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{{Short description|Israeli football manager (1944–2024)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dror Kashtan<br>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 F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| caps1 = 95
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1975–1976
| clubs2 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| caps2 = 45
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = [[Israel national under-19 football team|Israel U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 1962
| nationalteam2 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1977
| managerclubs1 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears2 = 1977–1978
| managerclubs2 = [[Hapoel Kiryat Ono F.C.|Hapoel Kiryat Ono]]
| manageryears3 = 1978–1980
| managerclubs3 = [[Hapoel Lod F.C.|Hapoel Lod]]
| manageryears4 = 1980–1983
| managerclubs4 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears5 = 1983–1984
| managerclubs5 = [[Hapoel Lod F.C.|Hapoel Lod]]
| manageryears6 = 1984–1985
| managerclubs6 = [[Israel national under-21 football team|Israel U21]]
| manageryears7 = 1985–1987
| managerclubs7 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| manageryears8 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs8 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| manageryears9 = 1988–1989
| managerclubs9 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| manageryears10 = 1989–1990
| managerclubs10 = [[Hapoel Ramat Gan F.C.|Hapoel Ramat Gan]]
| manageryears11 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs11 = [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| manageryears12 = 1992–1994
| managerclubs12 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| manageryears13 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs13 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| manageryears14 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs14 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears15 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs15 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears16 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs16 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| manageryears17 = 1999–2004
| managerclubs17 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears18 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs18 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| manageryears19 = 2005–2006
| managerclubs19 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears20 = 2006–2010
| managerclubs20 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| manageryears21 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs21 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
| manageryears22 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs22 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears23 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs23 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
}}

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

==Biography==
Dror Kashtan was born in [[Petah Tikva]] during the British [[Mandate for Palestine]].<ref name="IFAnat">{{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 }}</ref>

==Sports career==
As a player, he represented the [[Israel national football team|Israel national team]] three times.<ref name=IFAnat/> As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs<ref name=JPostprofile>{{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}}</ref> as well as the [[Israel national under-21 football team|Israel under-21 team]], and the senior national team<ref>{{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}}</ref> in 2006–2010.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Kashtan started out as a player for [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|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.<ref name=JPostprofile/> In 1977, after playing for [[Hapoel Kfar Saba]], he became the team coach.<ref name=JPostprofile/>

Kashtan has been called the most successful manager of all time in Israeli football, with six championships, six [[Israel State Cup|State Cups]] and three [[Toto Cup]]s won under his direction.

==Honours==

===As player===
*[[Israeli Premier League]]: 1962–63
*[[AFC U-19 Championship|AFC Youth Championship]]: 1964<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===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

==References==
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