Dror Kashtan

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Dror Kashtan
Personal information
Date of birth	October 1, 1944 (1944-10-01) (age 63)
Place of birth	Petah Tikva, Mandate Palestine (now Israel)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Israel
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962-1975	Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Kfar Saba	95 (0) 45 (0)
National team2
1962-1963	Israel	3 (0)
Teams managed
1975-1976 1977 1977-1978 1978-1980 1980-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	Hapoel Kfar Saba (Youth) Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Lod Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Lod Israel (U-21) Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Ramat Gan Maccabi Petah Tikva Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 27, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 27, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Dror Kashtan (Hebrew: דרור קשטן‎), (born October 1, 1944) is an Israeli football manager and currently the manager of the Israeli national football team.

[edit] Early life and managerial career

Born in Petah Tikva, Israel, Kashtan had an unremarkable playing career in the Liga Leumit at Hapoel Petah Tikva. He remains the first and only player of all time in Israel 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(6) championships, six(6) State Cup titles and 3 Toto Cup titles.

He is currently the manager of the Israel national football team named after Avraham Grant resigned.

Preceded by Avraham Grant

Israel national football team manager 2006-

Succeeded by Incumbent