Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan

Dror Kashtan (born October 1, 1944 in Petach Tikwa ; Hebrew . דרור קשטן) is an Israeli football coach. He is the coach of the Israeli national team .

Kashtan had an inconspicuous playing career at Hapoel Petach Tikva and Hapoel Kfar Saba . He went down in the history books as the only Israeli to date who was called up to the national team even before he played a league game. There he completed three international matches.

As a coach, however, he became the most successful Israeli coach of all time: he won the national championship five times, the State Cup five times and the Toto Cup three times . He celebrated his greatest international success with Hapoel Tel Aviv , Kashtan led the team to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals .

In 2006 he succeeded Avraham Grant as national coach.

Stations as a trainer

1975-1976	Hapoel Kfar Saba (Youth)
1977	Hapoel Kfar Saba
1977-1988	Hapoel Kiryat Ono
1978-1980	Hapoel Lot
1980-1983	Hapoel Kfar Saba
1984-1985	U21 Israel
1988-1989	Beitar Jerusalem
1989-1990	Hapoel Ramat Gan
1991-1992	Maccabi Petach 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 Petach Tikva
2005-2006	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2006-2010	Israeli national team

Web links

• Profile on www.football.org.il (Hebrew)