Eli Dasa

Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, Hebrew: אלי דסה; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club Vitesse, and vice-captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin.[2][3]

Eli Dasa
Dasa playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015
Personal information
Full name Elazar Dasa[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Vitesse
Number 2
Youth career
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Beitar Jerusalem 113 (3)
2015–2019 Maccabi Tel Aviv 99 (5)
2019– Vitesse 57 (1)
National team‡
2008 Israel U-16 2 (0)
2008–2009 Israel U-17 6 (0)
2010 Israel U-18 3 (0)
2010–2012 Israel U-19 12 (0)
2011–2014 Israel U-21 25 (0)
2015– Israel 36 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2021

Early life

Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[4] He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team.[5] His younger brother Or Dasa is a footballer who plays for Portuguese club Arouca, who also played for the Israel U-21 national team.

Club career

On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon.[6] On 12 September 2012, Dasa scored the first goal in his senior career during a league match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

On 9 July 2015, he made his first international match debut in a 2–1 victory over Kazakh team FC Ordabasy in the 2015–16 Europa League qualification and played 90 minutes.

On 10 August 2015, Dasa signed for four years with Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. Five days later he made his debut in Maccabi in the Israeli Super Cup match against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona which Maccabi lost.

International career
Dasa at the 2013 UEFA Euros Under-21 that was hosted in Israel

Dasa played in the Israel under-21 team since 2010. He was a part of the Israeli team squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2013 which was held in Israel.

In 2015, he was called up by the national coach Eli Guttman for the senior Israel national team. Dasa made his debut in the senior national team against Andorra in a 4–0 win, on 3 September 2015. Dasa debuted as the Israeli line-up captain on 26 March 2022, in a friednly away match against Germany; thus becoming the first senior captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin.[2][3]

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

References
  1. "Israel - e. Dasa - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  2. צנציפר, נדב (19 March 2021). "אלי דסה צפוי לשמש כקפטן הנוסף בנבחרת ישראל". Ynet.
  3. "Germany-Israel | European Qualifiers 2021/22".
  4. "Give football a chance to break the cycle of violence". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
  5. "Flying and Soaring with the Israel National Team". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
  6. "Toto Cup: Hapoel Ashkelon and Beitar Jerusalem drawing 2-2" (in Hebrew). Walla!. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.


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