Ma Sang-hoon (; born 25 July 1991) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as a

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for

Cheonan City FC Cheonan City FC () is a South Korean association football, football club based in Cheonan that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of Korea Republic football league system, South Korean football. They play their home games at the 26,000 c ...

Club career

BBCU F.C.

Going back to

BBCU F.C. BBCU Football Club, known fully as Big Bang Chula United Football Club (), is a Thai defunct professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name ...

of the

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for the 2016 season, Ma made his debut for the ''Pink Panthers'' in a 2–0 victory over

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, saying that Thai football has not changed that much since his 2013 spell with BBCU. Ma returned to South Korea after BBCU was disbanded on account of depleted funds in 2017.

Rangers

On 26 July 2023, Ma joined

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club

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* Living people 1991 births South Korean men's footballers Men's association football central defenders K League 1 players K League 2 players Hong Kong Premier League players Ma Sang-hoon Gangwon FC players Ma Sang-hoon Jeonnam Dragons players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players Suwon FC players Hong Kong Rangers FC players South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub