Yonatan Cohen

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]

Yonatan Cohen
Cohen on the day of his presentation in Pisa in 2021
Personal information
Full name Yonatan Cohen
Date of birth (1996-06-29) 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 19 (4)
National team‡
2014 Israel U19 1 (0)
2015–2018 Israel U21 7 (2)
2019– Israel 7 (0)
* 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

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 playing for Pisa against Ascoli on 1 November 2021

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

Maccabi Tel Aviv

References
  1. "The Israel Football Association". eng.football.org.il. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. 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.
  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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