Yonatan Cohen

Yonatan Cohen was born in 1996 in Tel Aviv

Cohen was born on 29 June 1996 in Tel Aviv to a family of Polish-Jewish descent. His father, Mickey Cohen, is a former Maccabi Tel Aviv footballer, and his brother Guy Cohen is also a footballer. He graduated from the Lady Davis high school in Tel Aviv and also holds a Polish passport.

He came up through the youth teams of Maccabi Tel Aviv and won the youth league title in the 2014/2015 season, scoring 20 goals. He was then loaned to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in 2015 and to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in 2016. With Bnei Yehuda he won the State Cup in the 2016/2017 season.

Back at Maccabi Tel Aviv, he won league titles in 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2023/2024, and the State Cup in 2020/2021. In August 2021 he joined Pisa in the Italian Serie B. He returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv in September 2022.

In 2024 he signed with Melbourne City in Australia and scored the only goal of the 2025 A-League Grand Final against Melbourne Victory. He joined Hapoel Petah Tikva in October 2025 and Bangkok United in May 2026. He made his Israel debut on 21 March 2019 against Slovenia, and he married Roni Edri in October 2021.