Eli Dasa
Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, ; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club Vitesse, and vice-captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin. Early life. Dasa was born in Netanya, Israel, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family. He is the second Israeli of Ethiopian-Jewish background to play for the Israel national football team. His younger brother Or Dasa is a footballer who plays for Portuguese club Arouca, 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. 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 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 friednly away match against Germany; thus becoming  the first senior captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin. Honours. Maccabi Tel Aviv