the 2024-25 season, signing with Melbourne City FC.[6]
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.[7]
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.
- ^ "Double signing boost as fan favourite returns". Melbourne City FC. 16 September 2024.
- ^ "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
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