Larry Cohen (soccer)

Larry Cohen
Personal information
Full name Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Playing position Central defender, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 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)
National team‡
2015- Lithuania 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 3, 2012.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 12, 2015

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

  1. ↑ http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/south-africa/absa-premiership/players/2012-2013/chippa-united/larry-cohen.html
  2. ↑ "Cohen confident of survival". Football365.co.za. 2009-07-23. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Skvernelis, Saulius (21 November 2014). "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos pilietybės atkūrimo". e-tar.lt. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ FIFA neleido afrikiečiui žaisti Lietuvos rinktinėje
  5. ↑ Fakude, Ernest (10 March 2010). "Cosmos lose Cohen to Wits". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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