Indonesia part ways with Shin Tae-yong, eyeing Kluivert-van Bronkhorst as new coach.

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Indonesia part ways with Shin Tae-yong, eyeing Kluivert-van Bronkhorst as new coach

Football Association of Indonesia president Erik Thohir announced his departure from Shin Tae-yong, a 54-year-old South Korean coach. On December 6 after being eliminated in the first round of the AFF Championship, the “Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024”

Shin Tae-yong

For Shin Tae-yong, he has been acting as head coach since January 2020 and still has a contract until 2027. Throughout more than 4 years of coaching the Indonesian national team, he achieved runner-up status in the 2020 ASEAN Cup, then led the แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ team to win a bronze medal at the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam and a gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As well as leading the U23 team to the semi-finals of the 2024 Asian Championship.

In addition, Shin Tae-yong also led the Indonesian national team to enter the third round of the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers (round of 18). Which is on track after playing 6 matches, winning 1, losing 3, drawing 2, collecting 6 points. Ranking 3rd in Group C and still having 4 matches left. But recently led the team to fall in the first round of the 2024 ASEAN Championship.

In terms of candidates for the new coach of the Indonesian national team. It has been reported that Patrick Kluivert. A former striker for the Netherlands national team, is the current favorite head coach after a photo was taken with Erik Thohir, president of the Football Association of Indonesia. The other coach is Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former Dutch player who has Indonesian blood from his mother.