Shin Tae-yong


Shin Tae-yong is the South Korean professional football manager and a former player who is currently head coach of the Indonesia national football team.

Playing career

Shin played 12 seasons in Ilhwa Chunma. He won the K League Young Player of the Year in 1992 and K League Top Scorer Award in 1996. He also won the Asian Club Championship in 1995. Shin won six K League titles as well.
He also earned the nickname 'Fox of the Ground' by clearly distinguishing when passing and dribbling with sensual and intelligent play. As a player, he was an attacking midfielder and mainly played in the middle offensive position. Internationally, he scored three goals in 23 games.
Drafted by the Queensland Roar in the Australian A-League in 2005, he retired due to an ankle problem. He accepted an assistant coaching role at the club, assisting Miron Bleiberg primarily with skills.

Managerial career

Shin Tae-yong won the 2010 AFC Champions League and the 2011 Korean FA Cup as manager of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and he became the first manager to win the AFC Champions League as a player and manager.
On 10 February 2015, he was named manager of South Korea U-23 by KFA and he led the South Korea U-23 to the quarter-finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
On 22 November 2016, he was appointed manager of the South Korean U-20. In the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in his home country, he finished second in the group stage with 6 points, but lost to Portugal in the round of 16.
On 4 July 2017, he became manager of the South Korea after former German manager Uli Stielike of Korea was fired by the KFA. In December, he led the South Korea and won the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship. Despite two goalless draws, the South Korea under Shin also obtained qualification to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, South Koreans played against Sweden, Mexico and Germany. South Korea lost 0–1 to Sweden in their first game and 1–2 to Mexico in their second game. In this final match South Koreans beating a Germany 2–0 and eliminated the Germans from the group stage for the first time in 80 years and the first time a Germany lost two games, though they failed to advance to the round of 16.
On 28 December 2019, PSSI confirmed the appointment Shin as the Indonesia head coach replacing Simon McMenemy and handed 4 years contract by the Indonesian federation.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

DateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
30 April 1996Tel Aviv, Israel5–4Friendly
11 August 1996Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam4–01996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16 December 1996Dubai, UAE2–61996 AFC Asian Cup

Managerial statistics

Honours and achievements

Player

Ilhwa Chunma/Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma/Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Individual
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
South Korea