Shmuel Kozokin
 Kozokin with Beitar Jerusalem in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | USSR | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2013 | Beitar Jerusalem | 60 | (1) |
| 2013 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 4 | (0) |
| 2013– | Ironi Beit Shemesh | 25 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Israel U19 | 16 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Israel U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008– | Israel | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2014. | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Israel
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| Football | ||
| Maccabiah Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2005 Maccabiah | Football |
Shmuel Kozokin (Hebrew: שמואל קוזוקין; born 16 November 1987) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Ironi Beit Shemesh.
He was born in the USSR in 1987. When he was four years old his family immigrated to Israel and lives in Beit Shemesh. At the age on nine he joined a football school, and at the age of 14 joined the youth team of Beitar Jerusalem.
He played for the Israel national under-19 football team in 2005–2006, and was part of the Israeli team at the 2005 Maccabiah Games that won the football gold medal.[1][2]
With the youth team he won the 2005–2006 Israeli youth-teams-cup, and he was brought up to the mature team. He was part of the mature squad, and at the same time played for the youth team, with whom he won the 2006–2007 cup and championship, and was chosen youth player of the year.[1] He was also part of the Israel national under-21 football team that reached the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship (thought he didn't play in the tournament itself).
In the 2006–2007 season, when the mature team won the state championship, he was mostly a bench player, but at the same time played for the youth team that won the state cup and championship, and was chosen youth player of the year.[1] In the 2007–2008 season when the team won both the state championship and the state cup he played in many games, especially at the end of the season. After that season he received a call to the Israel national football team.
On January 2013, translate Kozokin to Hapoel Kfar Saba.
References
External links
- About Kozokin from a fan site of Beitar Jerusalem
- An interview with Kozokin after he was chosen youth player of the year 2007
- Shmuel Kozokin at National-Football-Teams.com