Eyal Golasa

Date of Birth	Nationality	Current Club	Position	Strengths		Weaknesses	Transfer Rumours	Market Value (where applicable)	Similar Players
				Physical	Technical
7/10/1991	Israel	Maccabi Haifa	CM	Strength Fitness	Ball Control Passing Vision	Finishing (power)	Hoffenheim	1.5-5m euros	Mesut Ozil, Yaya Toure

Eyal Golasa is a 21-year-old Israeli Midfielder who plays for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Premier League. He is a player who can control the midfield and string passes that assist his team in scoring. At the age of 14 after trials at Spurs and PSG, Golasa was due a move to the French club, however his inability to get a work permit/visa halted the move. In February 2010 he had agreed a deal with Lazio to move there, however due to bureaucratic issues the move was put on hold. Golasa is a very strong player physically who is not afraid of hard tackles. His best role is as a playmaker in the centre of midfield. His deft first touches, great passing and vision makes Golasa is a perfect center midfielder to have in your team. His ablity to play box-to-box is another one of his greatest assets. With a very high level of fitness Golasa can play for the full 90 minutes and not get extremely fatigued.

Golasa has had experience playing in Europe with Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League qualification rounds and group stages. This experience has helped him mature as a player and even brought out a great performance against FK Aktobe. A player who is not afraid to shoot from distance as well as his ablity to use both feet while playing makes him a perfect utility midfield player to have. Golasa likes making darting runs towards the goal and is not afraid to shoot. Although his best position is Attacking Midfield, he can also play a more central/defensive role in midfield due to his high level of fitness and through playing with a high level of intensity. His weakness, however, is the power and accuracy by which he shoots. Due to his inclinations to shoot from out of the box, many of his shots are easily saved or miss the target.

If there were a term box-box-playmaker Golasa would fit this criteria. It is because of this that I have likened him to both Mesut Ozil and Yaya Toure. The similarity with Toure comes with his fitness and ablity to make charging runs towards goal, and not being afraid to take long distance shots. The similarities he has with Ozil are more technical. His vision, his first touch and his passing make the way he plays very similar to Ozil. A perfect midfielder, it is a surprise that there are not that many European Clubs in for him since 2010, but it is only a matter of time before a European Club picks him up. He has many years left ahead of him, maybe a stepping-stone is required to get his career to the level it can be. Holland or Portugal could be a good destination for Golasa to hone his skills before moving to one of Europe’s biggest clubs.