1. Gai Yigaal Assulin is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder.
21 Facts About Gai Assulin
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Gai Assulin subsequently became a journeyman, spending short spells at a variety of teams mostly in Spain.
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Gai Assulin started his career in the football school of Hapoel Haifa.
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Gai Assulin was rumored to be one of the players that Guardiola would promote to the first team.
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Gai Assulin 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 Eric Abidal after 56 minutes.
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Gai Assulin had a complicated relationship with the manager of Barcelona B, Luis Enrique.
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On 14 December 2010, Gai Assulin joined Premier League club Manchester City on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
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Gai Assulin spoke of his wishes to partner his former Barcelona teammate Yaya Toure at the club.
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On 17 November 2011, Gai Assulin declared that he was prepared to be loaned out from Manchester City in order to receive first-team action.
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Gai Assulin had so far failed to receive a call-up from first-team manager Roberto Mancini but was too old to play in the inaugural under-19 NextGen series with the City Elite Development Squad, restricting him to playing occasionally for the Reserves.
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Gai Assulin was released from Manchester City on 22 May 2012, alongside Owen Hargreaves.
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On 11 July 2012, Gai Assulin signed a one-year deal with recently relegated Racing de Santander.
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On 5 July 2013, Gai Assulin signed a three-year deal with Granada CF, being immediately loaned to Segunda Division's Hercules CF in a season-long deal.
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Gai Assulin appeared regularly for the Valencian outfit, which were relegated after finishing dead last.
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On 15 August 2014, Gai Assulin signed a two-year deal with RCD Mallorca, in the second level.
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In October 2015, free agent Gai Assulin trialled with Rangers of the Scottish Championship; Manager Mark Warburton was not sufficiently impressed to offer him a contract.
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Gai Assulin departed the Catalan club in January 2018 after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
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On 26 September 2019, Gai Assulin signed a two-year contract with Liga I club Politehnica Iasi.
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Gai Assulin left the club by the end of the season.
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Gai Assulin debuted for Israel as a substitute in the 78th minute of the friendly, 14 days before his 17th birthday.
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Gai Assulin went on to represent the Israeli under-21 national team in preparation at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, hosted in the country.