| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1986-02-15)February 15, 1986 (age 39) | ||
| Place of birth | Addis Ababa,Ethiopia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Tel Aviv (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 8 | (0) |
| 2006 | →Hapoel Ashkelon (loan) | ||
| 2006–2007 | →F.C. Ashdod (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2008 | →Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 46 | (9) |
| 2010–2012 | Maccabi Herzliya | 53 | (7) |
| 2012 | AEP Paphos | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | Hapoel Katamon | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 11 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | Israel U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (assistant manager) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| 2018 | Hapoel Ashkelon | ||
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| 2019 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Acre | ||
| 2022–2023 | Maccabi Haifa (youth) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2024 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Messay Dego (Hebrew:מסאי דגו; born February 15, 1986) is an Ethiopian-bornIsraeli formerassociation footballer and amanager, who played for theIsrael U21 national team.
Dego was born inAddis Ababa,Ethiopia, to anEthiopian-Jewish family.[1] He immigrated toIsrael in the 1990s, with his parents and brothers.[1] His eldest brotherBaruch Dego is also a former association footballer,[1] who played for theIsrael national team.[2]
As of 25 May 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Hapoel Kfar Saba |  | 1 July 2017 | 23 January 2018 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 061.90 | |||
| Hapoel Ashkelon | | 14 February 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 | |||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | | 14 July 2018 | 19 May 2019 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 036.00 | |||
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | | 19 May 2019 | 20 October 2019 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 014.29 | |||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | | 5 February 2020 | 1 December 2020 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 026.92 | |||
| Hapoel Acre | | 10 April 2020 | 1 December 2020 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 028.95 | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | | 1 July 2023 | 26 May 2024 | 59 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 055.93 | |||
| Career totals | 181 | 74 | 48 | 59 | 040.88 | ||||||
Maccabi Haifa
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