| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Dane Cohen | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Walthamstow, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002-2003 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Scarborough | 7 | (2) |
| 2003-2006 | Gretna | 25 | (0) |
| 2004-2005 | → Workington (loan) | 46 | (18) |
| 2005-2006 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 26 | (6) |
| 2006-2007 | Grimsby Town | 14 | (0) |
| 2008-2010 | St Albans City | 81 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Gary Dane Cohen (born January 20, 1984 in Walthamstow, London, England) is an English former professional footballer who played from 2002 until 2010. He notably played for Grimsby Town having also represented Watford, Scarborough, Gretna, Workington and St Albans City
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Cohen started his career as a trainee at Watford but never played a first team match and was released by The Hornets at end of the 2002-2003 season. He then teamed up Russell Slade at Scarborough where he enjoyed a short but fruitful spell at the McCain Stadium. His next port of call was to sign for Gretna, who were racing up the Scottish Football League.However Cohen struggled to make an impact on the first team and was put on the Loan list The pacey striker enjoyed a successful stint on loan at Unibond side Workington in the 2004-2005 season where he found the net twenty times and finished as the club's top scorer, helping them to gain promotion to the Conference North.
In June 2005 he became one of the first new signings of the 2005-2006 season for Grimsby Town joining Terry Barwick, Jermaine Palmer and John Lukic jnr as the first new additions. He linked up with Russell Slade once more who signed Cohen on a season long loan deal from his Scottish parent club. Primarily used as a forward at his previous clubs, Cohen became a make shift right and left sided midfielder and his performances soon earned him respect amongst the Grimsby supporters. In February 2006, Slade signed Cohen for an undisclosed fee and he went on to feature in the clubs Play-Off campaign.
Cohen would go on to miss the entire 2006-2007 season due to an injury picked up in pre-season, and at the end of the season he was released by the club, however the English Football Association gave Grimsby the registering forms for Cohen and the first option to sign him back up if the situation ever came about.
He would spend the entire 2007-2008 season without a club and still suffering from injury. He opted for retirement from the game but in a u-turn he signed for St Albans City in August 2008. Cohen retired from football at the end of the 2009-2010 season to work in the Ambulance service.
His dad Glen Cohen ran 400m for Great Britain and went to two Olympic Games; Gary's mother, Eleanor Thomas, ran 100m also represented Great Britain. He is the nephew of Shirley Thomas who ran 100m for Great Britain at the Olympic Games.