Messay Dego

{{Short description|Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer and manager}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Messay Dego
מסאי דגו

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|02|15}}

| birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Bnei Yehuda (manager)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years1 = 2003–2008

| years2 = 2006

| years3 = 2006–2007

| years4 = 2008

| years5 = 2008

| years6 = 2009–2010

| years7 = 2010–2012

| years8 = 2012

| years9 = 2012–2013

| years10 = 2013

| years11 = 2014

| clubs1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| clubs2 = → Hapoel Ashkelon (loan)

| clubs3 = → F.C. Ashdod (loan)

| clubs4 = → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan)

| clubs5 = Sektzia Ness Ziona

| clubs6 = Hapoel Rishon LeZion

| clubs7 = Maccabi Herzliya

| clubs8 = AEP Paphos

| clubs9 = Hapoel Ashkelon

| clubs10 = Hapoel Katamon

| clubs11 = Hapoel Kiryat Shalom

| caps1 = 8

| caps2 =

| caps3 = 19

| caps4 = 12

| caps5 = 9

| caps6 = 46

| caps7 = 53

| caps8 = 0

| caps9 = 13

| caps10 = 9

| caps11 = 11

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 =

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 9

| goals7 = 7

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 4

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = Israel U21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2016–2017

| manageryears2 = 2017–2018

| manageryears3 = 2018

| manageryears4 = 2018–2019

| manageryears5 = 2019

| manageryears6 = 2020–2021

| manageryears7 = 2021–2022

| manageryears8 = 2022–2023

| manageryears9 = 2023–2024

| manageryears10 = 2024

| manageryears11 = 2025–

| managerclubs1 = Hapoel Kfar Saba (assistant manager)

| managerclubs2 = Hapoel Kfar Saba

| managerclubs3 = Hapoel Ashkelon

| managerclubs4 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| managerclubs5 = Ironi Kiryat Shmona

| managerclubs6 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| managerclubs7 = Hapoel Acre

| managerclubs8 = Maccabi Haifa (youth)

| managerclubs9 = Maccabi Haifa

| managerclubs10 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| managerclubs11 = Bnei Yehuda

}}

Messay Dego ({{langx|he|מסאי דגו}}; born February 15, 1986) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli former association footballer and a manager, who played for the Israel U21 national team.

Early life

Dego was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.{{Cite news|date=2007-10-01|title=באתיופיה גיליתי את ברוך דגו|language=he|work=הארץ|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/1.1445316|access-date=2021-10-08}} He immigrated to Israel in the 1990s, with his parents and brothers. His eldest brother Baruch Dego is also a former association footballer, who played for the Israel national team.[http://www.one.co.il/c.aspx?target=%2Fsitectr2%2Easp%3FCategoryID%3D1%26TableID%3D1%26TeamID%3D5%26PlayerID%3D31584%26Season%5FID%3D07%2D08%26nocache%3D1 ONE(Hebrew)]

Managerial statistics

As of 25 May 2024

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan=2\| Team !rowspan=2\| Nat !rowspan=2\| From !rowspan=2\| To !colspan=8\| Record
{{Tooltip\| G\| Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\| W\| Wins}} !{{Tooltip\| D\| Draws}} !{{Tooltip\| L\| Losses}} !{{Tooltip\| Win %\| Winning percentage}}
align=left\|Hapoel Kfar Saba \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|1 July 2017 \|align=left\|23 January 2018 {{WDL\|21\|13\|3\|5}}
align=left\|Hapoel Ashkelon \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|14 February 2018 \|align=left\|30 June 2018 {{WDL\|5\|0\|1\|4}}
align=left\|Hapoel Petah Tikva \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|14 July 2018 \|align=left\|19 May 2019 {{WDL\|25\|9\|8\|8}}
align=left\|Ironi Kiryat Shmona \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|19 May 2019 \|align=left\|20 October 2019 {{WDL\|7\|1\|1\|5}}
align=left\|Hapoel Petah Tikva \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|5 February 2020 \|align=left\|1 December 2020 {{WDL\|26\|7\|7\|12}}
align=left\|Hapoel Acre \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|10 April 2020 \|align=left\|1 December 2020 {{WDL\|38\|11\|15\|12}}
align=left\|Maccabi Haifa \|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} \|align=left\|1 July 2023 \|align=left\|26 May 2024 {{WDL\|59\|33\|13\|13}}
colspan=4\| Career totals {{WDLtot\|181\|74\|48\|59}}

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2| Team

!rowspan=2| Nat

!rowspan=2| From

!rowspan=2| To

!colspan=8| Record

!{{Tooltip| W| Wins}}

!{{Tooltip| D| Draws}}

!{{Tooltip| L| Losses}}

!{{Tooltip| Win %| Winning percentage}}

align=left|Hapoel Kfar Saba