League Ligat HaAl Pro career 2000–2013 Height 2.03 m Nationality Israeli 2000–2001 Hapoel Tel Aviv Weight 116 kg | Listed height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Name Uri Kokia Position Center, Power forward Listed weight 255 lbs Role Basketball Player | |
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Uri Kokia (Hebrew: אורי קוקיה; born May 14, 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball player who plays for Hapoel Ramat Gan. He is a center/power forward and was a member of the Israel national basketball team.
Basketball career
Uri Kokia began playing basketball with sport clubs Elitzur Yavneh and Maccabi Rehovot. At 21 years of age, Kokia entered the Premier League, playing for Hapoel Galil Elyon.
He played five season for Ironi Nahariya, and has also played for Bnei Hasharon, Maccabi Haifa (after the 2007-08 season), Hapoel Holon, and Hapoel Jerusalem (for whom he is team captain).
In 2010, at the age of 29, Kokia was slated to make his Israel national team debut for the start of the 2011 EuroBasket qualifying campaign. In November 2010, he suffered a torn tendon in his shoulder.