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| Full name | Shin Tae-yong[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1970-10-11)11 October 1970 (age 54)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yeongdeok, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Yeungnam University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2004 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 295 | (76) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Queensland Roar | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 296 | (76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | South Korea U17 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | South Korea U20 | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | South Korea U23 | 19 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | South Korea | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Queensland Roar (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | South Korea (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | South Korea (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | South Korea U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | South Korea U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Indonesia U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Indonesia U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Shin Tae-yong | |
| Hangul | 신태용 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 申台龍 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Taeyong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin T'aeyong |
Shin Tae-yong (Korean:신태용Korean pronunciation:[ɕiːnt̚ɛjoŋ],Hanja: 申台龍; born 11 October 1970) is a South Korean football manager and former professional player who most recently managed theIndonesian national team from 2020 until 2025. He is the first man to win theAFC Champions League (Asian Club Championship) as both player and manager, having won the1995 tournament as a player and the2010 tournament as a manager withSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
After graduating fromYeungnam University, Shin spent 12 seasons playing forIlhwa Chunma. He won theK League Young Player of the Year Award in 1992, the first year of his professional career.[4] He was a key player for Ilhwa Chunma when they won theK League for three consecutive years from 1993 to 1995.[4] Especially in 1995, he became theMost Valuable Player of the K League, and also won theAsian Club Championship in the end of the year.[4] Afterwards, Ilhwa Chunma faltered for a while, but they succeeded in conquering the league again under Shin's contribution. They once again won the league for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003, and he also won his second MVP Award in 2001.[4] He scored 99 goals and provided 68 assists in 401 matches in the K League, as well as theKorean League Cup.[4] Shin is regarded as one of the greatest K League players of all time, and was selected for theK League 30th Anniversary Best XI in 2013.[5]
He could have become aone-club man, but finished his playing career inAustralia with theQueensland Roar in theA-League.[4] Shin retired in September 2005 due to an ongoing ankle issue that would have required surgery.[4] He accepted an assistant coaching role at the club, assistingMiron Bleiberg primarily with technical skills.[6][7]
Shin played 23 international matches including at the1996 AFC Asian Cup for theSouth Korea national team.[2]
As a player, he was anattacking midfielder. He earned the nickname "Fox of the Ground" by clearly distinguishing when passing and dribbling with sensual and intelligent play.[4]
In 2009, Shin became the caretaker manager of Seongnam, leading the team to second place in both the2009 K League and the2009 Korean FA Cup, though suffered from a lack of funds.[8] He signed a permanent contract the next year and immediately brought success, winning the2010 AFC Champions League and the2011 Korean FA Cup.[8] He became the first man to win theAFC Champions League as both player and manager. However, the team's performance declined in the 2012 season, aggravated by the death ofSun Myung Moon, the founder of theUnification Church which owned the club, in the middle of the season.[8] He eventually resigned from Seongnam after finishing the season.[8]
In August 2014, he became the assistant coach of theSouth Korea national team. Under Shin, South Korea reached theAsian Cup final for the first time in 27 years.[9] South Korea's manager at that time wasUli Stielike, but the actual coaching role was performed by Shin, who took charge of the tactics and training of the team.[10]
Shin also managed theSouth Korea under-23 team at the same time[11] and participated in the2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea won their group by acquiring 7 points againstGermany,Mexico, andFiji, but they were surprisingly elimininated byHonduras in the quarter-finals.[12]
On 22 November 2016, Shin was appointed manager of theSouth Korea under-20 team to prepare for the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup on home soil. Therefore, he left the senior team to concentrate on the under-20 team. At the World Cup, South Korea finished second in their group with 6 points and advanced to the knockout stage, but lost toPortugal in the round of 16.[13]
