| Avi Cohen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Avraham Cohen | |
| Date of birth | November 14, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Egypt | |
| Height | 6'1[1] | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth career | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975–1979 1979–1981 1981–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv Liverpool Maccabi Tel Aviv Rangers Maccabi Netanya |
18 (1)[1] 7 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1976–1988 | Israel | 59 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Avraham "Avi" Cohen (born 14 November 1956 in Cairo, Egypt) is a former Israeli footballer player who played in defence. He is best known for his spell playing for Liverpool in England. He is currently chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association.
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Cohen began his playing career with Maccabi Tel Aviv before joining Liverpool for a fee of £200,000 in July 1979.[1] He struggled to establish himself as a regular at Anfield and was released in November 1981, rejoining Maccabi.[1] On September 20, 1980 Cohen stirred up controversy when he decided to play in Liverpool's away fixture versus Southampton F.C. which fell on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Liverpool drew with Southampton 2-2 in front of 24,085 spectators and Cohen was lambasted by the Israeli media for playing.[2] He returned to the UK in 1987 when he had a brief spell under former Liverpool teammate Graeme Souness at Rangers,[1] before ending his career with Maccabi Netanya.
He also played for the Israeli national team 52 times, scoring 3 goals. His son Tamir is currently an international professional footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers F.C. in the Premier League and the Israeli national team.
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Avaraham "Avi" Cohen (November 14, 1956 - December 29, 2010) was the first international football star to come from Israel.[1] Born in Cairo, he joined the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club in 1975 and within a year was playing for the Israel national football team.[1] He joined the Liverpool F.C. in 1979 and played with 24 games for them.[2] He went back to Israel but did return to Britain to play 15 games with the Glasgow Rangers.[1] He retired from playing in 1990 and became the chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association.[1]
Cohen died from head injuries in 2010 after his motorbike was hit by a car in Tel Aviv.[1] He was not wearing a proper helmet, which also was not buckled up, when he was hit.[3]
His son, Tamir, plays football in England for the Bolton Wanderers F.C..[2]
   | RSSSF international career statistics - Avi Cohen International Games and Goals |
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