Shin Tae-yong (,

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: 申台龍; born on 11 May 1970) is a South Korean former professional

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and manager who is currently coaching the Indonesia national football team. He is the first man to win the Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League as both player and manager, having won the 1995 Asian Club Championship and the 2010 AFC Champions League with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Club career

After graduating from Yeungnam University, Shin spent 12 seasons playing for Ilhwa Chunma. He won the

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Award in 1992, the first year of his professional career. He was a key player for Ilhwa Chunma when they won the

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for three consecutive years from 1993 to 1995. Especially in 1995, he became the

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of the K League, and also won the Asian Club Championship in the end of the year. 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. He scored 99 goals and provided 68 assists in 401 matches in the K League, as well as the Korean League Cup. He could become a

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, but came to Australia to play for the Queensland Roar in the

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. He is regarded as one of the greatest K League players of all time, and was selected for the K League 30th Anniversary Best XI in 2013. Drafted by the Queensland Roar in the Australian

in 2005, he retired due to an ankle problem. He accepted an assistant coaching role at the club, assisting Miron Bleiberg primarily with technical skills. He played 23 international matches including at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup for the South Korea national team.

Style of play

As a player, he was an

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. He earned the nickname "Fox of the Ground" by clearly distinguishing when passing and dribbling with sensual and intelligent play.

Managerial career

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

In 2009, Shin became the caretaker manager of Seongnam, leading the team to second place in both the 2009 K League and the 2009 Korean FA Cup, though suffered from a lack of funds. He signed a permanent contract the next year and immediately brought success, winning the 2010 AFC Champions League and the 2011 Korean FA Cup. He became the first man to win the

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as both player and manager. However, the team's performance declined in the 2012 season, aggravated by the death of

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, the founder of the

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which owned the club, in the middle of the season. He eventually resigned from Seongnam after finishing the season.

South Korea

FWC 2018 - Group F - KOR v SWE - Shin Tae-yong

In August 2014, he became the assistant coach of the South Korea national team. Under Shin, South Korea reached the Asian Cup final for the first time in 27 years. South Korea's manager at that time was Uli Stielike, but the actual coaching role was performed by Shin, who took charge of the tactics and training of the team. Shin also managed the South Korea under-23 team at the same time and participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea won their group by acquiring 7 points against

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, and Fiji, but they were surprisingly elimininated by Honduras in the quarter-finals. On 22 November 2016, Shin was appointed manager of the South Korea under-20 team to prepare for the 2017 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 to

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in the round of 16. After Shin left the South Korean senior team, Stielike made poor results in qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was eventually fired by the

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. On 4 July 2017, Shin became the manager of the senior team to replace Stielike. In December, he won the

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, beating arch-rivals Japan in the final fixture 4-1. Despite two goalless draws, South Korea under Shin also obtained qualification to the

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. They were drawn in the same group against Sweden,

and defending champions

. South Korea lost 0–1 to Sweden and 1–2 to Mexico, but surprised everyone by defeating Germany 2–0.

Indonesia

On 28 December 2019, the

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(PSSI) confirmed the appointment of Shin as the Indonesian national team's manager, replacing

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. He was handed a 4-year contract. After a bad start to his tenure in the second round of 2022 World Cup qualification, he led Indonesia with an average squad age of 23.8 years to the final of the 2020 AFF Championship. In June 2022, he led Indonesia to qualify for the 2023 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.

Personal life

Shin has two sons,

Shin Jae-won Shin Jae-won (; born 16 September 1998) is a South Korean football midfielder who plays for Seongnam FC. Personal life He is the son of Shin Tae-yong, the current coach of the Indonesia national football team The Indonesia national foo ...

and Shin Jae-hyeok. They are also footballers. On August 25, 2022, Shin signed a contract with adg Company.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Yeungnam University * Korean President's Cup: 1991 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma * K League 1:

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

, 2002,

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* Korean FA Cup:

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* Korean League Cup: 1992, 2002,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* Korean Super Cup: 2002 * Asian Club Championship:

* Asian Super Cup: 1996 * Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1996 * A3 Champions Cup:

Individual *

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: 1992 * K League 1 Best XI: 1992,

, 1996,

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, 2002,

* K League 1 Most Valuable Player:

* K League 1 top goalscorer: 1996 * K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013

Manager

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma *

: 2010 * Korean FA Cup: 2011 South Korea U23 *

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runner-up: 2016 South Korea *

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Indonesia * AFF Championship runner-up:

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Indonesia U23 *

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bronze medal: 2021 Individual * Korean FA Cup Best Manager: 2011

References

External links

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Shin Tae-yong – National Team Stats
at KFA * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Tae-Yong 1970 births Living people Association football midfielders Seongnam FC managers Seongnam FC players Brisbane Roar FC players K League 1 Most Valuable Player Award winners K League 1 players A-League Men players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 AFC Asian Cup players Olympic footballers of South Korea Expatriate soccer players in Australia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Australia South Korean expatriate footballers South Korea international footballers South Korean football managers South Korean expatriate football managers South Korean footballers Yeungnam University alumni South Korea national football team managers 2018 FIFA World Cup managers Indonesia national football team managers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province