Larry Cohen (soccer)

Larry Cohen
Personal information
Full name Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth 7 November 1987
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Position(s) Central defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Highlands Park
Balfour Park
Corinthians F.C. (South Africa)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Jomo Cosmos 48 (2)
2010–2011 Wits University
2012 Witbank Spurs 25 (2)
2012 Mpumalanga Black Aces 0 (0)
2012–2013 Chippa United 22 (2)
2013–2015 Moroka Swallows 57 (3)
2015– Ajax Cape Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2015

Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987) is a South African professional soccer player of Lithuanian descent who plays for Ajax Cape Town.

Personal

Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s.

On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen. 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.

Playing career

After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010.