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Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African professional footballer of Lithuanian descent who currently plays for Ajax Cape Town[1] and the Lithuanian national football team.

Larry Cohen

Personal information
Full name	Larry Jason Cohen
Date of birth	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Position(s)	Central defender, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ajax Cape Town
Youth career
	Highlands Park
	Balfour Park
	Corinthians F.C. (South Africa)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Jomo Cosmos	48	(2)
2010–2011	Wits University
2012	Witbank Spurs	25	(2)
2012	Mpumalanga Black Aces	0	(0)
2012–2013	Chippa United	22	(2)
2013–2015	Moroka Swallows	36	(1)
2015–	Ajax Cape Town	0	(0)
National team‡
2015–	Lithuania	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2015

Personal

Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s.[2]

On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen.[3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania.[4]

Playing career

After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010.[5]

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