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Ran Ben-Shimon
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli football manager and formerly a professional football player with hapoel haifa and the israel national”. Today it says “former israeli football player and current manager”.
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Ran Ben Shimon (footballer born 1990) . 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 .
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israeli football manager and formerly a professional football player with hapoel haifa and the israel national
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former israeli football player and current manager
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