We are building up to the Manchester City vs Al-Ain FIFA Club World Cup clash which kicks off very shortly, and the players have now been announced.
Let’s look at the starting eleven for Manchester City which has been officially confirmed as:
Manchester City
Stefan Ortega #18
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Calden, Germany
Rayan Aït-Nouri #3
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Montreuil, France
Joško Gvardiol #24
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Croatia
Place of birth: Zagreb, Croatia
Abdukodir Khusanov #3
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 21
Manuel Akanji
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Switzerland
Matheus Luiz Nunes #27
Also known as Nunes
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
İlkay Gündoğan #19
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Nico González Iglesias #14
Also known as González
Midfielder
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: A Coruña, Spain
Bernardo Mota Veiga Carvalho
Also known as Bernardo Silva
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Claudio Echeverri #11
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Resistencia, Argentina
Erling Haaland
Forward
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Leeds, England
The starting line-up for Al-Ain has also been confirmed as:
Al-Ain
Eissa, K
Facundo Zabala
Defender
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
Niang, A
Rabia, R
Adis Jašić #97
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Nader, Y
Al Baloushi, M
Soufiane Rahimi #9
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Morocco
Place of birth: Casablanca, Morocco
Nassim Chadli #21
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Morocco
Place of birth: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Traoré, A
Woo Park, Y
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