Shin Tae-yong

Shin Tae-yong owns a record that genuinely impresses me: he won the AFC Champions League as both a player in 1995 and a manager in 2010, the first man to do both. Born 1970, the South Korean made his name as a Seongnam legend before turning to coaching, and his second act as a journeyman manager across Asia, including the Indonesia national team and now Persija Jakarta, is its own story. Exporting your coaching to another country's fanbase and actually winning them over takes nerve. I rate managers who can rebuild a footballing culture, not just inherit one. A genuinely well-traveled tactician.

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Name (English)

Shin Tae-yong

Name (Japanese)

申台龍

Reading

しん・てよん

Born

October 11, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Yeongdeok County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

University

Yeungnam University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shintaeyong7777/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%20Tae-yong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B3%E5%8F%B0%E9%BE%8D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497404

Tags

• North Gyeongsang
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.