Tamir Cohen

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Tamir Cohen תמיר כהן
Personal information
Date of birth	March 4, 1984 (1984-03-04) (age 24)
Place of birth	Israel
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Number	25
Youth clubs
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2007 2007–2008 2008–	Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Netanya Bolton Wanderers	81 (4) 27 (2) 10 (1)
National team2
2000–2001 2001–2002 2003–2006 2007–	Israel U16 Israel U19 Israel U21 Israel	14 (3) 12 (1) 12 (1) 04 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:54, 29 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of December 31, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tamir Cohen (Hebrew: 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.

[edit] External links

• Tamir Cohen career stats at Soccerbase

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