Eli Dasa

Eli Dasa
	Dasa with Israel U-21 in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Elazar Dasa
Date of birth	3 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Vitesse
Number	17
Youth career
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Beitar Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2015	Beitar Jerusalem
2015–2019	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2019–	Vitesse
International career‡
2008	Israel U-16
2008–2009	Israel U-17
2010	Israel U-18
2010–2012	Israel U-19
2011–2014	Israel U-21
2015–	Israel
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2019

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]

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

^ https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/flying-and-soaring-with-the-israel-national-team/
^ https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/give-football-a-chance-to-break-the-cycle-of-violence/
^ "Toto Cup: Hapoel Ashkelon and Beitar Jerusalem drawing 2-2" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

External links

Eli Dasa at Soccerway
Eli Dasa at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] ttps://blogs.timesofisrael.com/flying-and-soaring-with-the-israel-national-team/

[2] ttps://blogs.timesofisrael.com/give-football-a-chance-to-break-the-cycle-of-violence/

[3] "Toto Cup: Hapoel Ashkelon and Beitar Jerusalem drawing 2-2" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

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