Yonatan Cohen

Yonatan Cohen (Hebrew: יונתן כהן‎; born 29 June 1996) is an Israeli footballer. He currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1]

Yonatan Cohen
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number 24
Youth career
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Maccabi Tel Aviv 55 (18)
2015–2016 → Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (loan) 31 (11)
2016–2018 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 61 (10)
National team‡
2014 Israel U19 1 (0)
2015–2018 Israel U21 7 (2)
2019– Israel 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2019

Early life

Cohen was born in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, to a Jewish family and is of Polish descent on his mother's side. In 2020, he acquired a Polish passport.[2] His older brother Guy Cohen is also a footballer, and his father Mickey Cohen is a former 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 would 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]

Honours
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
  • Israeli State Cup :

2016-17

Maccabi Tel Aviv

2018/19

International

He made his debut for Israel national football team on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia.[5]

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References
  1. "The Israel Football Association". eng.football.org.il. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. Levy, Tomer (2020-07-09). "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 2020-07-06.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Israel v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 21 March 2019.


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