Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan (Hebrew: דרור קשטן; 1 October 1944 – 15 January 2024) was an Israeli football player and manager.^[1]

Dror Kashtan
דרור קשטן

Kashtan in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-01)1 October 1944
Place of birth	Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death	15 January 2024(2024-01-15) (aged 79)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1975	Hapoel Petah Tikva	95	(0)
1975–1976	Hapoel Kfar Saba	45	(0)
International career
	Israel U19
1962	Israel	3	(0)
Managerial career
1977	Hapoel Kfar Saba
1977–1978	Hapoel Kiryat Ono
1978–1980	Hapoel Lod
1980–1983	Hapoel Kfar Saba
1983–1984	Hapoel Lod
1984–1985	Israel U21
1985–1987	Beitar Jerusalem
1987–1988	Maccabi Haifa
1988–1989	Beitar Jerusalem
1989–1990	Hapoel Ramat Gan
1991–1992	Maccabi Petah Tikva
1992–1994	Beitar Jerusalem
1994–1995	Hapoel Haifa
1995–1996	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1996–1997	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1997–1999	Beitar Jerusalem
1999–2004	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2004–2005	Hapoel Petah Tikva
2005–2006	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2006–2010	Israel
2010–2011	Bnei Yehuda
2011–2012	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2012–2013	Bnei Yehuda
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Dror Kashtan was born in Petah Tikva during the British Mandate for Palestine.^[2]

Sports career

As a player, he represented the Israel national team three times.^[2] As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs^[3] as well as the Israel under-21 team, and the senior national team^[4] in 2006–2010.^[5]

Kashtan started out as a player for Hapoel Petah Tikva. He was the only Israeli player to be called up to the full national team before playing a single match in league play.^[3] In 1977, after playing for Hapoel Kfar Saba, he became the team coach.^[3]

Kashtan has been called the most successful manager of all time in Israeli football, with six championships, six State Cups and three Toto Cups won under his direction.

Honours

As player

• Israeli Premier League: 1962–63
• AFC Youth Championship: 1964^[6]

As manager

• Israeli Premier League (6): 1981–82, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–2000
• Israel State Cup (6): 1984, 1986, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2006
• Toto Cup (3): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05