Lior Asulin

Infobox Football biography
playername = Lior Asulin
ליאור אסולין


fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|10|6
cityofbirth = Ra'anana
countryofbirth = Israel
height =
position = Striker
currentclub = Flagicon|ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv"
clubnumber = 22
youthyears = 1995–1997
youthclubs = Maccabi Herzliya
years = 1997–2002
2002-2003
2003–2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007
2008
2008-present
clubs = Maccabi Herzliya
→ Maccabi Petah Tikva (loan)
→ Bnei Sakhnin (loan)
→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
→ Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
→ Apollon Limassol (loan)
Maccabi Petah Tikva
caps(goals) = ? (48)
31 (11)
28 (10)
57 (27)
30 (13) 10 0(0)
08 0(1)
?
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 19:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
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Lior Asulin ( _he. ליאור אסולין; born 6 October 1980) is an Israeli footballer who correctly plays as a striker for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Playing career

Maccabi Herzliya and Ariel Shaiman

A native of Ra'anana, Israel he grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Herzliya and it was there that he made the jump to Israel's highest league, Ligat ha'Al but didn't last long as the club was relegated just two seasons after he made the first team. In Liga Leumit Lior scored a league leading twenty-eight goals, so after the 2001/02 season, club chairman Ariel Shaiman loaned Lior out to clubs in the top league and signed him to a long term contract with Herzliya hoping to cash in on a large transfer fee.

During his seasons on loan, Lior has won the State Cup and established himself as one of the top Israeli strikers in the domestic league. Subsequently, after the end of the 2005-06 season, Herzliya chairman Ariel Shaiman disclosed to the media that he received lucrative offers from Olympique de Marseille and OGC Nice from France, from Russia, Turkey, 3 teams from Cyprus, and from a team in Greece for Asulin's services though nothing has ever come about from said offers.

Beitar Jerusalem

After winning the State Cup with Bnei Sakhnin, Asulin was signed on loan by Beitar Jerusalem. Fans of Beitar were disturbed that Lior Asulin, a Jew, was coming directly to the club from an Arab club, Bnei Sakhnin. They urged Asulin in turn to go to a mikvah so that he could join Beitar cleansed from Sakhnin. [cite news |first=Hanit |last=Atagedi |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=הקהל לאסולין: לך למקווה, היית בסכנין |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/52247.html |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2004-08-04 |accessdate=2008-10-05 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

In June 2007, he signed for a four-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv.on January 2008 after a not so good time in Hapoel with a record of 0 league goal he signed for Apollon Limassol.

In the present season Lior plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. in Ligat ha'Al.

Footnotes