Shlomi Azulay

Shlomi Azulay

Personal information
Full name	Shlomi Azulay
Date of birth	October 18, 1989
Place of birth	Tiberias, Israel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Number	11
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	→ Hapoel 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–	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	11	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2014.

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

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.

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	21	2	0	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	33	4	0
	2009–10	25	15	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	31	15	0
Maccabi Haifa	2010–11	22	6	6	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	30	6	6
	2011–12	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	6	1	1
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona		26	8	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	8	5
Maccabi Haifa	2012–13	31	7	1	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	38	8	2
	2013–14	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	2	0
Beitar Jerusalem		15	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	4	1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		148	43	14	15	2	1	29	3	0	5	0	0	197	48	15

Honours

Club

• Israeli Premier League:
  • Winner (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• Israel State Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 2011
• Toto Cup
  • Winner (1): 2011–12

Individual

• Israeli Premier League Top scorers 2015-16 2nd Place (Joint)

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.