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Israeli footballer and manager Not to be confused with Ran Ben Shimon (footballer born 1990).

Ran Ben-Shimon
Ben-Shimon as the manager of Beitar Jerusalem in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ran Ben-Shimon
Date of birth (1970-11-28) 28 November 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Israel
Position(s) center-back
Team information
Current team Israel (manager)
Youth career
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1995 Maccabi Petah Tikva 170 (9)
1995–2001 Hapoel Haifa 183 (12)
2001–2002 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 (3)
2002–2003 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 21 (2)
International career
1986–1987 Israel U16 5 (1)
1990 Israel U21 1 (0)
1992–1999 Israel 34 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2005 Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth team)
2006 Hapoel Haifa
2006–2008 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2008 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2009–2012 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2012–2013 AEK Larnaca
2013–2014 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2014–2016 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2016–2017 Beitar Jerusalem
2017 F.C. Ashdod
2017–2019 Cyprus
2020–2023 F.C. Ashdod
2023–2024 AEK Larnaca
2024– Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ran Ben-Shimon (Hebrew: רן בן-שמעון; born (1970-11-28)28 November 1970) is a former Israeli football player and current manager, who serves as the head-coach of the Israel national team.

As a footballer, he has played as a center-back.

Early and personal life

Ben-Shimon was born and raised in Petah Tikva, Israel, to a Jewish family. His older brother Asi Ben-Shimon is also a former footballer, with whom Ben-Shimon have used to play along for Maccabi Petah Tikva.

Club career

In 1987, Ben-Shimon began his professional career in Israeli club Maccabi Petah Tikva's senior side, where he played until the 1994–95 season, winning two Toto Cup Artzit trophies (the Israeli second division back then) and on his last season he won the Toto Cup Leumit (then the first division), after a 2–1 victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv, scoring the second goal for Maccabi Petah Tikva in an accurate free kick.

Avram Grant, who managed Hapoel Haifa was interested in Ben-Shimon in order the strengthening their defense. Maccabi Petah Tikva, headed by Avi Luzon were adamantly opposed. Robbie Shapira, the then president of Hapoel Haifa and Avi Luzon agreed on an arbitrator. of which stated that no amount can release the player from Petah Tikva. Haifa was hardly surprised as Luzon was the one who picked the arbitrator. In the end, after Hapoel Haifa lost 4–1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Toto Cup, forcing Grant to look for defensive reinforcement, and Shapira agreed to buy Ben-Shimon for 450,000$. The amount spent was also a significant for the new era in the Israeli football, which continued to struggle against Maccabi Haifa on players such as Tal Banin and Reuven Atar, and raised the bar on prices of players and their wages significantly.

During his stint in Hapoel Haifa, Ben-Shimon became a leader among his teammates, and then the captain in the 1999 Liga Leumit championship (the Israeli 1st division back then) season guided under Eli Guttman. In 2001, he won the Toto Cup with Hapoel Haifa. Ben-Shimon also played in Hapoel Petah Tikva in the 2001–02 season and in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in the 2002–03 season before retired from active football.

International career

As a football player, Ben-Shimon has capped 34 senior international appearances for the Israel national team from 1992 to 1999.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, he started coaching the youth team of Maccabi Tel Aviv and then as a manager at Hapoel Haifa. Ben-Shimon did not continue after he failed in his efforts to promote the team to the Israeli Premier League.

During 2006–07 season, he coached Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona and promote her from Liga Leumit to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in its history. Subsequent season, Ben-Shimon led the team to third place in the league, which gave her a ticket to the UEFA Cup.

In April 2008, following his success in Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Tel Aviv announced on the picking Ben-Shimon on its manager in the 2008–09 season. Before the start of the season there were great hopes in the tean, mainly due to highly purchases of players and the amount of money that was invested in the team by the owner Alex Shnaider. Nevertheless, the team did not produce good football and after just eight league rounds of which the team achieved only two victories, Maccabi Tel Aviv sacked Ben-Shimon. On 12 April 2009, Ben-Shimon returned as the manager of Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona after the resignation of Eli Cohen. and help guided the team to its first cup, the Toto Cup Leumit and also guided the team in the promotion to the Israeli Premier League. He also guided the team to win the 2010–11 and the 2011–12 Toto Cup Al trophies and the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League championship.

He made a step on his managerial career outside Israel, as he was named manager of Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, in July 2012.

Ben-Shimon returned to his native Israel, to take charge of Hapoel Tel Aviv in the summer of 2013. His first official games ended in a defeat, as lost to Pandurii in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Managerial statistics

As of 17 November 2024
Managerial record by club and tenure
Team From To Record
M W D L Win %
Hapoel Haifa 27 February 2006 9 July 2006 10 4 4 2 040.00
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 18 September 2006 14 July 2008 67 32 21 14 047.76
Maccabi Tel Aviv 14 July 2008 4 November 2008 13 3 5 5 023.08
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 16 April 2009 13 May 2012 136 69 37 30 050.74
AEK Larnaca 3 July 2012 20 May 2013 39 22 7 10 056.41
Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 May 2013 26 May 2014 41 17 12 12 041.46
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1 July 2014 29 February 2016 80 30 22 28 037.50
Beitar Jerusalem 15 June 2016 5 February 2017 34 12 14 8 035.29
F.C. Ashdod 14 February 2017 5 July 2017 12 3 6 3 025.00
Cyprus 5 July 2017 30 November 2019 24 5 4 15 020.83
F.C. Ashdod 21 January 2020 20 May 2023 140 51 28 61 036.43
AEK Larnaca 13 November 2023 14 May 2024 27 18 6 3 066.67
Israel 24 May 2024 present 8 2 1 5 025.00
Total 631 268 167 196 042.47

Honours

As a player

Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva

As a manager

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Petah Tikva

References

  1. ^ Ran Ben Shimon at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Israel-Belgium | UEFA Nations League 2025".
  3. "Israeli duo enjoy Europa League wins". 10 July 2016.
  4. "רן בן-שמעון | האנציקלופדיה הכתומה". Wiki.fcby.co.il. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. "Ran Ben Shimon ο εκλεκτός…". aek.com.cy. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  6. https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=1484
  7. "Ran Ben-Shimon (Coach)".
  8. "France-Israel | UEFA Nations League 2025".

See also

External links

Managerial positions
Israel national football team – managers
= caretaker
Current managers of UEFA national teams
Ran Ben Simon managerial positions
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. – managers
AEK Larnaca – managers
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. – managers
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. – managers
(s) = secretary; (p) = player-manager; (c) = caretaker
Cyprus national football team – managers
Israel national football team – managers
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