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Eli Dasa

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains the israel national team”.
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Eli " Dasa (or Eliezer, ; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and captains the Israel national team .1 He is the first captain of Israel to be of Ethiopian-Jewish origin. Dasa – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway" .

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israeli footballer

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israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains the israel national team

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