Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, Hebrew: אלי דסה; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian club Dynamo Moscow and vice-captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin.[3][4]
![]() Dasa playing for Dynamo Moscow in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elazar Dasa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Netanya, Israel | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dynamo Moscow | ||
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) |
2019–2022 | Vitesse | 71 | (0) |
2022– | Dynamo Moscow | 9 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | Israel U16 | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Israel U17 | 6 | (0) |
2010 | Israel U18 | 3 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Israel U19 | 12 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Israel U21 | 25 | (0) |
2015– | Israel | 50 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[5] He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team.[6] His younger brother Or Dasa is a footballer who plays for Portuguese club Arouca, who also played for the Israel U-21 national team.
On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon.[7] 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.[8]
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 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 friendly away match against Germany; thus becoming the first senior captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin.[3][4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 2010–11 | Israeli Premier League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | Israeli Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | Israeli Premier League | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | Israeli Premier League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | Israeli Premier League | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 113 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 1 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 36 | 0 |
2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 45 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | ||
Total | 99 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 0 | ||
Vitesse | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
Total | 71 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1 | ||
Dynamo Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Career total | 292 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 350 | 2 | ||
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Israel | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | 3 | 0 | |
2017 | 3 | 0 | |
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
2019 | 10 | 0 | |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 12 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
FC Dynamo Moscow – current squad | |
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