After Shin left the South Korean senior team, Stielike made poor results inqualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was eventually fired by theKorea Football Association. On 4 July 2017, Shin became the manager of the senior team to replace Stielike.[14] In December, he won the2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, beatingarch-rivalsJapan in the final fixture 4–1.[15] Despite two goalless draws, South Korea under Shin also obtained qualification to the2018 FIFA World Cup inRussia. They were drawn in the same group againstSweden,Mexico and defending championsGermany. South Korea lost 1–0 to Sweden and 2–1 to Mexico, but surprised everyone by defeating Germany 2–0.[16]
On 28 December 2019, theFootball Association of Indonesia (PSSI) confirmed the appointment of Shin as theIndonesian national team's manager, replacing dismissedSimon McMenemy. He was handed a 4-year contract, while he also became the first South Korean in Indonesia's managerial history.[17][18]
Shin's start in Indonesia was not good with Indonesia losing 4–0 and 5–0 toVietnam andUnited Arab Emirates, respectively, in thesecond round of 2022 World Cup qualification. After the World Cup qualifiers, he led Indonesia with an average squad age of 23.8 years to the final of the2020 AFF Championship.[19] In June 2022, he led Indonesia to qualify for the2023 AFC Asian Cup, ending Indonesia's 16-year absence from the competition, following a 2–1 win against Kuwait and a thumping 7–0 victory against Nepal on the final matchday to clinch qualification.[20]
Prior to2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup which scheduled to be held in March 2023, Shin's request to take a number ofPersija Jakarta andPersib Bandung players was rejected by their managers,Thomas Doll andLuis Milla.[21][22] The players were called up to attend a training camp to prepare for the second appearance of the national team in the tournament. Shin was absent from a virtual meeting with the Persija management, which was regretted by Thomas Doll.[22] Nine of Thomas Doll's players were called and declined since they were competing for the league title.[23]
Shin became the first coach that managed to lead Indonesia national teams in three age levels from senior,under-23, andunder-20 to all qualify for the AFC Asian Cup in their respective levels, with the under-23 team qualifying for theAFC U-23 Asian Cup for the first time.[24]
In the2023 AFC Asian Cup tournament, Shin brought up the youngest squad out of all 24 teams with an average age of 23.81 years. Indonesia first faced off againstIraq in a 3–1 loss.[25] In the second match, Indonesia faced off against Southeast Asian rivals Vietnam and defeated them 1–0, it is the first Indonesia victory against Vietnam in 7 years.[26] In the last group stage match, Indonesia lost 3–1 to Asia's top-ranked team, Japan.[27] Despite the two losses in the group stage, Indonesia managed to advance to the Round of 16 by finishing as one of the four best third-place groups. Shin was able to lead Indonesia to the knockout stage of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in their history after their first appearance in1996 AFC Asian Cup, thanks toOman andKyrgyzstan drawing ingroup F.[28] Indonesia faced off againstAustralia in the Round of 16 in a 4–0 loss.[29]
In April 2024, Indonesia participated at the2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, making their debut in the competition. Indonesia were in Group B with Asia's powerhouses,Australia,Jordan and hostsQatar. Despite a controversial 2–0 loss to Qatar, in which the referee seemed to be friendly toward the hosts,[30] Indonesia managed to advance to the quarter-finals as group runners-up after winning 1–0 over Australia, and 4–1 over Jordan. After fulfilling the two targets set by PSSI which were to reach the knockout stages at both Asian Cup and U-23 Asian Cup, on 25 April, PSSI presidentErick Thohir announced that Shin's contract was officially extended until 2027.[31] Shin also faced his nativeSouth Korea in the quarter-finals, but defeated them 11–10 on penalties after a 2–2 draw for 120 minutes.[32] He had three chances to lead Indonesia to the2024 Summer Olympics, with the last two matches of the tournament andAfro-Asian play-off between fourth-placed teams left. However, Indonesia missed all three opportunities by losing 2–0 toUzbekistan in the semi-finals, 2–1 toIraq (after extra-time) in the third place match and 1–0 toGuinea in the Olympic qualifying play-off.[33][34] They were dominated by the three opponents unlike in previous matches and failed to earn their first Olympic football berth since1956. Shin was sent off for complaining strongly about the penalty awarded to Guinea for the second time during the last match.[34]
At the continuation of thesecond round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, where Indonesia previously lost 5–1 to Iraq and drew 1–1 with thePhilippines in November 2023, they beat Vietnam again twice. They earned a 1–0 home win and a 3–0 away win over Vietnam on 21 and 26 March 2024, respectively, and the latter was their first away win over Vietnam since 2004.[35] Finishing as Group G runners-up at the second round after a 2–0 loss to Iraq and a 2–0 win over the Philippines in June 2024,[36] Indonesia became the only Southeast Asian nation among 18 qualified nations at theAFC third round.[37]
