Eli Dasa

Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliazer, Hebrew: אלי דסה‎; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem and the Israel national team. He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish descent to play for Israel.[1]

Eli Dasa
Dasa with Israel U-21 in 2013
Personal information
Full name Elazar Dasa
Date of birth (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 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 16 (0)
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 27 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 September 2020

Early life

Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[2] His younger brother Or Dasa is a football player as well.

Club career

On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon.[3] 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 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 team. Dasa made his debut in the senior national team against Andorra in a 4–0 victory on 3 September 2015.

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv

References
  1. "Flying and Soaring with the Israel National Team". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
  2. "Give football a chance to break the cycle of violence". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
  3. "Toto Cup: Hapoel Ashkelon and Beitar Jerusalem drawing 2-2" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
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