Shlomi Azulay (Hebrew: שלומי אזולאי, born 18 October 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Maccabi Bnei Reineh

Shlomi Azulay
Azulay in 2011
Personal information
Full name Shlomi Azulay
Date of birth (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Tiberias, Israel
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
F.C. Ashdod
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)
2011–2012Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 26 (8)
2014Beitar 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)
2021–2022 Hapoel Tel Aviv 43 (8)
2022–2024 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 63 (15)
2024– F.C. Ashdod 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024

Club career

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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

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As of 8 August 2022[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 27 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 4
Bnei Sakhnin 2015–16 36 14 4 1 2 0 0 0 42 15
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2016–17 30 7 3 0 6 0 0 0 39 7
2017–18 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0
Bnei Sakhnin 28 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 6
2018–19 31 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 33 10
Beitar Jerusalem 2019–20 32 9 1 0 5 2 0 0 38 11
2020–21 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 6 0
Astra Giurgiu 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 20 3
2021–22 27 6 1 0 5 1 0 0 33 7
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 2022–23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 384 102 33 6 57 6 6 0 480 114

Honours

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ Club site[failed verification]
  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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