Ran Ben Shimon
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ran Ben Shimon | ||
Date of birth | 28 November 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Petah Tikva, Israel | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
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 | 21 | (2) |
International career | |||
1992–2000 | Israel | 34 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2003–2005 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth team) | ||
2006 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
2006–2008 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||
2008 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2009–2012 | 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 28 November 1970) is a former Israeli football player, and who manages the senior Israel national team.
Playing career
Ben Shimon was born in
In Hapoel Haifa Ben Shimon became a leader, and then the captain in the 1999 League championship season guided under Eli Guttman. In 2001, he won the Toto Cup with Hapoel Haifa. Ben Shimon also had 34 appearances in the Israel national team. Ben Shimon also played in Hapoel Petah Tikva in the 2001–02 season and in Bnei Yehuda in the 2002–03 season before retired from active football.
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 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 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
Ben Shimon made a step on his managerial career outside Israel, as he was named manager of AEK Larnaca, in July 2012.[2]
He returned to Israel to take charge of Hapoel Tel Aviv in the summer of 2013. His first official games ended disappointingly, as Hapoel lost to Pandurii in the Europa League qualifiers.
Managerial statistics
- As of 11 June 2024
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Hapoel Haifa | 27 February 2006 | 9 July 2006 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40.00 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 18 September 2006 | 14 July 2008 | 67 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 47.76 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14 July 2008 | 4 November 2008 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23.08 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 April 2009 | 13 May 2012 | 136 | 69 | 37 | 30 | 50.74 |
AEK Larnaca | 3 July 2012 | 20 May 2013 | 39 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 56.41 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 May 2013 | 26 May 2014 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 41.46 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 July 2014 | 29 February 2016 | 80 | 30 | 22 | 28 | 37.50 |
Beitar Jerusalem | 15 June 2016 | 5 February 2017 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35.29 |
F.C. Ashdod | 14 February 2017 | 5 July 2017 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25.00 |
Cyprus | 5 July 2017 | 30 November 2019 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20.83 |
F.C. Ashdod | 21 January 2020 | 20 May 2023 | 140 | 51 | 28 | 61 | 36.43 |
AEK Larnaca | 13 November 2023 | 14 May 2024 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 66.67 |
Israel | 23 May 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
Total | 625 | 267 | 166 | 192 | 42.72 |
Honours
As a player
- with Hapoel Haifa
- Israeli football championships (1): 1998–99
- Toto Cup Leumit (First division) (1): 2000–01
- with Maccabi Petah Tikva
- Toto Cup Leumit (First division) (1): 1994–95
- Toto Cup Artzit (Second division) (2): 1989–90, 1990–91
As a manager
- with Ironi Kiryat Shmona
- Israeli football championships (1): 2011–12
- Liga Leumit (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
- Toto Cup Al (First division) (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Toto Cup Leumit (Second division) (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
- with Maccabi Petah Tikva
- Toto Cup Al (First division) (1): 2015–16
Personal life
Ben Shimon's older brother Asi was also a footballer and they both played together in Maccabi Petah Tikva.[3]
References
- ^ "Israeli duo enjoy Europa League wins".
- ^ "Ran Ben Shimon ο εκλεκτός…". aek.com.cy. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "רן בן-שמעון | האנציקלופדיה הכתומה". Wiki.fcby.co.il. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
External links
- Ran Ben Shimon at National-Football-Teams.com