Shlomi Azulay

Shlomi Azulay (Hebrew: שלומי אזולאי‎, born 18 October 1989) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

This article is about an Israeli footballer born in 1989. For the Israeli footballer born in 1990, see Shlomi Yosef Azulay.

Shlomi Azulay
Personal information
Full name Shlomi Azulay
Date of birth (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989
Place of birth Tiberias, Israel
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number 18
Youth career
Ironi Tiberias
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Hapoel Kfar Saba 46 (17)
2010–2014 Maccabi Haifa 53 (13)
2011–2012 → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 26 (8)
2014 → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 15 (3)
2014–2015 Hapoel Tel Aviv 24 (5)
2015–2016 Bnei Sakhnin 36 (14)
2016–2017 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 11 (4)
2017–2019 Bnei Sakhnin 59 (15)
2019–2020 Beitar Jerusalem 33 (9)
2020–2021 Astra Giurgiu 6 (2)
2021– Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Shlomi's first team was Liga Leumit side Hapoel Kfar Saba in the second division.[1] He made his senior team debut for Hapoel Kfar Saba as a late 88th-minute substitute in a cup match against Beitar Jerusalem in February 2008.

On 30 October 2009, Kfar Saba played a Liga Leumit match against Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv. At half time, the score was 0–0. Shlomi was sent into the match in the second half and scored twice to lead his team to a 2–0 win.[2]

Azulay scored an important winning goal in the last game of the season on 14 May 2010 against Ironi Ramat HaSharon. Hapoel Kfar Saba defeated Ramat HaSharon 2–1 and secured the third place. Kfar Saba then went on to lose the promotion playoff match.[3] Azulay ended the 2009–10 season with 15 goals to his name.

For the 2010–11 season, Azulay signed in Maccabi Haifa from the Israeli Premier League, in his debut game, he scored twice against Beitar Jerusalem after he had entered as a substitute in the 66th minute. A week later he scored yet again, this time against Bnei Sakhnin. Azulay scored six goals and Assisted six in the championship season of Maccabi Haifa.

A year later he was loaned to Ironi Kiryat Shmona and took part in the surprising Championship of Kiryat Shmona and provided 8 goals and 5 assists.

After the historic championship with Irony Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi came back to Maccabi Haifa. In the 2012/2013 season Shlomi plays either as a left winger or as a central striker during the season and provided 7 goals and 1 assist.

On June 8, 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Beitar Jerusalem.

Club career statistics
(correct as of May 2011)[4]
Club Season League Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2008–09 212020010200003340
2009–10 2515010050000031150
Maccabi Haifa 2010–11 22664004000003066
2011–12 101000310200611
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26852003000003185
Maccabi Haifa 2012–13 31713114000003882
2013–14 7200000003001020
Beitar Jerusalem 15313100000001841
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2014-15 000000000000000
Career1484314152129305001974815

Honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. Club site
  2. Uri Talshir (1 November 2009). ליגה לאומית: שלומי אזולאי העניק ניצחון להפועל כפ"ס [National League: Shlomi Azulay gave victory to Hapoel Kfar-Saba]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. Sport5
  4. "Della Yampolsky". one.co.il. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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