Lior Asulin is a male Israeli footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hapoel Ramat Gan

Hapoel Ramat Gan

Hapoel Ramat Gan Giv'atayim F.C. is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Giv'atayim. They play in an all-red strip, and are currently in the Israeli Premier League. Home matches are played at Winter Stadium, which has a capacity of around 8,000....

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Maccabi Herzliya and Ariel Shaiman

A native of Ra'anana

Ra'anana

Ra'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 he grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Herzliya and it was there that he made the jump to Israel's highest league, Israeli Premier League but did not last long as the club was relegated just two seasons after he made the first team. In Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

 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

Israel State Cup

The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine 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

Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

 and OGC Nice

OGC Nice

Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...

 from France

France

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, from Russia

Russia

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, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, 3 teams from Cyprus

Cyprus

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, and from a team in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 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, known for their racism against Arabs, were disturbed that Lior Asulin, a Jew, was coming directly to the club from an Arab

Arab

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 club, Bnei Sakhnin. They urged Asulin in turn to go to a mikveh so that he could join Beitar cleansed from Sakhnin.

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

Apollon Limassol

Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C...

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In the present season Lior plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Premier League.

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