Gal Cohen (Hebrew: גל כהן; born 14 August 1982) is an Israeli former footballer, and the current co-assistant manager of Israel national football team.

Gal Cohen
Personal information
Full name Gal Cohen
Date of birth (1982-08-14) 14 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Dor, Israel
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Ra'anana (manager)
Youth career
Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Neve Yosef
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2011 Hapoel Petah Tikva 159 (0)
2006–2007Hapoel Nazareth Illit (loan) 22 (0)
2011–2014 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 99 (1)
2014–2015 Hapoel Haifa 0 (0)
International career
Israel 85 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2019 Hapel Ra'anana (youth)
2019–2020 Hapel Ra'anana (assistant manager)
2020 Hapel Ra'anana
2022–2023 Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
2024 Beitar Jerusalem
2024– Israel (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cohen was born and raised in moshav, Dor, Israel, to an Israeli-Jewish family. He started his career in 2001, when he signed to Hapoel Petah Tikva. In 2006/2007, Cohen was loaned to Hapoel Nazareth Illit, after one year he backed to Petah Tikva and became the Captain.

In August 2011. he had transferred to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.

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