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Daejeon Hana Citizen has recruited wings that show off the highest speed in the K-League. Striker Um Won-sang (26) left Ulsan HD for Daejeon.
Daejeon officially announced its recruitment of Um Won-sang in a press release on the 2nd. Um Won-sang will take on a new challenge in Daejeon after playing the leading role in winning the K League 1 for three consecutive seasons, including 21 points and 17 assists in 117 K-League games (2022-2025) as a member of Ulsan.
Um Won-sang said through the club, "I was very inspired by the play of Daejeon in 2025, and I will do my best to make sure that Daejeon wins the championship in 2026."
Um Won-sang, who grew up in Kumho High School and Ajou University in Gwangju, took the professional stage as a preferred player for Gwangju FC in the 2019 season.
Um Won-sang, who scored 15 points and three assists in 65 K-League games during the three seasons (2019-2021) in Gwangju, joined in 2019 and contributed to Gwangju's promotion to the K-League 1. Since then, Um Won-sang, who has been in full bloom in Ulsan, has stood tall as one of the leading side strikers in South Korea, winning the K-League's Best 11 in 2023.
Um Won-sang, who scored his professional debut goal in the 26th round of the K League 2 for Gwangju in 2019, scored his first K League 1 goal in a match against Ulsan on May 30 of the following year.
He also played consistently in national teams by age. Um Won-sang has built a brilliant national team career by winning the runner-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup (2018), the runner-up at the FIFA U-20 World Cup (2019), the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (2020), and the Hangzhou Asian Games gold medal (2022).
Even Um Wom-sang was first selected for the A-team under Paulo Bento (Portugal) in November 2020 and made his A-team debut in a warm-up match against Qatar.
The club added, "We have a lot of experience in winning and have an upgraded offensive presence with the recruitment of Um Won-sang, who is capable of both left and right sides and central offensive positions using natural speed."
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