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Rafi Cohen

Rafi Cohen is an Israeli former football player who played for the Israel national team and later became a football coach.

born 1965Playing for Hapoel Petah TikvaPromotions from Liga Artzit as coachAssistant coach of Israel national team

Born: 2 March 1965, Jerusalem
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Rafi Cohen was born in 1965 in Jerusalem

Rafi Cohen was born in Jerusalem on March 2, 1965, and grew up in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood. He started playing football at Beitar Jerusalem at age 11.

At 16 he bought his player card and moved to the senior team of Hapoel Jerusalem. After one year he returned to Beitar, and in 1984 he moved to Maccabi Petah Tikva. In 1989 he joined Hapoel Petah Tikva, where he won the State Cup in 1991-92 and retired in 1994.

He won a bronze medal with Israel at the 1981 Maccabiah Games. He played 2 matches for the senior national team in 1990.

After retiring, he worked as a youth coach and assistant coach at Hapoel Petah Tikva. As head coach, he won promotion from Liga Artzit with Hakoah Ramat Gan, Hapoel Ashkelon and Sektzia Ness Ziona. He was appointed head coach of Hapoel Petah Tikva in 2005-06 but was dismissed after 8 matches.

In 2016 he became assistant to Elisha Levy with the Israel national team. In 2019 he was appointed coach of Maccabi Yavne but left after about a week for personal reasons.