Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-01) 1 October 1944
Place of birth	Petah Tikva, Mandate Palestine
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 U-19
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

Dror Kashtan (Hebrew: דרור קשטן‎, born 1 October 1944) is an Israeli former footballer and manager. As a player, he represented the Israeli national team three times. As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs as well as the Israel under-21 team, and, from 2006 to 2010, the senior national team.

Early life and managerial career

Born in Petah Tikva during the Mandate Palestine, Kashtan had an unremarkable playing career in Liga Leumit at Hapoel Petah Tikva, although He remains the only Israeli player to be called up to the full national team before playing a single match in league play. As a manager, he is the most successful manager of all time in Israeli football with six championships, six State Cups and three Toto Cups.

Honours

As player

• Israeli Premier League (1):
  • 1962–63
• AFC Youth Championship (1):
  • 1964

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