Eli Dasa

 ( 1992 Births ) 

Elazar " Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, ; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian Jews origin.

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Early life Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian Jewish family, and is Jewish.[1] He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team. His younger brother Or Dasa is also an Israeli international footballer who plays for Israeli club Hapoel Ramat Gan, who also played for the Israel U-21 national team.

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Club career On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon. 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 UEFA Europa League qualification and played 90 minutes.

On 10 August 2015, Dasa signed for four years with Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On 7 September 2022, Dasa signed a contract with Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow for the term of two years with an option to extend for one more year.

On 10 June 2024, Dynamo announced that the option for the 2024–25 season in Dasa's contract has been activated. Dasa left Dynamo Moscow on 10 June 2025 as his contract expired.

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

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 friendly away match against Germany; thus becoming the first senior captain of Israel to be of African origin.

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Career statistics

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Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Beitar Jerusalem	2010–11	Israeli Premier League	0
	2011–12	Israeli Premier League	0
	2012–13	Israeli Premier League	1
	2013–14	Israeli Premier League	0
	2014–15	Israeli Premier League	0
	2015–16	Israeli Premier League	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2015–16	Israeli Premier League	0
	2016–17	Israeli Premier League	0
	2017–18	Israeli Premier League	0
	2018–19	Israeli Premier League	0
SBV Vitesse	2019–20	Eredivisie	0
	2020–21	Eredivisie	0
	2021–22	Eredivisie	1
Dynamo Moscow	2022–23	Russian Premier League	0
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	0
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	1

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International

+Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team !Year !Apps !Goals
Israel	2015	3	0
	2016	3	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	7	0
	2021	12	0
	2022	8	0
	2023	9	0
	2024	4	0
	2025	2	1

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dasa goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Eli Dasa

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Honours Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League: 2018–19
• Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'Al): 2017–18, 2018–19

Individual

• Eredivisie Team of the Month: April 2022

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