Avi Cohen

Avi Cohen
אבי כהן
Cohen in 1990
Personal information
Full name Avraham Cohen
Date of birth (1956-11-14)14 November 1956[1]
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Date of death 29 December 2010(2010-12-29) (aged 54)[2]
Place of death Tel Aviv, Israel
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1966–1974 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1979 Maccabi Tel Aviv 134 (10)
1979–1981 Liverpool 18 (1)
1981–1987 Maccabi Tel Aviv 158 (4)
1987–1988 Rangers 7 (0)
1988–1990 Maccabi Tel Aviv 40 (1)
1991 Maccabi Netanya 3 (0)
Total 360 (16)
International career
1976–1988 Israel 51 (3[3])
Managerial career
1990–1992 Maccabi Netanya
1992–1993 Beitar Tel Aviv
1993–1994 Maccabi Yavne
1994–1995 Ironi Ashdod
1995–1998 Hapoel Kfar Saba
1998–1999 Hapoel Ashkelon
1999–2000 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2001 Maccabi Herzliya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Avaraham "Avi" Cohen (Hebrew: אבי כהן; November 14, 1956 - December 29, 2010) was an Israeli footballer.[4] 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.[4] He joined Liverpool F.C. in 1979 and played 24 games for them. He went back to Israel but returned to Britain to play 15 games with Rangers.[4] He retired from playing in 1990 and became the chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association.[4] He was also a football manager.

Cohen died from head injuries in 2010 after his motorbike was hit by a car in Tel Aviv.[4] He was not wearing a proper helmet, which also was not buckled up, when he was hit.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Avi Cohen". LFCHistory.net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Israeli soccer giant Avi Cohen dies of injuries after motorcycle crash". Haaretz. 28 December 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ↑ He played another 12 games against International Olympic teams and 1 against Amateurs team.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Israeli soccer giant Avi Cohen dies of injuries after motorcycle crash". haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Avi Cohen's injury may have been avoided with legal helmet". jpost.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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