Eli Dasa
Israeli footballer (born 1992)
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Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, Hebrew: אלי דסה; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin.[4][5]
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Dasa playing for Dynamo Moscow in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elazar Dasa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1992[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Netanya, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. | ||
| 2004–2007 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 2007–2010 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Beitar Jerusalem | 113 | (3) |
| 2015–2019 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 100 | (5) |
| 2019–2022 | Vitesse | 71 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Dynamo Moscow | 62 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | NEC | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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 | 77 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[6][7] He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team.[8] 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.
Club career
On 31 July 2010, Dasa made his debut in Beitar Jerusalem F.C. during a Toto Cup match against Hapoel Ashkelon.[9] 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.[10]
On 10 June 2024, Dynamo announced that the option for the 2024–25 season in Dasa's contract has been activated.[11] Dasa left Dynamo Moscow on 10 June 2025 as his contract expired.[12]
On 22 September 2025, Dasa joined Eredivisie side NEC on a free transfer, signing a one-year contract with an option for an additional year.[13][14]
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.[4][5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 10[e] | 0 | – | 46 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[f] | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 8[g] | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| Total | 99 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 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 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 78 | 1 | |||||
| NEC | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 367 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 447 | 5 | ||
- Includes Israel State Cup, KNVB Cup, Russian Cup
- Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in the Israel Super Cup
- Five appearance in the UEFA Europa League, five appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualifying
- One appearance in the UEFA Europa League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualifying
- Eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualifying
International
- As of match played 3 June 2026[15]
| 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 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 77 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dasa goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 March 2025 | Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary |  Estonia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
