Na Sang-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Na.

Na Sang-ho
Na in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996
Place of birth Damyang, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Machida Zelvia
Number 10
Youth career
2012–2014 Gwangju FC[note 1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Dankook University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Gwangju FC 49 (18)
2019–2020 FC Tokyo 25 (2)
2019 FC Tokyo U-23 1 (0)
2020 → Seongnam FC (loan) 19 (7)
2021–2023 FC Seoul 104 (29)
2024– Machida Zelvia 59 (9)
International career‡
2014 South Korea U20 3[α] (0)
2018 South Korea U23 6 (1)
2018– South Korea 30 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang
EAFF Championship
Winner 2019 South Korea
Runner-up 2022 Japan
Runner-up 2025 South Korea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 July 2025
Na Sang-ho
Hangul
나상호
Hanja
羅相浩
RRNa Sangho
MRNa Sangho

Na Sang-ho (Korean: 나상호; born 12 August 1996) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club Machida Zelvia and the South Korea national team.

Club career

In 2015, Na graduated from Kumho High School, which had a youth football club of K League club Gwangju FC, and then entered Dankook University's football team. After playing for Dankook University for two years, in 2017, Na returned to Gwangju FC, joining their senior team. He experienced relegation in his first professional season, but became the Most Valuable Player and the top goalscorer at the K League 2 the next year.[1]

Prior to the 2019 season, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo.[2] In the first half of the season, he played as a substitute, playing for 339 minutes in 13 matches.[3] He was expected to become one of main players after teammate Takefusa Kubo left for Spain in June,[3] but his status at Tokyo was not improved until the end of the season.

On 8 June 2020, he was loaned to K League 1 club Seongnam FC. He joined Seongnam in the middle of the season, but became the club's top scorer. He performed a key role in avoiding Seongnam's relegation.[4]

Since 2021, Na joined another K League 1 club FC Seoul, playing as a main winger for them. He captained the club since the second half of the 2022 season,[5] and received the K League Player of the Month award twice during the 2023 season.[6] However, he failed to lead his team to the top six at the league for three years, and had to face Seoul fans' criticisms along with his teammates.[7]

On 4 January 2024, Na joined newly-promoted J1 League club Machida Zelvia on a permanent deal.[8][9] On 22 November 2025, he came on as a 65th-minute substitute in the 2025 Emperor's Cup final against Vissel Kobe, and defended the club's 3–1 lead until the end of the match.[10]

International career

Na won a gold medal with the South Korea under-23 national team at the 2018 Asian Games.[11]

After becoming a gold medalist at the Asian Games, Na started to be used at the senior national team under manager Paulo Bento. He scored his first senior international goal in a World Cup qualifier against Turkmenistan on 10 September 2019,[12] and won the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[13] He could not participate at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup due to an injury,[14] but left good impressions at the national team in 2019.[15]

However, Na underperformed in matches prior to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, bringing Korean fans anxieties. Bento called him up for the tournament, trusting him continuously despite the criticisms. He showed energetic movements against Uruguay and Ghana, getting a good press at the tournament.[16][17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gwangju FC 2017 K League 1 18 2 3 0 — — 21 2
2018 K League 2 31 16 0 0 — — 31 16
Total 49 18 3 0 — — 52 18
FC Tokyo 2019 J1 League 25 2 1 0 7 1 — 33 3
FC Tokyo U-23 2019 J3 League 1 0 — — — 1 0
Seongnam FC (loan) 2020 K League 1 19 7 3 0 — — 22 7
FC Seoul 2021 K League 1 34 9 1 0 — — 35 9
2022 K League 1 32 8 4 1 — — 36 9
2023 K League 1 38 12 0 0 — — 38 12
Total 104 29 5 1 — — 109 30
Machida Zelvia 2024 J1 League 24 3 1 0 5 2 — 30 5
2025 J1 League 33 6 5 0 0 0 5[a] 0 43 6
2026 J1 League 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 3 0
Total 59 9 6 0 5 2 6 0 76 11
Career total 257 65 18 1 12 3 6 0 293 69
  1. ^ a b Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite

International

As of match played 15 July 2025[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2018 2 0
2019 11 2
2021 3 0
2022 10 0
2023 2 0
2025 2 0
Total 30 2
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first.[19]
List of international goals scored by Na Sang-ho
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2019 Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan  Turkmenistan 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 11 December 2019 Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea  Hong Kong 2–0 2–0 2019 EAFF Championship

Honours

Machida Zelvia

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Played for Kumho High School, which was an academy of Gwangju FC.
  1. ^ Includes one appearance against regional team.

References

  1. ^ a b c d 나상호, K리그2 가장 빛난 별…MVP·득점왕·베스트11 3관왕(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ "ナ サンホ選手 完全移籍加入クラブ間合意のお知らせ" (in Japanese). FC Tokyo. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "【記事全文】FC東京　韓国代表の大器・羅相浩がキーマン浮上　長谷川監督「攻撃の幅できる」" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  4. ^ 올여름 합류 ‘팀 최다골’ 나상호 "놓친 기회만 생각난다" [엠스플 축구] (in Korean). The Gate. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ^ K리그1 서울, 선수단 개편…기성용→나상호로 주장 교체 (in Korean). KBS. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b 서울 나상호, 7월 EA SPORTS K리그 이달의선수상 수상 (in Korean). K League. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ^ '4연속 파이널B?'…팬들의 성난 '걸개'는 서울 나상호의 동기부여. Nate (in Korean). Sports Donga. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  8. ^ "ナサンホ選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). FC Machida Zelvia. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ Park, Ji-hwan (4 January 2024). "Na Sang-ho to join Japanese side Machida Zelvia". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b "FC町田ゼルビア vs ヴィッセル神戸 試合情報 | 天皇杯 JFA 第105回全日本サッカー選手権大会" (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  11. ^ a b "Asian Games 2018: Son Heung-min leads Korea Republic to gold". Fox Sports Asia. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  12. ^ "(LEAD) S. Korea beat Turkmenistan 2-0 to open World Cup qualifying campaign". Yonhap News Agency. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  13. ^ "EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final Korea Republic". EAFF. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  14. ^ [아시안컵] 부상에 낙마한 나상호, 태극전사와 '뜨거운 작별' (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  15. ^ '양아들?' 황인범-나상호 뽑히는 이유 증명한 동아시안컵 (in Korean). Newsen. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  16. ^ [우루과이전] 나상호, ‘황소’대신 우직하게 측면 메웠다...선발 자격 증명 (in Korean). Best Eleven. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  17. ^ 가나전서도 '눈부신 활약'…나상호, 스스로 비판을 잠재웠다 (in Korean). Goal. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  18. ^ Na Sang-ho at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. ^ "Na Sang-ho". KFA.
  20. ^ 서울 나상호, 4월 K리그 '대자연의 동원샘물 이달의 골' 수상 (in Korean). K League. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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