The Fact Of Shin Tae-yong Muda, South Korean National Team Gemilang Player With The Nickname The Fox

Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong. (Doc. PSSI)

YOGYAKARTA - The fact that young Shin Tae-yong shows that he is not an ordinary coach. Shin Tae-yong's name has attracted the attention of football lovers in the country since he led young Garuda to qualify for the 2020 AFF Cup final.

The South Korean coach often brings the Indonesian national team to prestigious matches. Shin Tae-yong presents a new formula that is able to encourage the national team to improve achievement and compete with other countries.

In the 2022 AFF Cup preliminary round, many netizens even expressed great sympathy for Shin Tae-yong. He was asked to step down from the coaching chair because the national team players had disappointed his performance. Many netizens say that the coach of the caliber Shin Tae-yong does not deserve to hold the national team, which still has many problems.

Shin Tae-yong came from South Korea to Indonesia in the hope of bringing the Indonesian national team to be able to make many achievements. If you look at his actions, Shin Tae-yong is not a coach carelessly. He is a professional coach and his name is quite popular as a legendary player in his country.

Young Shin Tae-yong once defended Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's club. He even played with the club for 12 years. He is recorded as only defending one team during his professional career. Prior to joining Seongnam, Shin played with the soccer team on his campus, namely Yeungnam University.

Shin Tae-yong's professional debut began in 1992. Together with Seongnam, Shin Tae-yong managed to score nine goals in 23 appearances. He won the award as the best young player in the South Korean League in the 1992 season.

Shin Tae-yong has performed 296 times while defending Seongnam. He managed to collect as many as 76 goals. Shin Tae-yong's contract ended in 2004 and was not extended.

After that, Shin Tae-yong moved to play in Australia. He joined Queensland Roar (currently named Brisbane Roar). But not yet a season, he decided to hang up his boots due to an ankle injury.

Shin Tae-yong and Seongnam won a number of domestic titles when they were young. The achievements he has collected with his club are six South Korean League titles, one South Korean FA trophy, three League Cups, and one Super Cup. In addition, he also competed in the Asian Champions League title in 1995 and the 1996 Asian Super Cup.

The peak of Shin Tae-yong's glory was in 1995-1996. He was lively with a number of titles, namely the best player in the South Korean League in 1995 and the top scorer in the South Korean League with 21 goals.

In the national team, Shin Tae-yong performed with the South Korean Senior National Team in 1992-1997. For five years he has collected 23 caps with three goals.

On the soccer field, Shin Tae-yong was dubbed the Fox of the Ground because of his fast, clever, and stable style of play. Shin as an attacking midfielder was feared by his opponent at that time.

After retiring and becoming a coach, the nickname is still attached to Shin Tae-yong. Even his pandemic in youth made him a highly respected coach in South Korea.

Sin Tae-yong was once a coach of the South Korean national team both at the age group and senior level. He once accompanied South Korea's U-23 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2017, he brought the South Korean U-20 squad to the U-20 World Cup.

That's the fact that Shin Tae-yong was young when he became a famous footballer in South Korea. Shin Tae-yong began to become the coach of the Indonesian national team in January 2020 replacing the position left by Simon McMenemy.

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