Larry Cohen (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Larry Jason Cohen | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Ajax Cape Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Highlands Park | |||
| Balfour Park | |||
| Corinthians F.C. (South Africa) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Jomo Cosmos | 35 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Wits University | ||
| 2012 | Witbank Spurs | 8 | (2) |
| 2012 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | 0 | (0) |
| 2012-2013 | Chippa United | 9 | (2) |
| 2013-2015 | Moroka Swallows | 36 | (1) |
| 2015- | Ajax Cape Town | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015- | Lithuania | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 3, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 12, 2015 |
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Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African professional footballer of Lithuanian descent who currently plays for Ajax Cape Town [1] and the Lithuanian national football team.
Personal
Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s.[2]
On the 21st of November, 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen.[3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania.[4]
Playing career
After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2012-2013/chippa-united/larry-cohen.html
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- South African soccer players
- Jomo Cosmos F.C. players
- Jewish sportspeople
- South African Jews
- South African people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- White South African people
- Association football midfielders
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- Moroka Swallows F.C. players
- Association football defenders
- Chippa United F.C. players
