Manamto Asefa

Itzhak Asefa

Personal information
Full name	Itzhak Manamto Asefa
Date of birth	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998
Place of birth	Ethiopia
Position(s)	Right Back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Ashdod
Youth career
2010–2016	F.C. Ashdod
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2023	F.C. Ashdod	44	(1)
2022	→ Bnei Yehuda	2	(0)
2023–2024	Hapoel Ashdod	17	(1)
2024	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	4	(0)
2024–	Hapoel Ashdod	0	(0)
International career
2014–2015	Israel U17	6	(0)
2016–2017	Israel U19	6	(1)
2017–2020	Israel U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Itzhak Manamto Asefa (Hebrew: יצחק מאנאמטו אספה; born 19 November 1998) is an Israeli footballer who plays as midfielder for Hapoel Ashdod in Liga Alef.

Asefa was born in Ethiopia to a Jewish family. At the age of 8, his family immigrated to Israel.

On 30 January 2020, the District court sentenced Asefa to 4.5 years in prison, after finding him guilty of leaving the scene of an accident without stopping to assist the injured victim. He was never convicted of vehicular homicide, as the police concluded that the victim, Ari Nesher, son of well known Israeli film producer Avi Nesher, was to blame for the accident. Ari was sitting illegally on the electric bike of his friend, in violation of the law that prohibits more than one person on a bike. In addition, neither lad was wearing a helmet, also required by law. Initially it was suspected he had been drunk, but this was never proven. The Supreme Court reduced his sentence to 3 years. On the 16th of January 2022 he was released, after getting reduced time for good behavior.