Career
He was a striker on the New Zealand national under-20 football team playing at the 2007 OFC U20 Tournament. However, he missed a chance to play at the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup. Shin was part of the New Zealand A team that performed in the quadrangular Agribank Cup Tournament in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2006, with every game being played at the My Dinh Stadium, eventually finishing third in the tournament that also featured Vietnam the hosts, Bahrain Under 21 and Thailand.
New Zealand A were beaten 1–0 by Vietnam in their first game of the tournament on 25 October 2006, they were again beaten 1–0 by Thailand on 27 October.
