Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli professional footballer who played for barcelona”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder”.
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Gai Yigaal Assulin ( Hebrew : גיא יגאל אסולין ; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder . He last played for Serie D club Crema . As a teenager, he was registered at Barcelona and Manchester City , but did not make a league appearance for either team. He subsequently became a journeyman , spending short spells at a variety of teams mostly in Spain. Assulin was capped 22 times by the Israel national under-21 team and once in 2008 by the senior team , becoming their youngest player of all-time.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Gai Yigaal Assulin ( ) (born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who played for Barcelona .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Gai Yigaal Assulin ( ; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca as a winger or an attacking midfielder .Assulin has been capped 19 times by the Israel national under-21 football team and once by the Israel national football team where he currently holds the record as the youngest player to ever represent Israel in an international match at senior level.
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Israeli professional footballer Gai Yigaal Assulin ( ; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Politehnica Iași .As a teenager, he was registered at Barcelona and Manchester City , but did not make a league appearance for either team.He subsequently became a journeyman , spending short spells at a variety of teams mostly in Spain.Assulin was capped 22 times by the Israel national under-21 team and once in 2008 by the senior team , becoming their youngest player of all-time.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli professional footballer Gai Yigaal Assulin ( ; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder . He last played for Serie D club Crema. As a teenager, he was registered at Barcelona and Manchester City , but did not make a league appearance for either team. He subsequently became a journeyman , spending short spells at a variety of teams mostly in Spain. Assulin was capped 22 times by the Israel national under-21 team and once in 2008 by the senior team , becoming their youngest player of all-time.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli professional footballer who played for barcelona”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli professional footballer who played for barcelona
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israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder
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