After a glorious career in the German league in the Nuremberg and Ingolstadt uniforms, as well as in the Israeli national team uniform, Maccabi Netanya's 33-year-old Almog Cohen officially announces tonight (Monday) that he is retiring from active play at a festive press conference.
Cohen came accompanied by his father Asher, who supported him and accompanied him throughout his career, as well as with his wife and children.
His new role, which he has been performing behind the scenes for the past two months, is the professional manager of Maccabi Netanya.
The Cohen family, Photo: Berni Ardov
The press conference is also attended by the team's owners Eyal Segal, CEO Niv Goldstein, coach Bnei Lam, and Kobi Baldev, a former Netanya player who served as the club's CEO while Cohen played for Diamonds.
At the beginning of the event, a video was shown congratulating Cohen Yossi Benayoun, Luis Marin, Ingolstadt's coach and doctor, and his uncle Awat.
It was followed by another video with congratulations from Matal Ben Haim the brakeman, Southampton coach Ralph Hossanotel who coached Cohen at Ingolstadt, Ilkay Gonduan a Manchester City player who played alongside Cohen at Nuremberg, and Benny Lem.
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