Baruch Dego

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Baruch Dego
Personal information
Date of birth	March 26, 1981 (1981-03-26) (age 27)
Place of birth	?, Ethiopia
Playing position	right winger
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number	9
Youth clubs
	Ironi Ashdod
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Ironi Ashdod F.C. Ashdod Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv)	0 (0) 35 (9) 137 (26) 83 (8)
National team
	Israel	2
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Baruch Dego (born March 26, 1981) is an Israeli-Ethiopian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC.

Dego, who grew up in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C., was transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in 2001/02, and won a championship and three national trophies. In 2004/05, he was the only player to score for Maccabi in the UEFA Champions League group stage. He scored two goals against Ajax Amsterdam in the local win 2-1, one goal from penalty against Juventus (1-1) and another penalty goal at Bayern Munich (5-1 to Bayern).

Maccabi's fans saw Dego as one of the main reasons for Maccabi beloved captain Avi Nimni's dismissal in August 2003, and when Dego's adoptive father, David Tshuva, spoke to the press against Maccabi the fans called Dego to leave to the city rival. After the 2004/05 season, he did that and transferred to Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Besides Dego, John Pantsil also transferred to Hapoel from Maccabi this season.

v • d • e Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. – current squad 1 Enyeama • 3 Hen • 4 dos Santos • 5 Topuzakov • 6 Natkho • 7 Srur • 9 Dego • 10 Badir • 12 Oved • 14 Mazuwa • 16 Sabbag • 18 Abutbul • 20 Antebi • 21 Bondar • 22 Sha'anan • 23 Kanada • 25 Sheesh • 26 Dayan • 27 Júnior • 28 Arbeitman • 29 Doani • 30 Mantsur • 31 Telkiyski • 33 Telias • 47 Güzelses • -- Elkaslasi • Manager: Guttman