Eyal Golasa (or Golsa, he, אייל גולסה; born 7 October 1991) is an Israeli professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Early life
Golasa was born in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, to a family of
Mizrahi Jewish
Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...
(
Yemeni-Jewish) descent. His father is former Israeli footballer
Avner Golasa.
Club career
Maccabi Haifa
Born in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, Israel, Golasa came from the highly successful youth system of
Beitar Nes Tubruk. In the summer of 2008, he joined
Maccabi Haifa. He made his debut in the
2008–09 Israeli Premier League
The 2008–09 Israeli Premier League season began on 30 August 2008, and ended on 1 June 2009. Beitar Jerusalem were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title the previous year.
Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end ...
. The midfielder remained a substitute at the beginning of this season until coming off the bench in a
UEFA Champions League
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match against Kazakh champion
FK Aktobe on 4 August. Golasa came off the bench, almost singlehandedly turning around a 0–3 deficit as Maccabi claimed a vital 4–3 victory. After leading Maccabi to the playoff stage of the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
, Golasa scored a goal against
Red Bull Salzburg, as the Israelis won 3–0. This result enabled the Israelis to return to the group stages of Europe's elite competition. At that time he was being monitored by major European clubs. Websites specializing on football scouting would present him as the new star of the Israeli football.
On 1 February 2010, Golasa had reportedly signed a contract with Italian club
S.S. Lazio
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. Five days later, the club announced the signing on a 4.5-year deal. However, Golasa decided to return to Israel to rejoin Maccabi Haifa and apologised for joining Lazio without informing Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Haifa confirmed the player was staying and stated the Lazio contract was not valid because they had not been informed of negotiations between Golasa and Lazio.
He was suspended for six months by Maccabi Haifa after agreeing to sign a new contract. He made a verbal agreement but later backed out, causing club boss
Ya'akov Shahar
Ya'akov "Yankale" Shahar ( he, יעקב "יענקל'ה" שחר; born 1941) is an Israeli businessman best known for his ownership of Maccabi Haifa F.C.
References
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to suspend him until the end of the season, after which he was sold to Greek football club
PAOK.
PAOK
On 24 June 2014, Golasa was transferred to the Greek football team
PAOK for an undisclosed fee till summer 2017. He could not help the club during the
Super League 2014–15 play-offs as he suffered a second degree sprain in the left groin and medical reports stated he would be back in action after four to six weeks.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
In July 2016, Golasa returned to his native Israel, joining
Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Career statistics
Club
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Honours
;Maccabi Haifa
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Israeli Premier League (2):
2008–09,
2010–11
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;Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Israeli Premier League (3):
2018–19,
2019–20,
2023–24
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Toto Cup
The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit.
Fro ...
(4):
2017–18,
2018–19,
2020–21
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,
2023–24
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Israel Super Cup
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(2):
2019
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,
2020
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References
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1991 births
Living people
Israeli Mizrahi Jews
Israeli men's footballers
Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players
Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
PAOK FC players
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
Super League Greece players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Footballers from Netanya
Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
Israeli twins
Men's association football midfielders
Israel men's international footballers