Tamir Cohen

Infobox Football biography
playername = Tamir Cohen
תמיר כהן


fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1984|03|4
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Israel
height = Height|m=1.81
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Bolton Wanderers
clubnumber = 25
youthyears =
youthclubs = Maccabi Tel Aviv
years = 2002–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya
Bolton Wanderers
caps(goals) = 81 (4)
27 (2)
10 (1)
nationalyears = 2000–2001
2001–2002
2003–2006
2007–
nationalteam = Israel U16
Israel U19 Israel U21
Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 14 (3)
12 (1)
12 (1) 09 (0)
pcupdate = 18:54, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 22 August 2008

Tamir Cohen ( _he. תמיר כהן; born 4 March, 1984) is an Israeli football midfielder who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the son of former Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool FC player Avi Cohen.

Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team where in 2001-02 he won the double. His first game in Ligat ha'Al was in November of 2002 during Maccabi's 1-0 win over Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva in a 2-1 in the Toto Cup, where he scored the winning goal.

Cohen made 7 appearances for the Israel national under-21 football team. His first appearance on the U-21 team was on the losing side to Cyprus.

In 2007 Cohen moved to Maccabi Netanya. On January 1, 2008 he transferred to Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League. He made his Bolton debut in the 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United, wearing the squad number 25, previously occupied by Abdoulaye Faye. His first English Premier League goal was scored on March 2nd 2008. He scored a consolation goal against his father's former club Liverpool FC in a match at the Reebok stadium, a game which ended in a 3-1 win for Liverpool.

He played for the Israel national football team against Croatia on 13 October, 2007. Tamir is of Italian ancestry and holds an Italian passport.

External links

* [http://www.burndenaces.co.uk/players/profile.php?id=14 Bolton Wanderers Profile] at [http://www.burndenaces.co.uk/ Burnden Aces]
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