Gai Assulin

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Gai Assulin
גיא אסולין
Personal information
Full name Gai Yigaal Assulin
Date of birth April 9, 1991 (1991-04-09) (age 17)
Place of birth    Nahariya, Israel
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number TBD
Youth clubs
1999–2003 Beitar Nes Tubruk
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2007-2008
2008-		 FC Barcelona B
FC Barcelona		 21 (8)   
National team2
2008– Israel 01 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 15:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Gai Assulin (Hebrew: גיא אסולין‎, English: Guy Assulin; born April 9, 1991 in Nahariya) is an Israeli professional football (soccer) player who plays for FC Barcelona.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Barcelona

Assulin started his career in the Beitar Tubruk youth ranks, in 2003, when he was just 12, his team coach back-then Shlomo Scharf, proposed Gai's parents to consider taking their young prospect to try out for Barcelona's youth ranks, they did, and Gai was accepted.

On August 2007, Assulin graduated to the FC Barcelona B team, and was offered a new contract, a senior contract (a contract granted only after the player turns 16) for another 3 years and a €20M buy-out clause. On September 5, 2007 when he was only 16-years old Assulin made his senior debut with the first team against Girona FC in the semi-final of the Copa Catalunya, entering in the 46th minute of the game.[1]

At the end of the 2007-08 season, FC Barca B won the league title with 83 points, just one ahead of Sant Andreu. The manager, Josep Guardiola, was promoted to the job of first team manager. Gai Assulin was rumored to be one of the players that Guardiola would promote to the first team.[2]

[edit] National team

Gai was called up by the Israel national football team for their friendly match against Chile in 2008. He debuted for Israel by replacing Yossi Benayoun in the 78th minute of the friendly.[3] By playing in this match, he broke Ben Sahar's record for youngest national team debut by 195 days.[4]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ GaiAssulin.com
  2. ^ "גיא אסולין וברצלונה ב' זכו באליפות", One.co.il, 2008-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. (Hebrew) 
  3. ^ "שמרו על התואר", Nana.co.il, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. (Hebrew) 
  4. ^ Sinai, Allon. "Assulin to make debut against Chile", The Jerusalem Post, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 

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