Career
Uri Kokia began playing basketball with sport clubs Elitzur Yavneh and Maccabi Rehovot. At 21 years of age, Kokia entered the Premier League, playing for Hapoel Galil Elyon. He played five season for Ironi Nahariya, and has also played for Bnei Hasharon, Maccabi Haifa (after the 2007-2008 season), Hapoel Holon, and Hapoel Jerusalem (for whom he is team captain).
In 2010, at the age of 29, Kokia was slated to make his Israel national team debut for the start of the 2011 EuroBasket qualifying campaign.
In November 2010, he suffered a torn tendon in his shoulder.
