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Liron Cohen

Liron Cohen is an Israeli former basketball player who captained the Israel women's national team and later coached its 3x3 team.

born 1982Captaining Israel's women's national teamIsrael national team scoring recordCoaching Israel's women's 3x3 team

Born: 5 August 1982, Jerusalem
Occupation: basketball player

Liron Cohen was born in 1982 in Jerusalem

Liron Cohen was born on August 5, 1982, in Jerusalem.

She began her career at Maccabi Ra'anana and won the State Cup with the club in 2000 and 2001. She then played for Elitzur Ramla, winning the double in 2003/2004, and later for Apollon Ptolemaidas in Greece and Anda Ramat HaSharon, where she won the State Cup in 2006.

In 2007/2008 she played for CB San José in León, Spain, and was named to the Spanish league's team of the season. She later played in Slovakia, Turkey and Poland, winning domestic cups with Košice and Wisła Kraków and reaching the EuroLeague Final Four with Wisła. In 2010 she signed with Schio in Italy, and in 2013 with Istanbul University.

She played for the Israel national team from 2005 to 2015 and became its captain ahead of the 2010 European Championship qualifiers. As of December 2014 she held the team's all-time scoring record with 1,729 points and its appearance record with 171 games. She announced her retirement from playing on December 21, 2014.