Messay Dego ( he, מסאי דגו; born February 15, 1986) is an Ethiopian-born

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 ...

i former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

er and a

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

, who played for the Israel U21 national team.

Early life

Dego was born in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family. He immigrated to

in the 1990s, with his parents and brothers. His eldest brother

Baruch Dego Baruch Dego (or Barukh, he, ברוך דגו; born 28 March 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli former association footballer, who played for the Israel national team. Early life Dego was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian-Jewish fam ...

is also a former association footballer, who played for the Israel national team.ONE(Hebrew)
/ref>

References

External links

Stats
at ONE 1986 births Living people Ethiopian Jews Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Citizens of Israel through Law of Return Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli footballers Footballers from Ashdod Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players AEP Paphos FC players Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. players Israeli expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Israeli football managers Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. managers Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. managers Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. managers Hapoel Acre F.C. managers Israeli Premier League managers Men's association football midfielders People from Addis Ababa {{Israel-footy-bio-stub