Israel Captain Eli Dasa Makes Surprise Return to Maccabi Haifa
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Eli Dasa, captain of the Israeli national football team, has surprisingly agreed to a two-year contract with Maccabi Haifa, returning to Israel after a seven-year absence abroad. He was close to signing with Hapoel Be'er Sheva but made a last-minute switch. Dasa will immediately join the team and bolster their defense, which has been comprised of only foreign players.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Captain of the Israeli national football team, Eli Dasa, has signed a two-year deal with Maccabi Haifa.
- Dasa returns to Israel after playing abroad for seven years in the Netherlands and Russia.
- He was on the verge of signing with reigning champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva before joining Maccabi Haifa.
- Dasa's arrival strengthens Maccabi Haifa's defense, which previously only had foreign players.
- He began his career at Beitar Jerusalem and later played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning a championship.
Seven years after leaving Israel, the captain of the national football team, Eli Dasa, is returning to the country after agreeing to a two-year deal with Maccabi Haifa. Dasa, who began his professional senior career at Beitar Jerusalem at age 16, played there for five years before moving to Maccabi Tel Aviv. With Maccabi Tel Aviv, he played for four seasons, winning his only career league championship in his final season with the club.
In 2019, Dasa moved abroad, initially playing for Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands, then Dynamo Moscow in Russia, and last season he briefly played for NEC Nijmegen, also in the Netherlands. For several months, Dasa, the captain of the Israeli national team, has been without a club. In recent days, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, the reigning league champions, had been working to sign him and he had nearly reached an agreement with them.
However, in a last-minute move, Maccabi Haifa announced on Sunday that they have reached an agreement with Dasa for two years. He will be immediately available to coach Barak Bakhar and will strengthen Haifa's defense, which until now consisted solely of foreign players.
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