We are building up to the Gamba Osaka vs Albirex Niigata J1 League game which is scheduled to start shortly, and the team sheets have just been announced.
First off, the starting line-up for Gamba Osaka which has been officially confirmed as:
Gamba Osaka
Jun Ichimori #22
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Keisuke Kurokawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shota Fukuoka #2
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shinnosuke Nakatani #20
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Riku Handa #3
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shuto Abe #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Welton Felipe Paraguá de Melo #97
Also known as Felipe
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Paranavaí, Brazil
Ryoya Yamashita #17
Forward
Height: 1.64m
Weight: 54kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Shizuoka, Japan
Makoto Mitsuta #51
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kumamoto, Japan
Takashi Usami #7
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagaokakyō, Japan
Deniz Hümmet #23
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Fosie, Sweden
The team sheet line-up for Albirex Niigata has also been confirmed as:
Albirex Niigata
Ryuga Tashiro #21
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Kento Hashimoto #42
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Fumiya Hayakawa #15
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Michael Fitzgerald #5
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 37
Eiji Shirai
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taiki Arai #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Soya Fujiwara #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
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
Takuya Shimamura #28
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Okayama, Japan
Kaito Taniguchi #7
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
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