Chris Cohen

West Ham United

Cohen was a product of the West Ham United youth system and he was scouted whilst playing for an amateur football club at the age of six. Cohen made his first breakthrough into the West Ham first team during the 2003–04 season. He made his debut as a 16-year-old, coming on as a substitute in West Ham's 3–2 win over Sunderland on 13 December 2003, which made him the youngest player to appear for the West Ham first-team for 80 years. He featured another six times that season and went on to make 14 league and cup appearances the following season.

Yeovil Town

As West Ham returned to the Premier League for the start of the 2005–06 season, Cohen found his first team chances limited. After a single League Cup appearance for the club in September, he joined League One side Yeovil Town on a one-month loan in November 2005. The deal was extended until the end of the season during the January transfer window. Cohen finished the season with 31 appearances and one goal for Yeovil. Cohen joined the club on a permanent basis on a two-year contract on 28 June 2006. Following Yeovil's exit from the FA Cup against Rushden and Diamonds, manager Russell Slade exempted Cohen from criticism, praising his performance. Slade said he would do everything in his power to keep Cohen at Yeovil, saying the club had received a bid from Nottingham Forest in January 2007. At the end of the 2006–07 season, he won two Player of the Year Awards from Yeovil Town. He made 81…

Cohen made three appearances for the England under-16 side in 2003, when he featured in the Tournoi de Montaigu. He made five appearances for the England under-17 side between 2002 and 2003, playing in the Nordic Cup.

In September 2020, Cohen was appointed first-team coach at Championship club Luton Town, supporting former Yeovil teammate and Luton manager Nathan Jones. In July 2022, a change to the football management structure saw him promoted to the role of assistant manager. On 10 November 2022, Cohen departed Luton Town to take on a first-team coach role at Premier League club Southampton, following Nathan Jones in the move. Following Jones' sacking in February 2023, the shortest non-caretaker manager spell in Southampton's history, Cohen departed the club. In November 2023, Cohen joined League One side Lincoln City to assist Interim Head Coach Tom Shaw. His short term contract expired when the club appointed Michael Skubala as permanent Head Coach. On 13 January 2024, he returned to Lincoln in the role of assistant head coach. On 14 June 2024, Cohen moved to Stoke City as assistant head coach to Steven Schumacher. He left Stoke in September 2024 following the sacking of Schumacher. On 4 November 2024, he returned to Lincoln City's coaching staff for a third time as assistant head coach. On 29 May 2026, Cohen became joint-head coach of Lincoln City with Tom Shaw, following the departure of Michael Skubala to Bristol City. Their first game was against Derby County in the EFL Cup, which would see them win 2–1. Their first league game was away to Middlesbrough which ended in a 1–2 defeat, Lincoln's first league loss since the 29 November 2025. Their first league win came against newly…

Nottingham Forest

League One runner-up: 2007–08 Individual

Nottingham Forest Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2012–13