Baruch Dego

Baruch Dego (or Barukh, ; born 28 March 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli former association footballer, who played for the Israel national team.

Early life Dego was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family. He immigrated to Israel in the 1990s, with his parents and younger brothers. signed a two-year contract with the club. Dego reunited with his former Maccabi Tel Aviv attack partner Aldo Adorno with whom he played with during the 2003–2004 season.

On 6 July 2011, he joined Ironi Ramat HaSharon. He was released in the middle of the 2012–13 season, and signed a contract to play for Hapoel Rishon LeZion of Israel's second league until the end of the season, with the hope of helping them to move up a league to Israel's top league for the next season.

Honours

Club Maccabi Tel-Aviv Israeli Premier League (1): 2002–03 Israel State Cup (2): 2001, 2002

Hapoel Tel-aviv Israel State Cup (3): 2005, 2006, 2007

Individual Footballer of the Year in Israel (1): 2003