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Liran Cohen

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “football player who plays as a midfielder for bnei sakhnin”. Today it says “israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for a”.
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The opening as it read in 2010

Liran Cohen (born 14 February 1983), is a football player who plays as a midfielder for Bnei Sakhnin . A former key player for Maccabi Tel Aviv , and despite his lack of experience in Europe he has scored several important goals for Maccabi in their last campaigns in the UEFA Cup and in the UEFA Champions League . v t e1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “football player who plays as a midfielder for bnei sakhnin”. Today it says “israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for a”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

football player who plays as a midfielder for bnei sakhnin

Now

israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for a

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