Tamir Cohen

Background

He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Rangers player Avi Cohen.

Career

Early career

He scored his first goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva in a 2–1 in the Toto Cup, where he scored the winning goal. On 11 January 2007 Cohen moved to Maccabi Netanya. Bolton Wanderers

On 1 January 2008 he transferred to English club Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £39,000.

The 25-year-old made 11 appearances in his first season in English football.

In the 2008/2009 campaign, Cohen played a peripheral role for Bolton Wanderers this campaign with a longstanding thigh injury keeping him out of action for over five months. The Israeli man eventually returned to the first team fold in the final couple of months of the season, earning his first start against Aston Villa at the Reebok Stadium on 25 April.

Cohen stole all the headlines with a vibrant midfield performance and capped off the afternoon with a neatly taken equaliser to earn Bolton a vital point. He celebrated his goal by saluting his friends and family who were sat in the West Stand after he had been handed a "lucky shekel" to put down his sock.

Cohen expressed hope that his injury problems would be behind him and that Wanderers fans would see more of his footballing talents in the 2009/2010, saying "lieutenant"s been very frustrating because it"s not easy for a football player to be injured.

But that is football and you need to live with that. Now hopefully I won"t be out anymore while I"m with Bolton". Cohen was released by Bolton Wanderers at the end of the 2010-2011 season, after three and a half years at the club

Maccabi Haifa

On 8 August 2011, Cohen signed a 4-year deal with Israeli Maccabi Haifa.

He rejected an offer from Greek side Panathinaikos in order to play in Israel where he can be closer to his family. Tamir earned €300,000, the highest salary in Maccabi Haifa.

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.

He played for the Israel national football team against Croatia on 13 October 2007.

Achievements

• Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv"s youth team where in 2001-2002 he won the double. His first game in the Israeli Premier League was in November 2002 during Maccabi"s 1–0 win over Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, when he came on as a substitute. 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 Premiership goal was scored on 2 March 2008 in a match against his father"s former club Liverpool at the Reebok stadium, which ended in a 3–1 win for Liverpool.