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Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan

Israeli football manager (1944–2024)


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

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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. www.jewsinsports.org https://www.jewsinsports.org/profile_sport_soccer_ID_210.doc. Retrieved 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "National team player's details: Kashtan Dror". The Israel Football Association. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. "Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No. 40 Dror Kashtan". Jerusalem Post. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  4. Sinai, Allon (31 January 2006). "Kashtan: I am not afraid of challenges". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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