We are building up to the Cerezo Osaka vs Albirex Niigata J1 League clash which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the team sheets are now available.
First off, the starting eleven for Cerezo Osaka which has been confirmed as follows:
Cerezo Osaka
Koki Fukui #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shinnosuke Hatanaka #44
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yokohama, Japan
Rikito Inoue #35
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Shimane, Japan
Dion Cools
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Malaysia
Place of birth: Kuching, Malaysia
Hayato Okuda #16
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Shunta Tanaka #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Hinata Kida #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shion Homma #19
Forward
Height: 1.64m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Murakami, Japan
Masaya Shibayama #48
Forward
Height: 1.61m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
Lucas Fernandes #77
Also known as Fernandes
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Uniao dos Palmares, Brazil
Motohiko Nakajima #13
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
The starting line-up for Albirex Niigata has also been confirmed as follows:
Albirex Niigata
Kazuki Fujita #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Yuto Horigome #31
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Kakeru Funaki
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Kazuhiko Chiba #35
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 40
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Eiji Shirai
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taiki Arai #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Keisuke Kasai #46
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Soya Fujiwara #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yamaguchi, Japan
Motoki Hasegawa #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Jin Okumura #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Abdelrahman Boudah
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Sweden
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