Avi Cohen
| Avi Cohen | ||
 Avi Cohen, 1990
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Avraham Cohen | |
| birthday | November 14, 1956 | |
| place of birth | Cairo , Egypt , Israel | |
| date of death | December 28, 2010 | |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv , Israel | |
| size | 176 cm | |
| position | Full-back (left) | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1975-1979 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 134 (10) |
| 1979-1981 | Liverpool FC | 18 (1) |
| 1981-1990 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 158 (4) |
| 1987-1988 | → Glasgow Rangers (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 1991-1992 | Maccabi Netanya | 3 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1976-1988 | Israel | 59 (3) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1990-1992 | Maccabi Netanya | |
| 1992-1993 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | |
| 1993-1994 | Maccabi Yavne | |
| 1994-1995 | Maccabi Ironi Ashdod | |
| 1995-1998 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |
| 1998-1999 | Hapoel Ashkelon | |
| 1999-2000 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |
| 2000-2001 | Maccabi Herzliya | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Avraham "Avi" Cohen (born November 14, 1956 in Cairo , Egypt , † December 28, 2010 Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli soccer player and soccer coach .
Career
Cohen began his career at Maccabi Tel Aviv before being transferred to England to Liverpool FC in 1979 for a transfer fee of £ 200,000 . In 1980 he was English champion with the Reds and the following year he won the European Champions' Cup . There the defender could not assert himself permanently and returned to Maccabi in his homeland. In 1987 Cohen was signed to Scotland by Graeme Souness , a former teammate from Liverpool times who now coached the Glasgow Rangers . However, he only stayed briefly and went to Maccabi Netanja , where he also ended his career.
Cohen also played for the national team . First he represented his country at the 1976 Olympic Games against Guatemala on July 19, 1976. The first official international game for the A selection took place in the 1-0 away win against Greece on September 22 of the same year. He played a total of 52 games for his home country, scoring three goals.
In 1979 Avi Cohen was also named Israel's Footballer of the Year . Cohen died as a result of a motorcycle accident.
successes
- Masters of Israel : 1977, 1979
- Cup of Israel : 1977, 1987
- English football champion : 1980
- European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1981
- Scottish League Cup : 1988
Others
Cohen's son Tamir Cohen is also a professional soccer player. Like his father once, he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv (2002 to 2007).
Web links
- Avi Cohen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile on lfchistory.net
- Statistics at rsssf.com
- Avi Cohen in the database of weltfussball.de
- Avi Cohen in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/avi-cohen-dies-after-motorcycle-crash/article1850836/
- ↑ France Football - Avi Cohen est décédé ( Memento of December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Avi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Avraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo , Egypt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv , Israel |