Gai Assulin

Gai Assulin was born in 1991 in Nahariya

Assulin was born in Nahariya in 1991. He began playing in the youth program of Hapoel Haifa and later moved to Beitar Tubruk. In 2003 his coach, Shlomo Scharf, suggested that his parents take him to a trial at FC Barcelona, and he was accepted into its youth system.

In August 2007 he moved up to Barcelona B and signed a contract with a €20 million release clause. He made his official first team debut in the Copa del Rey against Cultural Leonesa on 28 October 2009. He left Barcelona in 2010 after the club would not promise him a place in the first team.

In December 2010 he joined Manchester City on a deal of two and a half years, but he did not play an official match for the first team. In February 2012 he went on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion. City released him on 22 May 2012.

He then played mostly in Spain, for Racing de Santander, Hércules on loan from Granada, and Mallorca. In January 2016 he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv, his first Israeli club, and in August 2016 he signed with Sabadell.

In 2018 he signed briefly with Kairat in Kazakhstan, and in 2019 he joined Politehnica Iași in Romania. He played in Italy for Crema from 2021 and for Unipomezia in 2022, and he effectively retired that year.