Shlomi Azulay
Shlomi Azulay (Hebrew: שלומי אזולאי, born 18 October 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
 Azulay in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shlomi Azulay | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ironi Tiberias | |||
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 46 | (17) |
| 2010–2014 | Maccabi Haifa | 61 | (13) |
| 2011–2012 | → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) | 26 | (8) |
| 2014 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 27 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 32 | (7) |
| 2017–2019 | Bnei Sakhnin | 59 | (15) |
| 2019–2020 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | (9) |
| 2020–2021 | Astra Giurgiu | 6 | (2) |
| 2021– | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2021 | |||
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 2012–13 season Shlomi plays either as a left winger or as a central striker during the season and provided 7 goals and 1 assist.
On 8 June 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Beitar Jerusalem.
Career statistics
- As of May 2011[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2008–09 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 2009–10 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2010–11 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | |
| 2013–14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) | 2011–12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 |
| Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 2013–14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2014-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 148 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 197 | 48 | |
Honours
- Israeli Premier League: 2010–11, 2011–12
- Israel State Cup runner-up: 2011
- Toto Cup: 2011–12, 2019–20
Individual
- 2015–16 Israeli Premier League second top scorer: 2015–16
References
- Club site
- 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.
- Sport5
- "Della Yampolsky". one.co.il. Retrieved 3 September 2014.