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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Larry Jason Cohen | ||
Date of birth | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Central defender, defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Highlands Park | |||
Balfour Park | |||
Corinthians F.C. (South Africa) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Jomo Cosmos | 48 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Wits University | ||
2012 | Witbank Spurs | 25 | (2) |
2012 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Chippa United | 22 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Moroka Swallows | 57 | (3) |
2015– | Ajax Cape Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2015 |
Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987) is a South African professional soccer player of Lithuanian descent who plays for Ajax Cape Town.
Personal
Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s.
On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen. 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.
Playing career
After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010.
References
- "MTN Football Page has moved". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- "Cohen confident of survival". Football365.co.za. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- Skvernelis, Saulius (21 November 2014). "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos pilietybės atkūrimo". e-tar.lt. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- Augustis, Mindaugas (23 March 2015). "FIFA neleido afrikiečiui žaisti Lietuvos rinktinėje". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- Fakude, Ernest (10 March 2010). "Cosmos lose Cohen to Wits". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- South African men's soccer players
- Jomo Cosmos F.C. players
- Jewish footballers
- South African people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bidvest Wits F.C. players
- Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players
- Soccer players from Johannesburg
- Moroka Swallows F.C. players
- Men's association football defenders
- Chippa United F.C. players
- Jewish South African sportspeople
- Alumni of King David Schools, Johannesburg
- 21st-century South African sportsmen