Eli Dasa
 Dasa playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elazar Dasa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Netanya, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team 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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2021 | |||
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 Arnhem and the Israel national team.
Early life
Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[2] He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish descent to play for the Israel national football team.[3] His younger brother Or Dasa is also a footballer, who played for the Israel U21 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.[4] 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
Maccabi Tel Aviv
References
- ^ "Israel - e. Dasa - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Give football a chance to break the cycle of violence". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ "Flying and Soaring with the Israel National Team". blogs.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ "Toto Cup: Hapoel Ashkelon and Beitar Jerusalem drawing 2-2" (in Hebrew). Walla!. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
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