Dror Cohen

Dror Cohen was born in 1974 in Ramat Gan

Dror Cohen was born in Ramat Gan on January 17, 1974. He grew up in the youth department of Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he played alongside Oded Katash. In the early 1990s the youth team, coached by Eli Kanti, won 2 championships and 2 State Cups.

Cohen began his Premier League career with Maccabi Ramat Gan in the 1994/95 season. He later played for Maccabi Jerusalem, Hapoel Eilat, Bnei Herzliya and Maccabi Ra'anana, and spent half of his 14 Premier League seasons with Elitzur Givat Shmuel. He also played for Israel's youth teams and appeared with the senior national team at the 1995 European Championship in Greece.

He retired after the 2007/08 season, when Givat Shmuel won the National League title. He then became an assistant coach at the club and later its head coach, leading it to a National League championship. From 2010 to 2013 he was an assistant at Hapoel Jerusalem under Oded Katash and Sharon Drucker.

Cohen worked as an assistant at Maccabi Rishon LeZion from 2017 and was named its head coach in December 2021, but the team was relegated. He coached Elitzur Shomron from the 2022/23 season. In June 2025 he was appointed coach of Elitzur Ashkelon and resigned in April 2026.