Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan
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

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

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

As manager

References

  1. ^ jewsinsports.org https://www.jewsinsports.org/profile_sport_soccer_ID_210.html. Retrieved 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b "National team player's details: Kashtan Dror". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No. 40 Dror Kashtan". The Jerusalem Post. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  4. ^ Sinai, Allon (31 January 2006). "Kashtan: I am not afraid of challenges". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Скончался Дрор Каштан, самый титулованный израильский футбольный тренер". NEWSru.co.il (in Russian). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  6. ^ "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2013.