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Dudu Aouate

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer currently playing for rcd mallorca in spain”. Today it says “israeli retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli retired professional footballer David "”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1977) David "”.
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Dudu" Aouate (or Awat, , pronounced Dūdū Ahwaht ; born 17 October 1977) is an Israeli retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper . After playing for several clubs in his country, most notably Maccabi Haifa , he moved to Spain in 2003, going on to represent Racing de Santander , Deportivo La Coruña and Mallorca for a total of 303 La Liga matches. Aouate won 78 caps for Israel , during 14 years. Israel goalkeeper Aouate announces retirement ; UEFA, 8 August 2014

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