Ran Ben-Shimon[1] (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.

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$.

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.

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.

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.