Eli Cohen (footballer, Born 1951)
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Eli Cohen (), nickname: "The Sheriff" (), born 3 January 1951) is a former Israeli
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
player and manager.


Soccer career

Between 1968 and 1986 he was a player with Maccabi Ramat Amidar and Shimshon Tel Aviv, and earned a gold medal playing for Team Israel at the
1977 Maccabiah Games At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge and for the first time badminton. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan S ...
. He has managed numerous clubs, including Bnei Yehuda,
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...
, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Hapoel Hadera, Maccabi Herzliya, Ironi Rishon leZion, Hapoel Petah Tikva,
Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...
,
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli professional association football, football club from the city of Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was estab ...
, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Ironi Modi'in, and Maccabi Haifa. He won a championship with Beitar Jerusalem in the 1996-97 season.


Honours


As a manager

* Israeli Second Division (1): ** 1992-93 * Israeli Championships (1): ** 1996–97 *
Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves clubs of all standards ...
(1): ** 1999


See also

* List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers


References

1951 births Living people Competitors at the 1977 Maccabiah Games Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games medalists in football Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C. players Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. players Israeli football managers Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C. managers Hapoel Hadera F.C. managers Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. managers Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. managers Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. managers Israeli Premier League managers Men's association football defenders 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-defender-stub