Before the start of the third round, PSSI brought numerousnaturalised players to the Indonesia national team. Drawn in the Group C with Japan, Australia,Saudi Arabia,Bahrain andChina, Shin and the new squad got six points in six matches including a 2–0 win over Saudi Arabia. Indonesia was ranked third in the group with four matches left, having the possibility of advancing toWorld Cup finals or AFC fourth round.[38]
On 6 January 2025, however, PSSI sacked him to appoint a European manager, who can communicate with naturalised players smoothly.[39] His dismissal caused emotional reactions among the Indonesian and South Korean media,[40][41] with his son,Shin Jae-won commented that PSSI "will regret this",[42][43] this was compounded by the potential candidate for Shin's replacement coach,Patrick Kluivert, who was considered unclean due to a gambling scandal.[44][45] On 11 January, Shin publicly expressed his gratitude for the support he received from the Indonesian people, and expressed his hope that Indonesia would qualify for the 2026 World Cup.[46] Shin's son, Jae-won, said he hoped that with this dismissal, his father would take a break and return to South Korea.[42]
Shin has two children,Shin Jae-won and Shin Jae-hyeok.
In Indonesia, he is widely known by his initial "STY".[47]
Shin was appointed as an advertising model ofNongshim, a South Korean food company, and made a dance video to promoteinstant noodle "Nongshim Bulgogi" in Indonesia.[48] The song and his dance in the video became aninternet meme after attracting attention in South Korea and Indonesia.[49][50][51]
Shin received a Golden Visa from the Indonesian government.[52]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [citation needed] | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma[53] | 1992 | K League | 18 | 7 | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | 25 | 10 | |||
| 1993 | K League | 28 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
| 1994 | K League | 23 | 7 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 29 | 8 | |||||
| 1995 | K League | 26 | 6 | — | 7 | 0 | 2[a] | 2 | 35 | 8 | ||||
| 1996 | K League | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | — | 29 | 21 | ||||||
| 1997 | K League | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 19 | 3 | ||||||
| 1998 | K League | 7 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||||
| 1999 | K League | 25 | 4 | 10 | 5 | — | — | 35 | 9 | |||||
| 2000 | K League | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 9 | |||||
| 2001 | K League | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0 | — | 36 | 5 | ||||||
| 2002 | K League | 26 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 37 | 6 | ||||||
| 2003 | K League | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 8 | |||||
| 2004 | K League | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 31 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 295 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 407 | 102 | ||||
| Queensland Roar[54] | 2005–06 | A-League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 296 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 409 | 102 | ||||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 13 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 24 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April 1996 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 13 |  Israel | 3–0 | 5–4 | Friendly |
| 2 | 11 August 1996 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 15 |  Vietnam | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 3 | 16 December 1996 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 21 |  Iran | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1996 AFC Asian Cup |
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (caretaker) | 8 December 2008 | 17 February 2010 | 45 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 051.11 | |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 18 February 2010 | 7 December 2012 | 145 | 59 | 36 | 50 | 040.69 | |
| South Korea (caretaker) | 18 August 2014 | 8 September 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.00 | [56] |
| South Korea U23 | 6 February 2015 | 31 December 2016 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 060.00 | [57][58] |
| South Korea U20 | 1 January 2017 | 3 July 2017 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 042.86 | |
| South Korea | 4 July 2017 | 31 July 2018 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 033.33 | [59][60] |
| Indonesia U20 | 1 January 2020 | 6 July 2023 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 037.93 | |
| Indonesia U23 | 1 January 2020 | 5 January 2025 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 048.00 | [citation needed] |
| Indonesia | 1 January 2020 | 5 January 2025 | 63 | 27 | 15 | 21 | 042.86 | [citation needed] |
| Career total | 367 | 162 | 87 | 118 | 044.14 | |||
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