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RAFI COHEN (BORN NOVEMBER 28, 1970) IS AN ISRAELI PAST FOOTBALLER WHO PLAYED THE GOALKEEPER’S POSITION, AND NOW A COACH IN A SPORTS CLUB GROUP. HE MADE 43 APPEARANCES IN THE ISRAELI TEAM, AND HE IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT CITIES IN ISRAELI FOOTBALL. COHEN'S WIN 546 APPEARANCES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, AND HE RANKED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE'S ALL-TIME TOUR TABLE.

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COHEN BEGAN HIS WAY IN THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT OF THE EILAT WORKING GROUP AND IN THE SEASON ROSE TO THE ADULT GROUP, WHICH PLAYED IN THE B LEAGUE, WHICH WAS THEN THE FOURTH LEAGUE. ALTHOUGH HE PLAYED IN A SMALL GROUP OF THE PERIPHERY, HE TRAINED IN THE YOUTH TEAM OF ISRAEL, WHERE THE SUPREME LEAGUE OFFICIALS WERE IMPRESSED.

IN THE 1988/1989 SEASON, THE WORKER HAD AN OPENING OF HOPE, AND WAS SHATTERED BY HIS ARTIST, AVRAHAM GRANT, TO THE FIRST POSITION OF THE GOALKEEPER, EVEN BEFORE HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. IN HIS FIRST TWO GAMES, HE SCORED THREE GOALS, BUT LATER THE SEASON IMPROVED AND WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ACTORS LEADING HIS TEAM TO THE SECOND PLACE IN THE LEAGUE. COHEN CONTINUED TO PLAY WELL IN THE FOLLOWING TWO SEASONS, IN WHICH THE WORKER HAD COMPLETED A THREE-SEASON SEQUENCE IN THE SECOND PLACE. ALSO, IN 1990 AND 1991 COHEN WON HIS TEAM AT THE TETO CUP.

IN 1992, HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE ISRAELI TEAM, IN A FRIENDLY GAME AGAINST THE CYPRUS TEAM. THAT SAME YEAR, HE GAINED HOPE IN THE STATE CUP, AND FOLLOWING THE AWARD, COHEN RECORDED A PERFORMANCE IN THE CUP HELD WITH THE GROUP IN 1992/93, THE FIRST TIME IN WHICH ISRAELI GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN UEFA FACTORIES. HE FIRST PRESENTED A GOOD ABILITY, BUT A MISTAKE HE MADE IN THE FIRST ROUND’S INTERPLAYING GAME, CAUSING AN OUTSIDE GATE COUP AND IMPEACHMENT FROM THE FACTORY. LATER IN THE SEASON, HE WAS WOUNDED AND HAD TO BE ABSENT FROM MANY GAMES.

IN THE 1993/94 SEASON, COHEN MOVED TO THE HAIFA BRIGADE, AND PLAYED IT IN A SEASON THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE TEAM’S HISTORY, WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH NO LOSS, AND QUALIFYING UNTIL THE FINAL HOLDINGS. IN THE FINAL INTERVIEW, SHE WAS ABLE TO FORCE AN EXTENDED ITALIAN PARMA, QUITE A BIT BECAUSE OF COHEN’S GOOD ABILITY, WHICH WAS NOT A PANDORA PAGE. FINALLY, THE FIREMEN LOST A DECISION. HE ALSO WON THE HUTO CUP. IN THE NEXT SEASON, COHEN WON THE STATE CUP.

IN 1996, COHEN LEFT THE HAIFA BRIGADES AND MOVED TO HER URBAN RIVAL, HAIFA. COHEN PLAYED IN THE HAIFA WORKER OF RUBY SHAPIRA ONE SEASON, AND AFTER WHICH HE MOVED TO JUDEA. THERE HE PLAYED ONE SEASON, IN WHICH THE TEAM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A DECLINE IN THE LAST MINUTE. DURING THIS PERIOD, COHEN WAS THE PERMANENT ADVISOR OF THE ISRAELI TEAM IN EARLY GAMES FROM GANDHI TO 1998. THE 1998/1999 SEASON DID AT THE TEL AVIV BRIGADE. A DISGRACEFUL EVENT OCCURRED IN THE SAME SEASON, AFTER THE 1–2 TEAM LOST IN SPAIN IN THE EARLY EURO 2000. THE TEAM COACH, SHLOMO BURNED, ACCUSED COHEN OF LOSING, AND OUSTED FROM THE TEAM ALIVE, DURING THE POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE.

IN THE 1999/2000 SEASON, THE WORKER CAME BACK TO THE DOOR OF HOPE. IN THIS SEASON, THERE WAS HOPE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE UNTIL THE FINAL CYCLES, AND FINALLY, ON JUNE 30, 2000, COHEN MADE HIS FINAL APPEARANCE IN THE ISRAELI TEAM, IN A FRIENDSHIP GAME AGAINST THE HUNGARIAN TEAM. THE 2001/2002 SEASON BEGAN AT THE CITY OF GOTH, THE NEW RISE TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE, AND THE CONTINUATION MOVED TO MACCABI OPENED HOPE FOR THE SURVIVAL SEASON. THEN COHEN RETURNED TO THE WORKER TO OPEN HOPE FOR FIVE MORE SEASONS. IN THESE SEASONS, THE WORKER OPENED HOPE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE, AND AGAIN COHEN FOUND HIMSELF INVOLVED IN SURVIVAL STRUGGLES. IN 2005, HE GAINED HOPE IN ANOTHER TOTO CUP.

IN 2006, COHEN SUFFERED AN INEXPENSIVE INJURY, AND A FOREIGN CAVE WAS BROUGHT IN HIS PLACE. EVEN AFTER THE BEGINNINGS, COHEN CONTINUED TO SIT ON THE BENCH. IN THE 2006/2007 SEASON, HE RETURNED TO THE COLDS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE FIRST DERBY IN FRONT OF MACCABI, HOPING FOR HIS 500TH PERFORMANCE IN THE LEAGUE. AT THE END OF THE SEASON, HE BECAME THE HIGHEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE OF ALL TIME, WITH 519 APPEARANCES IN TOTAL, AND SO ON