Dror Kashtan

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dror Kashtan
דרור קשטן

| image = Kashtan.JPG

| upright = 0.9

| caption = Kashtan in 2011

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|10|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|15|1944|10|1|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| position = Defensive midfielder

| years1 = 1962–1975

| clubs1 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| caps1 = 95

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1975–1976

| clubs2 = Hapoel Kfar Saba

| caps2 = 45

| goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Israel U19

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1962

| nationalteam2 = Israel

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1977

| managerclubs1 = Hapoel Kfar Saba

| manageryears2 = 1977–1978

| managerclubs2 = Hapoel Kiryat Ono

| manageryears3 = 1978–1980

| managerclubs3 = Hapoel Lod

| manageryears4 = 1980–1983

| managerclubs4 = Hapoel Kfar Saba

| manageryears5 = 1983–1984

| managerclubs5 = Hapoel Lod

| manageryears6 = 1984–1985

| managerclubs6 = Israel U21

| manageryears7 = 1985–1987

| managerclubs7 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears8 = 1987–1988

| managerclubs8 = Maccabi Haifa

| manageryears9 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs9 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears10 = 1989–1990

| managerclubs10 = Hapoel Ramat Gan

| manageryears11 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs11 = Maccabi Petah Tikva

| manageryears12 = 1992–1994

| managerclubs12 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears13 = 1994–1995

| managerclubs13 = Hapoel Haifa

| manageryears14 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs14 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| manageryears15 = 1996–1997

| managerclubs15 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| manageryears16 = 1997–1999

| managerclubs16 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears17 = 1999–2004

| managerclubs17 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| manageryears18 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs18 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| manageryears19 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs19 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| manageryears20 = 2006–2010

| managerclubs20 = Israel

| manageryears21 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs21 = Bnei Yehuda

| manageryears22 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs22 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| manageryears23 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs23 = Bnei Yehuda

}}

Dror Kashtan ({{langx|he|דרור קשטן}}; 1 October 1944 – 15 January 2024) was an Israeli football player and manager.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewsinsports.org/profile_sport_soccer_ID_210.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=jewsinsports.org}}

Biography

Dror Kashtan was born in Petah Tikva during the British Mandate for Palestine.{{cite web |url=http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80488&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3 |title=National team player's details: Kashtan Dror |publisher=The Israel Football Association |access-date=27 December 2010 |archive-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921151720/http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80488&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3 |url-status=dead }}

Sports career

As a player, he represented the Israel national team three times. As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=95938 |title=Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No. 40 Dror Kashtan |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=24 March 2008 |access-date=27 December 2010}} as well as the Israel under-21 team, and the senior national team{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=11724 |title=Kashtan: I am not afraid of challenges |first=Allon |last=Sinai |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=31 January 2006 |access-date=27 December 2010}} in 2006–2010.{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |title=Скончался Дрор Каштан, самый титулованный израильский футбольный тренер |url=https://www.newsru.co.il/sport/15jan2024/kashtan407.html |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=NEWSru.co.il |language=ru}}

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. In 1977, after playing for Hapoel Kfar Saba, he became the team coach.

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{{Cite web |url=http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |title=The Israel Football Association |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930222716/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}

=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