1. Shin Tae-yong is a South Korean football manager and former professional player who most recently managed the Indonesian national team from 2020 until 2025.
28 Facts About Shin Tae-yong
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Shin Tae-yong is the first man to win the AFC Champions League as both player and manager, having won the 1995 tournament as a player and the 2010 tournament as a manager with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
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Shin Tae-yong won the K League Young Player of the Year Award in 1992, the first year of his professional career.
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Shin Tae-yong was a key player for Ilhwa Chunma when they won the K League for three consecutive years from 1993 to 1995.
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Shin Tae-yong scored 99 goals and provided 68 assists in 401 matches in the K League, as well as the Korean League Cup.
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Shin Tae-yong 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.
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Shin Tae-yong could have become a one-club man, but finished his playing career in Australia with the Queensland Roar in the A-League.
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Shin Tae-yong retired in September 2005 due to an ongoing ankle issue that would have required surgery.
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Shin Tae-yong accepted an assistant coaching role at the club, assisting Miron Bleiberg primarily with technical skills.
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Shin Tae-yong played 23 international matches including at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup for the South Korea national team.
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Shin Tae-yong earned the nickname "Fox of the Ground" by clearly distinguishing when passing and dribbling with sensual and intelligent play.
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In 2009, Shin Tae-yong 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.
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Shin Tae-yong signed a permanent contract the next year and immediately brought success, winning the 2010 AFC Champions League and the 2011 Korean FA Cup.
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Shin Tae-yong became the first man to win the AFC Champions League as both player and manager.
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Shin Tae-yong eventually resigned from Seongnam after finishing the season.
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South Korea's manager at that time was Uli Stielike, but the actual coaching role was performed by Shin Tae-yong, who took charge of the tactics and training of the team.
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Shin Tae-yong managed the South Korea under-23 team at the same time and participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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On 22 November 2016, Shin Tae-yong was appointed manager of the South Korea under-20 team to prepare for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup on home soil.
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On 4 July 2017, Shin Tae-yong became the manager of the senior team to replace Stielike.
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Shin Tae-yong was handed a 4-year contract, while he became the first South Korean in Indonesia's managerial history.
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Shin Tae-yong was absent from a virtual meeting with the Persija management, which was regretted by Thomas Doll.
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Shin Tae-yong became the first coach that managed to lead Indonesia national teams in three age levels from senior, under-23, and under-20 to all qualify for the AFC Asian Cup in their respective levels, with the under-23 team qualifying for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup for the first time.
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Shin Tae-yong had three chances to lead Indonesia to the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the last two matches of the tournament and Afro-Asian play-off between fourth-placed teams left.
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Shin Tae-yong was sent off for complaining strongly about the penalty awarded to Guinea for the second time during the last match.
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Shin Tae-yong's dismissal caused emotional reactions among the Indonesian and South Korean media, with his son, Shin Jae-won commented that PSSI "will regret this", this was compounded by the potential candidate for Shin's replacement coach, Patrick Kluivert, who was considered unclean due to a gambling scandal.
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On 11 January, Shin Tae-yong 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.
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On 9 April 2025, Shin Tae-yong was appointed vice-president of the Korea Football Association by president Chung Mong-gyu, along with Kim Byung-ji and Park Hang-seo.
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Shin Tae-yong was appointed as an advertising model of Nongshim, a South Korean food company, and made a dance video to promote instant noodle "Nongshim Bulgogi" in Indonesia.