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Messay Dego
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli - ethiopian football”. Today it says “former association footballer and manager”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer and manager”. It now reads “Israeli footballer and manager”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Messay Dego (born February 15, 1986) is an Israeli - Ethiopian football (soccer) player.1 He currently plays for Maccabi Herzliya .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli - ethiopian football”. Today it says “former association footballer and manager”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer and manager”. It now reads “Israeli footballer and manager”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
israeli - ethiopian football
Now
former association footballer and manager
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