Career
Drafted for the Queensland Roar in the Australian A-League competition in 2005, he retired due to an ankle problem and was offered, and accepted, a coaching role at the club in which he assisted the coach at the time Miron Bleiberg primarily with skills coaching. His nickname is "Asian Mourinho" according to John Duerden. Before he moved to the Queensland Roar, he was an one-club man of K League side Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
On 10 February 2015, Shin was named head coach of South of Korea U-23.
Results list South of Korea"s goal tally first.