Gary Cohen (footballer)

Gary Cohen (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Gary Cohen
fullname = Gary Cohen
nickname =
height = Height|m=1.80
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1984|1|20|mf=y
cityofbirth = Walthamstow, London
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = St Albans City
clubnumber =
position = Forward, Midfielder
years = 2002-2003
2003
2003-2006
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2008-
clubs = Watford
Scarborough
Gretna
Workington (loan)
Grimsby Town (loan)
Grimsby Town
St Albans City | caps(goals) = 0 (0) 7 (2) 25 (0) 46 (18)
26 (6) 14 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
ntupdate = 15:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Gary Cohen(born January 20,1984 in Walthamstow,London,England) is a former English professional footballer who currently plays for St Albans City . Cohen had been out injured from July 2006 and didn't kick a football again till two years later.

He started his career as a trainee at Watford but never played a first team match and was released by The Hornets at end of the 2002-2003 season. He then teamed up with current Yeovil Town boss Russell Slade at Scarborough where he enjoyed a short but fruitful spell at the McCain Stadium. His next port of call was to sign for for Grenta, who were racing up the Scottish Football League.However Cohen struggled to make an impact on the first team and was put on the Loan list The pacey striker enjoyed a successful stint on loan at Unibond side Workington in the 2004-2005 season where he found the net twenty times and finished as the club's top scorer, helping them to gain promotion to the Conference North.

In June 2005 he became one of the first new signings of the 2005-2006 season for Grimsby Town joining Terry Barwick, Jermaine Palmer and John Lukic jnr as the first new additions. He linked up with Russell Slade once more who signed Cohen on a season long loan deal from his Scottish parent club. Primarily used as a forward at his previous clubs, Cohen became a make shift right and left sided midfielder and his performances soon earned him respect amongst the Grimsby supporters. In February 2006, Slade signed Cohen for an undisclosed fee and he went on to feature in the clubs Play-Off campaign.

Cohen would go on to miss the entire 2006-2007 season due to an injury picked up in pre-season, and at the end of the season he was released by the club, however the English Football Association gave Grimsby the registering forms for Cohen and the first option to sign him back up if the situation ever came about.

He would spend the entire 2007-2008 season without a club and still suffering from injury. He opted for retirement from the game but in a u-turn he signed for St Albans City in August 2008.

Family Sporting Ties

His dad Glen Cohen ran 400m for Great Britain and went to two Olympic Games; Gary's mother, Eleanor Thomas, ran 100m also represented Great Britain. He is the nephew of Shirley Thomas, GBR who ran 100m for Great Britain at the Olympic Games.

Honours

Grimsby Town

*Supporters Young Player of the Year: 2006

External links

*soccerbase|id=34645|name=Gary Cohen


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