Or Dasa ( he, אור דסה; born 20 September 1998) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a

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for

Hapoel Acre Hapoel Acre Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Akko'') is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit. History Founded in 1946, the club dwelt i ...

Early life

Dasa was born in

Ness Ziona Ness Ziona ( he, נֵס צִיּוֹנָה, ''Nes Tziyona'') is a town in central Israel. In it had a population of , and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams (). History Early history Lying within Ness Ziona's city bounds is the ruin of an Arab vi ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family. His older brother

Eli Dasa Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, he, 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 Isra ...

is a footballer who plays for the Russian club

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

, and vice-captains the senior Israel national team.

Club career

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Having progressed the youth academy of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, Dasa made his senior debut for the club on at the age of 16, when he came on as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Bnei Yehuda. Dasa then continued to represent the club in the

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before making his league debut on 29 October 2017 in a 5–2 win over

. Seven days later on 12 November 2017, he scored his first goal for the club, netting the winner in a 1–0 victory over

Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club ( he, עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, ''Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel'') is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Alef ...

Loan to Hapoel Ra'anana

In January the following year, Dasa joined Hapoel Ra'anana on

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for the remainder of the season. On 10 February, he received his first-ever red card when he was sent off in a 1–1 draw with

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

Career statistics

Club

¹ Includes

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

matches.
² Includes

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

matches.
³ Includes

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasa, Or 1998 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Ness Ziona Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players F.C. Arouca players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players Hapoel Acre F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Primeira Liga players Liga Leumit players Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israeli expatriate men's footballers Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Men's association football forwards