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==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Nahariya]], Assulin started his career in the football school of [[Hapoel Haifa]].<ref>http://one.co.il/Article/137653.html</ref> In 1999 at the age of 7 Assulin moved to the [[Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C.|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 [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'s youth ranks, they did, and Gai was accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-manager.info/talents/fm2008/Gai-Assulin.html|title=Gai Assulin profile|date=2008-06-19|work=football-manager.info|accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.factolex.com/Gai_Asulin|title=Gai Assulin Facts|date=2009-05-01|work=factolex.com|accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref>
Born in [[Nahariya]] (by myself), Assulin started his career in the football school of [[Hapoel Haifa]].<ref>http://one.co.il/Article/137653.html</ref> In 1999 at the age of 7 Assulin moved to the [[Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C.|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 [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'s youth ranks, they did, and Gai was accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-manager.info/talents/fm2008/Gai-Assulin.html|title=Gai Assulin profile|date=2008-06-19|work=football-manager.info|accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.factolex.com/Gai_Asulin|title=Gai Assulin Facts|date=2009-05-01|work=factolex.com|accessdate=2009-05-01}}</ref>


==Club career==
==Club career==

Revision as of 13:21, 4 August 2010

Gai Assulin
Personal information
Full name Gai Yigaal Assulin[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Free agent
Youth career
1997–1999 Hapoel Haifa
2000–2003 Beitar Nes Tubruk
2003–2007 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Barcelona B 69 (14)
2009–2010 Barcelona[2] 0 (0)
International career‡
2008– Israel U21 13 (0)
2008– Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2010

Gai Yigaal Assulin (Hebrew: גיא אסולין) (born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who is considered as one of the greatest talents of Israel football and is a graduate of FC Barcelona Youth Academy at La Masia. He is currently a Free agent.

Early life

Born in Nahariya (by myself), Assulin started his career in the football school of Hapoel Haifa.[3] In 1999 at the age of 7 Assulin moved to 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.[4][5]

Club career

Barcelona

2007–2008 season

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.[6] At the end of the 2007–08 season, Barcelona B won the league title with 83 points, just one ahead of Sant Andreu.[7] The manager, Josep Guardiola, was promoted to the job of senior team manager.[8] Gai Assulin was rumored to be one of the players that Guardiola would promote to the first team.[9] On 5 September 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.[10][11]

2008–2009 season

Assulin missed most of the 2008–2009 season due to injury.

2009–2010 season

After missing most of the 2008–2009 season with FC Barcelona B due to an injury, Assulin got an invitation to participate in pre-season matches with Barcelona first team.[12] Assulin appeared in three of Barcelona's six pre-season fixtures; against Tottenham, Al-Ahly and Manchester City. He made his debut first-team start in a competitive match of the Copa del Rey against Cultural Leonesa on 28 October 2009, before being replaced by Éric Abidal after 56 minutes.[13] Due to the lengthy 2009–2010 season many Barcelona players were given breaks towards the end of the year. This meant that the first team were going to be a few men short, so on 29 December 2009, four Barça B players were called up by Barcelona's first team by coach Josep Guardiola. Among these four were Gai, and team-mates Víctor Vázquez, Thiago Alcántara, and Jonathan dos Santos.

Gai's contract is expiring on 30 June 2010. Due to the fact that FC Barcelona has not made any offerings, Assulin, as a promising youngster, has been linked to several big clubs. On April 25 it was published at the Madrid-based Newspaper, AS, that FC Barcelona fierce rivals Real Madrid were interested in offering him a contract, and there have also been rumors that Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger has kept track of Assulin career, and was also interested in acquiring his services.

On July 1 2010 Asullin and FC Barcelona announced due to mutual consent Assulin contract wouldn't be renewed and he became a free agent.

2010-2011 season

On August 4 2010 it was published that Manchester City F.C. decided to sign Assulin [14] although no official announcement has yet been made. Assulin has attracted a number of big clubs to the possibility of signing him after he cancelled his contract with the Spanish champions, but City manager Roberto Mancini believes that the Eastlands club have come out as the frontrunners to sign the player, for nothing.

International career

Gai was called up by the Israeli national football team for their friendly match against Chile in 2008. He debuted for Israel as a substitute in the 78th minute of the friendly, 14 days before his 17th birthday.[15] By playing in this match, he broke Ben Sahar's record for youngest national team debut by 195 days.[16] He was the youngest ever player to play in the national team and represents the U21 team.

Club statistics

As of 20 June 2010[17][18]

Club Season League Cup Europe[19] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2007–08 22 10 - - - - 22 10
2008–09 22 2 - - - - 22 2
2009–10 25 2 - - - - 25 2
Total 69 14 - - - - 69 14
Barcelona 2009–10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career totals 69 14 1 0 0 0 70 14

References

  1. ^ "ASSULIN (Gai Yigaal Assulin)". Football Database. Retrieved 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/match/42291/cultural-y-deportiva-leonesa-vs-barcelona/lineup-stats
  3. ^ http://one.co.il/Article/137653.html
  4. ^ "Gai Assulin profile". football-manager.info. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  5. ^ "Gai Assulin Facts". factolex.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  6. ^ "Gai Assulin profile". football-manager.info. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  7. ^ "2007–08 Segunda División B". wikipedia.org. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  8. ^ "Pep Guardiola pays tribute to Frank Rijkaard". timesonline.co.uk. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  9. ^ "גיא אסולין וברצלונה ב' זכו באליפות" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ GaiAssulin.com
  11. ^ FCBarcelona.cat
  12. ^ http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/muniesa-thiago-and-assulin-to-play-in-londo/
  13. ^ http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/cultural-leonesa-0-barca-2-a-k-a-%E2%80%9Cpedrito-to-the-rescue-again%E2%80%9D.html
  14. ^ . Daily Mirror http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Manchester-City-transfer-news-Barcelona-midfielder-Gai-Assulin-set-for-City-move-article544321.html. Retrieved 2010-08-4. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "שמרו על התואר" (in Hebrew). Nana.co.il. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-05-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. ^ Sinai, Allon (2008-03-26). "Assulin to make debut against Chile". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2008-05-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  17. ^ Transfermarkt player statistics
  18. ^ Gai Assulin se va del Barça libre
  19. ^ Includes UEFA Supercup
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